What should be on the Syllabus for an "Intro to Computer Programming" Course?

B. Clay Shannon writes: After 20 years in the programming ranks, I am considering switching focus to help prepare the next generation — or at least help them decide whether programming is "for them" or not. I have written an article of sorts as a jsfiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/clayshanno...

Feel free to comment about what you think should be added, removed, or modified as regards my proposed syllabus there. You can even create your own "fork" of that fiddle.