Re: Java recommendations for young students?

["Jason R. Kretzer" <jason@OpinionOne.com>]

The tutorial on Sun's website is a good place to start for self-motivated
people.  I have several links to resources on my site:
http://alia.iwarp.com

Good Luck,

-Jason

----- Original Message -----
From: "aaron" <aaron@pd.org>
To: "'atl java UG'" <ajug-members@www.ajug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:03 AM
Subject: Java recommendations for young students?


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> My 15 year old daughter just completed her first formal programming
> class, a 4 week, 30 hour Java course that was offered for winter short
> term. (Her high school breaks the year up into two long terms focused on
> traditional subjects alternating with two ~4 week short terms packed with
> a lot of special interest electives).
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> Given my support and cultivation of her more "geeky" interests (she
> prefers to write, compute, create and surf with her Linux and Amiga
> systems), she went into the class with some experience in HTML, basic
> unix shell commands, a little elementary CGI scripting and a lot of
> general computer and electronic media knowledge.
>
> She enjoyed what she learned of Java and earned an 'A' for her efforts,
> but the class went by quickly and she was left wanting to take it
> further. Given the short time frame, I don't think they got much past
> learning the Code Warrior IDE, creating a handful of fairly basic classes
> and plugging in a few javascripts.
>
> I'm afraid my own Java experience is (currently) too limited to be very
> useful in tutoring her, so I'm hunting for Java and general programming
> education ideas that would be appropriate for a very bright, curious and
> hard working High School student with a lot of functional knowledge in
> computer science.
>
> Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated, though good training books
> and other self paced tutorial options would seem best suited to the
> hectic schedule of a modern teenager.
>
> With gratitude,
> aaron
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