CF4K was Re: Macromedia listening? is RE: ColdFusion for kids

On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 03:33 AM, Jochem van Dieten wrote: > Dick Applebaum wrote: >> >> Are you saying that while the CFMX approach is good enough for you and >> I to use,it is not good enough for our kids? > > I am saying that the HTML approach is a necessary evil nowadays. But we > are supposed to be educating these kids for the future, so we might > just > as well teach them something more durable. > > >> What do you propose instead? > > Don't teach them one particular toolset, teach them concepts. > > I agree with both points.  But, teaching/learning is enhanced  when the students participate. We need a toolset that allows the concepts to be demonstrated. Jim Davis said it best: "I think with CF you have the potential to teach the concepts without the language getting in the way. " Dick