Leslie Viljoen wrote:
> On 6/11/06, Nicholas Evans <OwlManAtt / owlmanatt.com> wrote:
>> Howdy list,
>>
>> I'm a highschool student with a very high chance of ending up
>> student-teaching the Programming I course during the 07-08 schoolyear.
>
> Brian Schroeder put together quite a nice course:
> http://ruby.brian-schroeder.de/course/
>
> I found a few errors but mostly I thought it was very good.
> FXRI comes with the Ruby one-click installer and may be able to
> replace DrScheme.
>
> As to whether to teach Ruby - of course! The advantage with Ruby is
> that it's FUN, and I think that's the biggest factor when learning
> anything.
See previous post on fun ... Scheme is just as much fun as Ruby IMNSHO.

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