Scott: > The media course > used Python as the language. The new media course achieved an 85% > success rate for the three groups above, and had women succeeding at > "the same or better rates than the male students."
Interesting stuff Scott. My eldest did a combined theater-CS major in Tennessee (Clarksville, close to Nashville) plus we have titles discussing the interface in a theatrical context, almost impossible to think "API" and not think "puppet" (if you're a theater person). Given we don't have CS pre-college, at least not in PPS (Portland Public), yet a strong interest in theater, there's some thought to expand the theatrical track with Python in at least a few areas, with "people as objects" in the Sims / Avatar sense (been looking at this with Lindsey a little, Perl heritage, strong SVG skills). Another cohort: the phys ed teachers. Using these Google Streets cameras one has the ability the survey an ecosystem like Oaks Bottom (near Winterhaven) then start molding raw data and footage into GIS presentations, again using Python perhaps. I'm hoping some of these projects reach Vern Ceder's desk, even before the next Pycon. A dodecacam in Montana might be nice (an NPYM pipe dream at the moment, though I've met the CTO). Yo ho! I noticed a follow-up to Cherlin's by someone who seemed on the clueless side, assuming the severely under-served (in terms of electrification) would remain so, i.e. the background setting seemed static in his mind and in either/or competition with XOs i.e. "if you spend money on XOs, then you'll not be able to have any vaccines" or other trade-offs of a Draconian nature (reminds me of Pink Floyd's "how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!" -- one of those fuddy dud types). I posted about Jeff's eduPycon idea @ conferences list (Python.org), look forward to more thinking, also was nudged into Facebook groups by the leadership, admit to being a dweeb over here, spinning on my butt like that OSCON-purchased EuroPenguin with the Pythonic API and voice synthesizer (need to dust him off again? -- the new software does even more they tell me). Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
