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["Matt Pusateri" <mpusateri AT wickedtrails.com>]

On Thu, March 10, 2005 9:10 am, Michael Best said:
> My son has been nagging me to help him write some programs.  I've
> already
> gotten him started with some simple web page Javascript.  But I was
> wondering if anyone here has suggestions for teaching an 8-year-old
> how to
> program (especially if he can make games).
>
> I learned programming when I was 11.  It was BASIC on an Apple II+ and
> then
> later on the IBM XT.  But BASIC is pretty dead nowadays, I'd imagine.
> I've
> also heard about Logo being a good language for kids to learn.  Or
> maybe
> something like Visual Basic.  Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Michael Best


My brother is involved with a private school in Raleigh as a technical
advisor.  There seems to be a growing trend in education to replace
teaching basic as a first language and start teaching python instead. 
Apparently b/c the way python is structured it forces you to learn
proper coding techniques, which is ideal for new programmers.  I
myself do not know python, so I can't comment on the accuracy of that
statement.  But thought I would offer it up as a possible direction to
look at.

Matt Pusateri