Hi,
We (ccnmtl.columbia.edu) have an educational simulation written in
python, that we have actually been able to successfully run on an
OLPC dev board. At the moment, this program is not yet officially
released, but if there is interest, I think I can work on getting it
released under the GPL.
Information about the game -
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/reliefsim/
Temporary access to the source until it is officially released -
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/draft/jonah/reliefsim/reliefsim.py
and the instructions:
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/draft/jonah/reliefsim/
ReliefSimInstructionsv1.1.doc
The game is taught in a curricular context, and there are lesson
plans available too, as well as discussions of the underlying
pedagogy and assessment.
So, I have actually been able to successfully run this program on the
OLPC dev board (it's a command line program using only core
libraries) - the only catch was that using console shells would
require tweaking the program, since it needs more rows and scrolling
would be nice.
So, anyone in this little python simulation?
SJ over at OLPC mentioned that a proper xterm is a possibility for
sugar, for just these scenarios, so perhaps this game could provide
the impetus for landing that.
best,
/Jonah
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Jonah Bossewitch
Senior Technical Architect
ccnmtl.columbia.edu
jonah at ccnmtl dot columbia dot edu
212.854.1815
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Hello,
FYI, concerning "Python and education" I saw this on the 'OLPC
commmunity-news' mailing list :
"""
7.
Python: Mamading Ceesay, who has been a long-time advocate of teaching
Python to children, has offered to curate a collection of
generative Python
games. He intends to get Pygames and Childsplay to run on the
laptops, and
to help others produce tutorials using the games to show children
how and
why to program.
"""
source:
http://mailman.laptop.org/pipermail/community-news/2006-December/
000038.html
http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/
Also this Blog talks about the OLPC laptop and what can run on it:
http://www.olpcnews.com/
francois
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