Turtlelab – A Simple Environment for Teaching Python

http://learnpython.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/turtlelab-a-simple-environment-for-teaching-python/

 

Another environment to teach Python.

Human Computers at NASA Langley Research Center

http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/Human_Computers

Here is a nice article with lots of photos of “human computers”. The original “computers” were real people and mostly women!

 

Blockly is a web-based, graphical programming editor

http://code.google.com/p/blockly/?redir=1

 

Blockly is a web-based, graphical programming editor. Users can drag blocks together to build an application. No typing required

Teacher who sees the benefits of using robotics to educate

http://kidsengineer.com/?p=464

A short video of a fifth grade teacher who used robotics for the first time and was impressed.

Computer History on LiveScience

http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html

A nice timeline of the history of computers.