roberto wrote:
i'll show him a couple of choices or so, between Python, tweak and scratch and let him show what basic things he can achieve using the one or the other i think the learning curve should produce enough satisfaction to proceed towards more difficult things BTW: if the experiment gets good results, i'll try to extend it to other students even because i'll be working at schools for next years; and probably i'll start writing up some tutorial/book if you think it may be useful for you
I would really appreciate that. I have been using Dr. Scheme with my kids, simply for the reason that I am not a programmer, and it has a comprehensive (and free) textbook to follow. I couldn't find anything comparable for squeak, python or java. We definitely need more of that kind of thing in schools.
I hope it goes well for you. nigel