Thursday, April 19, 2012

Python and teaching

Recently at Amity International School I started my Computer science and Robotics club with 15 students. I was startled to know that these kids who are in class 8-10 have no prior programming experience. They don't have any idea of programming. So I thought it would be a good idea to introduce them to the fun of programming concepts. I have started with GWBASIC. A redundant programming language. So redundant that after 1988 there has been no official updation on this. Also being a 16 bit language I find it difficult to install on my Win-7-x64 system. But then it is also a language that will help build the fundamentals of programming.
Next on my agenda is to introduce Python once the kids have understood programming concepts. Python, as I have stated before, is a language to reckon with due to its flexibility. So I am hoping to take my students towards some enlightenment and I hope in the process I will be bestowed with some more knowledge.

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