Re: [Tutor] Ideas for Child's Project

2015-01-07 Thread Ted
amplifier, and free software. Presently working with this group "tutor" to add an alarm to python code. Cheers, Ted -Original Message- From: Jim Gallaher Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 6:49 AM To: tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] Ideas for Child's Project Good day Ste

Re: [Tutor] Ideas for Child's Project

2015-01-07 Thread Jim Gallaher
Good day Stephen, I have a few recommendations. Make Magazine has a lot of fun projects that use Python programs along with either a Raspberry Pi or an Arduino to create interactive projects. Arduino is more for electronic/programming based projects, but you can, say for example, attach an LED

Re: [Tutor] Ideas for Child's Project

2015-01-07 Thread Stephen Nelson-Smith
Hi Danny, On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:07 PM, Danny Yoo wrote: > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Stephen Nelson-Smith > wrote: > > You might want to look at Bootstrapworld, a curriculum for > middle-school/high-school math using programming and games: > > http://www.bootstrapworld.org/ > > Stu

Re: [Tutor] Ideas for Child's Project

2015-01-06 Thread Danny Yoo
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: > Hello, > > My son is interested in programming, and has dabbled in Scratch and done a > tiny bit of Python at school. He's 11 and is going for an entrance exam > for a selective school in a couple of weeks. They've asked him to bring

Re: [Tutor] Ideas for Child's Project

2015-01-06 Thread David Heiser
Twelve years ago, I started with "The Quick Python Book". Harms and McDonald. Manning Pub. I learned a lot in a hurry. I still use it for reference once in a while to refresh my memory. On 1/6/2015 1:46 PM, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: Hello, My son is interested in programming, and has da

[Tutor] Ideas for Child's Project

2015-01-06 Thread Stephen Nelson-Smith
Hello, My son is interested in programming, and has dabbled in Scratch and done a tiny bit of Python at school. He's 11 and is going for an entrance exam for a selective school in a couple of weeks. They've asked him to bring along something to demonstrate an interest, and present it to them. I