[racket-dev] [plt-edu] Re: TeachScheme! wikipedia page update

From: Todd O'Bryan (toddobryan at gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jun 16 16:12:00 EDT 2010

How about going someplace completely different?

TeachDesign
Data-Centric Program Design
Programming Literacy for Teachers

OK, those are just awful, but you get the idea.

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Robby Findler
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> It is unfortunate that the name "TeachScheme!" requires an immediate
> explanation. :)
>
> Robby
>
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Matthias Felleisen
> <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for reminding me and for getting started.
>>
>> I have made small changes to the page (de-emphasizing Scheme some more).
>>
>> The real question is whether we should abandon the name TeachScheme! and
>> move on. TeachRacket! comes to mind but Racketeering! and others are
>> available, too.
>>
>> -- Matthias
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 12:15 PM, John Clements wrote:
>>
>>> I beat on the TeachScheme! wikipedia page, with reasonable but not stellar
>>> results.  In particular, sentences like "TeachScheme doesn't depend on
>>> Scheme" become a bit more opaque after the Scheme->Racket substitution.
>>>
>>> Anyone else who feels like doing 5 minutes of outreach is welcome to edit
>>> it.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
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