Re^2: Perl Advocacy w.r.t Teaching

I put games in parentheses because he's not really sure if that is what he wants to do, he just knows it will be something involving programming. Plus, perl is accessible and (IMO) easy to learn; also it lets you get fairly close to the metal at times whilst shielding you from some of the nastier aspects of programming (memory management, e.g.)

Also if you read my post I was interested in opinions of it as a language to teach programming with, which (again, IMO) is something at which it excels.

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Re^3: Perl Advocacy w.r.t Teaching
by fireartist (Chaplain) on Feb 10, 2005 at 13:19 UTC

I did read your post, I just didn't respond to that part!

Have a super search for school, first language, learning, etc. There's been loads of discussions about this already.

Without commenting on Perl's suitablility, I think you should consider the computing teachers' opinions/resistance more than the school board's. Can the teacher program Perl? Does she already have opinions regarding it? Would she be willing to learn it? If you're considering offering to teach an extracurricular class, are you a good instructor/teacher? Would you have the support of the current teacher?

Sorry for throwing off so many questions, but I think there's many issues to consider if you're serious about this.

I don't really feel qualified to comment on Perl's suitability for teaching. I've never studied CS, though would like to. I did a little BASIC at school, then a little javascript and php hacking. Perl was the first language I learnt/used to any extent.

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