[Edu-sig] CP4E in a third world country

[David MacQuigg]

At 12:11 PM 10/7/2008 -0400, Winston Wolff wrote:

>Variables especially are such a central concept to programmers that I  
>found it difficult to teach.  It seemed obvious to me but students had  
>a lot of trouble with them.

I think Python would be especially beneficial in this situation.  Unlike other languages, variables in Python are nothing but labels that you can "stick onto" an object.  The sticky note analogy should be very easy.  Kids are very good at making up names for things.