Feeling your confusion (Score 1)

About 6 years ago, I left industry after 30 years for higher education. A bit a confusing at first, but you'll get used to it. Be prepared to realize that the undergrads know more about using the Web than you do. Talk with other faculty. There are probably some people who can help you find all the "interesting" aspects of academia.

I'd start with 2-3 weeks with Scratch (MIT). I think it's best system for learning the how computing works. I've had non-majors building systems with messages, nested loops, etc in 2-3 weeks. Once they have the concepts, you can go different ways depending the aptitude of the students. If you're not sure, try them on Alice (ask around the faculty if any have used it yet). There they have to actually type some code. If you think they are ready for straight-out coding, you could go with Python. A lot of colleges are using it in the first programming course. Alternately, you could go onto Web programming using Javascript.

Good luck! The first year will be a bear. Then you'll find what works and not for you. Enjoy! Email if you need.

Jerry