From: AAMIR KHAN Date: 2010-05-02T22:15:45+09:00 Subject: Re: Teaching Programming Languages (including Ruby) --000e0cd71a2cfe37d504859c2bf3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 yeah the links given are good.. but i have opened one of the books on wikibooks and there was no option to download that book.. so if you can provide with some downloadable material then it will be great... On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 6:34 PM, James D. Maher wrote: > Awfully ambitious! > > But what? No COBOL? > > Does this mean you've given up on creating teaching materials for Ruby? > The referenced website is such a comprehensive undertaking that it must > interfere with steady progress on Ruby teaching, right? > > > > j > > James D. Maher > jdmaher@jdmaher.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Samuel Williams [mailto:space.ship.traveller@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 7:28 AM > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: Teaching Programming Languages (including Ruby) > > Hello, > > This is a follow up from previous postings about teaching Ruby in the > class room. > > I've now come full circle, and put together this website: > http://programming.dojo.net.nz/ > > This site is about programming languages in general, and is designed to > be a starting point for people interested in learning more about a given > programming language. > > I'd be really grateful for people to look at the site and let me know > any feedback about the content and how it is presented. > > In particular interest to this group is the Ruby page: > http://programming.dojo.net.nz/languages/ruby/index > > Also, under the Resources section, there are a set of posters (including > one for Ruby). These posters are designed for class rooms where they > will stimulate interest in programming languages. The posters are likely > to have at least one more iteration, so any feedback on them would be > appreciated (including corrections or improvements). > > > http://programming.dojo.net.nz/resources/programming-language-posters > > If anyone has any suggestions about particular resources or reading > material, please let me know. Keep in mind this is a site for absolute > beginners. > > Thanks, > > Kind regards, > Samuel > > --000e0cd71a2cfe37d504859c2bf3--