http://learnpython.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/turtlelab-a-simple-environment-for-teaching-python/
Another environment to teach Python.
http://learnpython.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/turtlelab-a-simple-environment-for-teaching-python/
Another environment to teach Python.
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!
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
http://kidsengineer.com/?p=464
A short video of a fifth grade teacher who used robotics for the first time and was impressed.
http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html
A nice timeline of the history of computers.