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The following tools and resources have been recommended by educators who participated in the Sun Java Grant Program: Java Developer Resources At Sun Java Tools and IDEs for Educators Other Tools and Resources for Educators Recommended Texts AP Exam and College Board Special Interest and User Groups Technology, Gender, and Diversity Java Developer Resources at Sun Sun's Java API Reference Documentation Java Tutorials, Code Camps, and Texts Code Conventions for Java Java Tools and IDEs for Educators JEdit TextPad NEdit Dr Java BlueJ jGRASP netBeans Other Tools & Resources for Educators Karel J. Robot's Introduction to Programming http://csis.pace.edu/~bergin/KarelJava2ed/karelexperimental.html LEGO Mindstorms(tm) Software Development Kit http://mindstorms.lego.com/sdk2/default.asp Recommended Texts Java: An Eventful Approach Java: An Eventful Approach by Kim Bruce, Andrea Danyluk, and Thomas Murtagh, Prentice Hall Publishers. 2005. ISBN: 0131424157 Thinking In Java (3rd edition) Thinking in Java (3rd edition) by Bruce Eckel, Prentice-Hall Publishers. 2002. ISBN: 0131002872. Distributed free-of-charge at: http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/ Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python, A Multimedia Approach Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python, A Multimedia Approach by Mark Guzdial, Prentice-Hall Publishers. 2005. ISBN: 0131176552 Java Software Solution, AP Version Java Software Solution, AP Version by John Lewis, William Loftus, and Cara Cocking, Addison Wesley Longman, 2003 Java Methods: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Java Methods: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming by Maria and Mark Litvin, Skylight Publishers. 2001. ISBN: 0965485331 Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing by Jane Margolis and Alan Fisher, MIT Press. 2002. ISBN: 0262133989 Head First Java Head First Javaby Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates, O'Reilly Publishers. 2005. ISBN: 0596009208 AP Exam and College Board Reference for Teachers / Students preparing for the AP exam Practice Exams & Selected Java Texts Special Interest and User Groups ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education SD Forum Java Special Interest Group Cafe au Lait Java User Groups Lunch with George Java, C, C++ Special Interest Group Technology, Gender, and Diversity National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science The Gender, Diversities & Technology Institute IEEE Virtual Museum: Powering the Electrical Revolution: Women and Technology