Is this being run as a face-to-face workshop or online with something like Elluminate :-)
Regards Roland (ICT teacher in Melbourne Australia) 2008/12/2 Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Who wants to join in? > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/12/1 > Subject: [Edu-sig] Python for Teachers approved, woo hoo > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > So I just learned we've gotten a green light for Python for Teachers > already. > > I've started circulating promotional materials already: > > http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=1863073&tstart=0 > > Kirby > > PS: anyone have one of these Acers? Good deal? Ubuntu even? > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/3070254912/ > (might recommend to students, then there's the HP for $100 > more -- same Photostream). > > > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > > > Python for Teachers > Posted: Dec 1, 2008 12:08 AM > Click to see the message monospaced in plain text Plain Text > Click to reply to this topic Reply > > So our Python for Teachers was approved for Pycon next > year, a three hour workshop. > > The idea is slightly confusing in that we're suggesting > private sector trainers might use this "other tomorrow" > approach of assuming a defacto Python Nation wherein we > do things a little differently, in terms of how we educate > our young and so on. That gives us an excuse to have > some fun with the motif, somewhat Wild West, while > pretending to be in say 9th grade again, learning about > functions, sets, Venn Diagrams -- except we've added SQL. > > The curriculum moves on through vectors in VPython, and > who can deny that computer animation is an important > business, even in tough economic times? > > I'm bringing to my Chicago audience a taste of how we do > it in Portland, am heading into teaching just such a > course (the math behind movie making) upon my return, > under the auspices of Saturday Academy. > > There'll be more info on the Pycon website and elsewhere, > in case you're thinking about coming. It's not a given > that everyone there knows much Python, although some > background in programming really helps. We have a small > contingent of actual classroom teachers usually, though > most of us are from private companies like Google. > > Kirby Urner > 4Dsolutions.net > > Resources: > http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=JkD78HdCD > http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/cp4e.html > > > -- > Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name > And Children are my nation. > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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