- [ ] Develop URIs for K12CS framework, Common Core, Khan Academy concepts - [ ] Encourage educational CreativeWork creators to include schema.org markup in their HTML:
- schema.org/about - schema.org/educationalAlignment .url @id - https://schema.org/educationalFramework - [ ] Develop mappings between concept/curriculum/#head-ing URIs - [ ] Integrate math and science with K12 CS Framework - [ ] Integrate Common Core Math with K12 CS Framework - [ ] Integrate Common Core Language Arts with K12 CS Framework - interactive presentations ("stories") - [ ] Create a schema.org/Course composed of paths and traversals of CreativeWork(s) and Event(s) - [ ] Create nbgrader Jupyter notebooks with/for Khan Academy Math and Science SAT prep lessons - [ ] Create edX course w/ jupyter-edx-grader-xblock ## sympy ```bash # conda install -y anaconda # sympy conda install -y sympy ``` ### sage ```bash conda config --add channels conda-forge && conda update --all conda create -n notebooks sage sympy notebook ``` ## SAT prep https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat - ./math - ./reading-and-writing - [ ] science? ## Jupyter, sage, sympy, applied maths - https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks - https://github.com/sagemathinc/cocalc-docker - https://github.com/Kaggle/docker-python/blob/master/Dockerfile - https://github.com/ibleducation/jupyter-edx-grader-xblock https://k12cs.org/framework-statements-by-concept/ On Thursday, July 12, 2018, A Jorge Garcia via Edu-sig <edu-sig@python.org> wrote: > True, but scipy and maxima are built into SAGE. > > Sent from BlueMail <http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=13187> > On Jul 12, 2018, at 12:18 PM, Sergio Rojas <sergi...@mail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hola Jorge, >> >> Thanks for pointing out your blog, Jorge. >> >> I have explored Sage as a much madure open source alternative >> to Mathematica than Sympy (the other one I like is Maxima). It >> is really great as you have shown in your blog for calculus in several >> variables. >> >> An issue for me, though, is that it is an stand alone system and >> apparently it is not callable >> from a Python session (I have found no way of doing so as we can do >> with SymPy). Like that it is like using Maxima on its own. >> >> Salut, >> >> Sergio >> >> >> a python session >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 9:59 AM >> *From:* "A Jorge Garcia" <calcp...@aol.com> >> *To:* "kirby urner" <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> >> *Cc:* "Sergio Rojas" <sergi...@mail.com>, "A Jorge Garcia via Edu-sig" < >> edu-sig@python.org> >> *Subject:* Re: [Edu-sig] False alarms? >> FYI, I dumped Graphing Calculators completely in my Multivariable >> Calculus class that I'm teaching right now during summer session at the >> local community college. >> >> I'm using SageCell, have a look, http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com and >> http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009 >> >> HTH, >> AJG >> Sent from BlueMail <http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=13187> >> On Jul 10, 2018, at 9:40 AM, kirby urner < kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Sergio -- >>> >>> Per this article, with so many states and no national curriculum (I >>> don't advocate for one), it's tough to generalize about US schools: >>> >>> https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/07/ >>> americas-schools/564413/ >>> >>> Now, to generalize :-D >>> >>> The mathematics classroom was rarely also a computer lab. If the school >>> has a computer lab, that's usually a separate facility and they learn >>> business applications and typing, rarely much programming, until rather >>> recently. >>> >>> Today, schools likely have Chromebooks in large charging cabinets on >>> rollers. Fewer schools give out Chromebooks to each student but that's the >>> trend, perhaps from 6th or 7th grade up. >>> >>> The mathematics curriculum has never integrated any programming as >>> there's still that sense that programming takes years to learn and would be >>> a huge detour. Those of us more familiar with the state of the art don't >>> see it that way. >>> >>> You're right that Mathematica paved the way for a small subculture and >>> I-Python, Sage, Jupyter Notebooks, SymPy do feature in some US schools, but >>> very few. >>> >>> Rather than integrate mathematics and learning to code, the strong >>> belief is we need to keep math and computer science separated, which means >>> teaching a lot of things twice, given the Venn Diagram shows large overlap. >>> >>> Your book, which I've been reading, takes the more integrated approach >>> that I favor. >>> >>> Math teachers are in a tough position I think, as a lot of the mathy >>> content that students find most attractive is being placed in another >>> subject area. >>> >>> I have my opinions about all this, as a former high school math teacher >>> turned applications programmer and teacher-trainer. >>> >>> https://medium.com/@kirbyurner/the-plight-of-high-school-math-teachers- >>> c0faf0a6efe6 >>> >>> Finding a lot of computer science teachers in a hurry is the name of the >>> game right now, and lots of educators are selling on ramp teacher training >>> programs. That's becoming a big business. >>> >>> I expect many with a math teaching background are currently migrating to >>> computer science, so in some sense my desire for better integration is >>> being fulfilled. Some of this on ramp programs teach a language called >>> Pyret, which we're told is the better way to go. >>> >>> Kirby >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 5:13 AM, Sergio Rojas <sergi...@mail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> > here's a blog post raising the alarm >>>> > that Python (among others) is "completely incompatible with >>>> mathematics". >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > https://blogs.ams.org/matheducation/2017/01/09/ >>>> integrating-computer-science-in-math-the-potential-is- >>>> great-but-so-are-the-risks/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I get lost reading the referred blog post. I was >>>> under the impression that the ideas presented in the >>>> post were already fully discussed back in the 90's, >>>> when Mathematica was getting its way into the >>>> classroom at US schools. That things like "x = x + x" >>>> were already familiar to teachers. >>>> >>>> In fact, I was thinking of an open source alternative to Mathematica >>>> when writing the book on Prealgebra via Python Programming >>>> ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325473565), with the >>>> advantage that Python can be used for intensive computing task as >>>> well as for symbolic (algebraic) computations (like mathematica) >>>> via SymPy. >>>> >>>> I was under the idea that the Mathematica team has already shaped and >>>> polished the road. I can see that I was wrong. It is still very, very >>>> rough (much more than the first draft of my book). >>>> >>>> Sergio >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Edu-sig mailing list >>> Edu-sig@python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >> >>
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