Thank you for your contribution Claude. I have been looking at your github site and eyeballing the source code.
You make a good point about smartphones being so different a device, because of their small format, than even a laptop computer. Students with only phone experience feel unprepared for a shell or prompt, unless you remind them it's like a chat or messaging window. Python is talking back. However trying to use a Python REPL on a cellphone is still not a great experience (I've tried it). I see scientific calculators and smartphones in the same category: devices too small to be comfortable replacements for what I'll call "a Silicon Valley desktop" -- leaving it to the reader's imagination how many large display screens that might mean. The issue with large format devices is they're not very compatible with the small "desk-chair" footprint common in many classrooms, especially math classrooms. You're expected to have a notebook and take notes. Calculators fit. Cell phone are usually frowned upon as a distraction (but that's where the best calculator apps live). Having students bring laptops is a compromise. A fully equipped computer lab is another option. Like many contemporary authors and curriculum developers, I've been introducing Jupyter Notebooks as a good mix of skills, as you have both the Python and the web page design aspects. Again, none of this works well on a smartphone. Kirby
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