I have 16 Scribblers and have students use them in pairs. I find I can get about two meaningful weeks using them.
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Zac Miller <zmil...@gsc.edu> wrote: > Hello Vern, > > The scribbler robots seem to be pretty popular from the replies I've been > getting here. We bought one of the robots to experiment with and the > students really enjoy working with it. How many of the robots do you use? > What kind of robot to student ratio? > > I think that a panel discussion with an established program like yours and a > start up like mine may be interesting, maybe we could add a third and work > out the details in private email. Anyone else interested? > > I'm interested in doing a poster as well. I will be working it all out this > week since the talk proposal deadline is 1 November. > > -J. Zachary Miller > > > ________________________________ > From: Vern Ceder [vce...@canterburyschool.org] > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:55 PM > To: Zac Miller > Cc: edu-sig@python.org > Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG > > Hi Zac, > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Zac Miller > <zmil...@gsc.edu<mailto:zmil...@gsc.edu>> wrote: > Hello! > > I've just joined this SIG, my first, and looked over a few of the archived > threads from last few months. My name is Zac Miller and I am currently > teaching Python programming to college and middle school level students. > > I am curious if there are many K12 educators involved in this SIG? I am > looking for people to discuss my student's progress with and it seems to be > hard to find others using Python in this setting. > > I'm the technology director and programming teacher at Canterbury, a private > school in Ft Wayne, IN. We've been teaching at least a little Python to every > single 8th and 9th grader in the school since 2001, as well as offering > electives in Python, Java, C, etc. > > Right now, our Python class is using the same robot/bluetooth board that > Georgia Tech uses (http://wiki.roboteducation.org) which has been a blast. > I'm also teaching an online Python enrichment course to middle school kids > through Northwestern University's Gifted Learning Links program > (http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/gll/courses/enrichment/courses/), using > Warren and Carter Sande's _Hello, World!_. > > As André mentioned there are a few of us on this list, so go ahead and raise > your questions. > > I am also considering putting together a talk proposal for PyCon 2011. So > far my ideas for a talk would be a brief introduction of myself and my > experiences learning and teaching Python in the past year. I attended PyCon > 2010 as student. Beyond that brief introduction I would like to discuss the > state of programming in K12 education in the state of Georgia, as much of it > as I have been able to untangle, and ideas for improving it. > > I've completed a few open record requests to the Georgia Department of > Education pulling enrollment number for programming and computer science > courses for the entire state. What would make for an interested PyCon talk > on K12 education involving Python? Does anyone have similar data or a > summary of programming education for another state they wouldn't mind sharing > for me to use as comparison? Anyone interested in doing a Panel proposal? > > I'd be available for a panel, and would be willing to work on a proposal, but > don't think I have the time to be a main organizer of one... Also, as the > chair of PyCon's poster session, let me encourage you to consider presenting > some of your findings as a poster. Even if you submit a talk or panel (and > even if they get turned down) you can still submit a poster proposal. > > Cheers, > Vern Ceder > > Thanks! > > -J. Zachary Miller > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org<mailto:Edu-sig@python.org> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > > > > -- > This time for sure! > -Bullwinkle J. Moose > ----------------------------- > Vern Ceder, Director of Technology > Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 > vce...@canterburyschool.org<mailto:vce...@canterburyschool.org>; > 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 > > The Quick Python Book, 2nd Ed - http://bit.ly/bRsWDW > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
