[Slightly OT?] Why It's Hard to Explain Rev

[Judy Perry]

Ayyy, now there's the rub!

Well, hmmm...

For teaching programming to the K-12 crowd, I'd emphasize that you can
teach  many basic programming concepts without the overhead of stuff that
really should be taught later (such as declaring data types, etc.) along
the proven path of the Analytical Engine method, using markedly similar
software to that which used in the original AE.

I'd mention that the company offers generous educational discounts.

I'd mention points made in my thesis about why Rev's particular approach
to programming is ideal for novice/newbie programmers (if it weren't
electronically stored on a device needing data recovery, that is; yup,
the main harddrive and the backup both failed at the same time).

And I'd mention that they can run it in any of the major computer lab
environments (with the exception of those containing machines that well
and truly belong in the Smithsonian).

And now I need to get back to my own personal version of the
highly-compelling reality show 'kiddies gone wild'.

Judy



On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Marty Billingsley wrote:

> And what do you say to non-programmers, particularly school administrators
> who want to know why we should use this product to teach programming?