From: Nicholas Evans <OwlManAtt@...>
Date: 2006-06-12T02:58:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for Highschoolers?

Hal Fulton wrote:
> Nicholas Evans wrote:
> 
>> Howdy list,
>>
>> I'm a highschool student with a very high chance of ending up 
>> student-teaching the Programming I course during the 07-08 schoolyear.
> 
> 
> Boy, do I envy you guys. When I was in high school, I learned
> BASIC and Fortran.
> 
> This is not a bad idea IMO. Start with simple things, of course.
> Introduce OO fairly early.
I'd find it difficult to not talk about it from the very start.

> Are these people who have programmed before at all? Or not?
For the most part, no. The assumption that the course makes is that the 
students are complete beginners.

> Look up whatever Ruby tutorials you can. I don't have links
> handy, but there are some good ones out there.
Aye. Another benefit is having the first edition of the pickaxe 
available online. We used How To Design Programs a lot during the class.

> Good luck...
Thank you!