Re: Free GNU/Linux intro class for teens advice? Purchase box? Squeak/Smalltalk programming

[Michael Beck <eliteknipser@gmail.com>]

Hi,

> Am 07.07.2015 um 06:08 schrieb Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net>:
> 
> 
>> On Jul 6, 2015, at 6:12 PM, Marc D Ronell <mronell@alumni.upenn.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Has  anyone tried  running a  GNU/Linux  intro class  for teens?   Can
>> anyone  share their  experiences, thoughts  or  suggestions?  Feedback
>> based on actual experience would be most helpful, I think, but I would
>> appreciate any insights.
> 
> Have a look at a problem set from Harvard's CS50 course:
> 
> https://cdn.cs50.net/2015/x/psets/0/pset0/pset0.html
> 
> This is Harvard's take on an intro to CS, and much of it would be over the heads of a group of teenagers. Most of it, so far, has been fairly hard core C, but they start out using Scratch:
> 
> https://scratch.mit.edu/
> 
> Scratch looks to be more aimed at kids, but you might be able to get some ideas from the CS50 site.
> 
> I'm getting ready to set up a Raspberry Pi box for my nephew's son (a kid), and I plan to start him off with Scratch on Debian, and leave a Python IDE lying around on the machine, in case he gets adventuresome...
> 

Raspberry Pi (2?) is a good idea. It is made for that.
Dual boot is really risky for newbies. What about running debian in VMware player or virtualbox?


Gruß,

Michael Beck