Hi, > Am 07.07.2015 um 06:08 schrieb Glenn English <g...@slsware.net>: > > >> On Jul 6, 2015, at 6:12 PM, Marc D Ronell <mron...@alumni.upenn.edu> wrote: >> >> Has anyone tried running a GNU/Linux intro class for teens? Can >> anyone share their experiences, thoughts or suggestions? Feedback >> based on actual experience would be most helpful, I think, but I would >> appreciate any insights. > > Have a look at a problem set from Harvard's CS50 course: > > https://cdn.cs50.net/2015/x/psets/0/pset0/pset0.html > > This is Harvard's take on an intro to CS, and much of it would be over the > heads of a group of teenagers. Most of it, so far, has been fairly hard core > C, but they start out using Scratch: > > https://scratch.mit.edu/ > > Scratch looks to be more aimed at kids, but you might be able to get some > ideas from the CS50 site. > > I'm getting ready to set up a Raspberry Pi box for my nephew's son (a kid), > and I plan to start him off with Scratch on Debian, and leave a Python IDE > lying around on the machine, in case he gets adventuresome... >
Raspberry Pi (2?) is a good idea. It is made for that. Dual boot is really risky for newbies. What about running debian in VMware player or virtualbox? Gruß, Michael Beck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/01edf59f-279b-40c2-a9ea-14e569ccb...@gmail.com
