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Have you read about the Hole In the Wall project? http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wal
by pook 17y ago
Have you read about the Hole In the Wall project? http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm
I'd suggest a similar model for education. If this is to be within a school you don't need such an emphasis on durability, so you have much more options for UI(the original lacked a keyboard). Definitely include a Hacketyhack(Ruby) environment, several typing games, etc.
You will probably find that the children will explore and suggest far more interesting avenues than you will initially consider. As long as they've got a flexible starting point (Edubuntu + a good selection of webapps and tutorials pre-bookmarked) you are bound to get results.
edit: please please do not include BASIC. Ruby or Python are far more useful as educational languages. Not only are they far more useful and educational, but I guarantee the children will surprise you with innovation you simply cannot get from BASIC.
- nalbyuites 17y agoThanks for the suggestions! Now I have a starting point. Didn't know about Hole In The Wall, so one part is 1. unfettered access and exploration. 2. Edubuntu and Hacketyhack. 3. I'll browse around for webapps and tutorials.
- pook 17y agohttp://ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ is a wonderful introduction to Ruby. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming ( wikibooks itself is a great resource. You might ask the children to contribute, thus helping them learn both English and programming simultaneously) http://tryruby.org/ http://tryruby.org/ is an online irb environment, great for teaching the basics. http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page might be a good resource, especially if you have the children contribute to interesting articles.