Teacher Introduction to Programming

[Zanarama]

Basic introduction. It should cover at least:
- What is programming?
- Why should students learn to program?
- What is Python?
- What is Turtle?
- What is AmazingTurtle?

[thequbit]

Great write up. Is this intended to be viewed by the students, the instructor or both?

[Zanarama]

This is intended to be written for instructors. This one will probably include tips to teaching the lessons and maybe outside resources that students may not have access to on a normal school day. Though I could adapt it and make a student version as well.

[thequbit]

Gotcha. What kind of format do you think would be best for this? 'Hand out', power point, website, youtube video? Who is our target teacher? If we want to capture 100% of teachers we might want to break this into two parts (super simple intro to math and computers, and then what you have above). My concern is that if you have a 20 year English teacher trying to each this course, they may need additional materials to support themselves in coming up to speed - where a 5 year math teach may not. Thoughts?