php worked nicely for my students (Score 1)

i have been teaching 16 year old students for the better part of the last 5 years. after learning html about half of them started learning php on their own. (they had chosen an IT career path in the beginning)

it really depends a lot on age and personality, but here are the details that worked for me:

- find a project they are really interested in
- don't teach theory when you can point to possible solutions a kid can acquire on its own
- use the simplest development environment that fulfills the need (otherwise they have to learn to navigate that, too. e.g.: i start my html course with notepad, move to notepad++ after an hour and some move to dreamweaver after a week)

good luck