Mike,<br><br>I have talked to some people who are very interested to hear how things are going. If you would like any assistance with setting up the curriculum, etc, let us know.<br><br>-Dan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 10/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jim Brandt</b> <<a href="mailto:cbrandt@buffalo.edu">cbrandt@buffalo.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Any update on your impromptu perl class? How'd it go, or haven't you<br>done it yet?<br><br>Any questions we can answer on the list?<br><br>Jim<br><br>Kevin Eye wrote:<br>> Holy crap! They teach perl in high school now? Awesome. Sounds like more fun
<br>> than Pascal.<br>><br>> I've never taught a perl class or a high school class, so take any of this<br>> with a grain of salt, but I think following the Learning Perl book is a<br>> pretty standard way to do it. brian d foy mentioned once that there were
<br>> classroom-oriented workbooks from O'Reilly for it, I think. Not sure where<br>> to find more info on that.<br>><br>> Oh wait - here's some for sale on Amazon -- 5 left, order soon :-)<br>> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Perl-Student-Workbook-brian/dp/0596009968">
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Perl-Student-Workbook-brian/dp/0596009968</a><br>> Probably not affordable for a whole class, but might help structure a<br>> course.<br>><br>> For what it's worth, if this is a student's first exposure to any
<br>> programming language, there are various opinions on whether Perl is a good<br>> choice at PerlMonks:<br>> <a href="http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=187006">http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=187006</a><br>>
<br>> - Kevin<br>><br>><br>> On 9/20/07 1:35 PM, "<a href="mailto:MBluman@buffaloschools.org">MBluman@buffaloschools.org</a>"<br>> <<a href="mailto:MBluman@buffaloschools.org">MBluman@buffaloschools.org
</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> Help!!!!<br>>><br>>> I've been selected to teach a beginning perl class in my inner city high<br>>> school, and I don't know where to start. I am not a programmer, but I have
<br>>> been thrown into this position and could use help from anyone in the know.<br>>><br>>> Please help<br>>><br>>> mike<br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Buffalo Perl Mongers Homepage
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