I can corroborate your experience. When I was a college student, I also used to earn a bit of extra pocket money teaching art students to program. We used Flas

I can corroborate your experience. When I was a college student, I also used to earn a bit of extra pocket money teaching art students to program. We used Flash and ActionScript 2.0. It was amazing how quickly it could be used to create interactive stuff. And since almost every new concept allowed students to make more interesting stuff, they were incredibly motivated to learn. Man, I kinda miss Flash.