Hello All,

I teach C++ and Java at a University here in Virginia, but will have the
opportunity and pleasure to teach an "intro to programming" year-long course
to high school students this comming academic year.

I have pored over the materials at Python.org and am not asking a "dumb"
question in terms of "what do I do?" but rather, I am asking if anyone on
the list has some general guidance and pointers.  Specifically, I have been
given the freedom to select the curriculum and wish to use Python during the
course.  Any gems of wisdom, pointers, or "gotchas" that you can provide are
greatly appreciated.  I have read the "white-papers" on CP4E and very much
agree with the perspective, which is why I want to introduce a web-aware,
modern, object-oriented "scritping" language to the students as I see that
to be the future of programming languages (although a good C/C++ foundation
NEVER hurts either).

I hope this provides the opportunity for fresh air from the division
debates.

Thank you,

Jeffry Babb
Richmond, Virginia


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