[Buffalo-pm] help

[Jim Brandt]

Any update on your impromptu perl class? How'd it go, or haven't you 
done it yet?

Any questions we can answer on the list?

Jim

Kevin Eye wrote:
> Holy crap! They teach perl in high school now? Awesome. Sounds like more fun
> than Pascal.
> 
> I've never taught a perl class or a high school class, so take any of this
> with a grain of salt, but I think following the Learning Perl book is a
> pretty standard way to do it. brian d foy mentioned once that there were
> classroom-oriented workbooks from O'Reilly for it, I think. Not sure where
> to find more info on that.
> 
> Oh wait - here's some for sale on Amazon -- 5 left, order soon :-)
> http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Perl-Student-Workbook-brian/dp/0596009968
> Probably not affordable for a whole class, but might help structure a
> course.
> 
> For what it's worth, if this is a student's first exposure to any
> programming language, there are various opinions on whether Perl is a good
> choice at PerlMonks:
> http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=187006
> 
>  - Kevin
> 
> 
> On 9/20/07 1:35 PM, "MBluman at buffaloschools.org"
> <MBluman at buffaloschools.org> wrote:
> 
>> Help!!!!
>>  
>> I've been selected to teach a beginning perl class in my inner city high
>> school, and I don't know where to start. I am not a programmer, but I have
>> been thrown into this position and could use help from anyone in the know.
>>  
>> Please help
>>  
>> mike
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Jim Brandt
Administrative Computing Services
University at Buffalo