<< >>
> Please feel free to make more suggestions for improvements. And if you
> disagree with some of my more subjective statements on the edu-sig page,
> please do not hesitate to tell me. And I won't be offended at all if you
> point out some grammatical mistakes and the like - my kids do it
Hi everyone,
As I worked on the new edu-sig page, and got a few emails, I was struck how
the use of Python in Computer Science seems to have taken off. I remember
when we, on the edu-sig list, celebrated the publication of John Zelle's
textbook, the first book published for a CS-1 course. For a n
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:38 PM, David MacQuigg
wrote:
> At 11:14 AM 4/14/2009 -0700, kirby urner wrote:
>
>>> Depends on your own background in programming, and whether you need to do
>>> anything unusual like accelerate a program with a function in C. My guess
>>> is the average math or scien
At 11:14 AM 4/14/2009 -0700, kirby urner wrote:
>> Depends on your own background in programming, and whether you need to do
>> anything unusual like accelerate a program with a function in C. My guess
>> is the average math or science teacher will have no difficulty learning the
>> basics of
Ditto Vern's comments.
Vern, your name came up in my comments to PSF, summarized in this blog post:
http://controlroom.blogspot.com/2009/04/pybiz.html
[ note to edu-sig: Steve Holden suggested more opportunities for
prize worthy students with Vern volunteering to keep the Olympic flame
going tw
> Depends on your own background in programming, and whether you need to do
> anything unusual like accelerate a program with a function in C. My guess is
> the average math or science teacher will have no difficulty learning the
> basics of Python in a few weeks, and will get all the help they
At 07:30 AM 4/14/2009 -0400, Maria Droujkova wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am new to this list. I am working on an algebra course where teens will
>create their own learning materials and share them as open educational
>resources (OERs).
You and your students are welcome to participate in PyWhip
(http:/
Depending on where you live, you might want to go to EuroPython.
http://www.europython.eu/ We will be having a tutorial for people who
are new to Python before the conference. That may be of interest as well.
(now back to approving talks and sending out acceptence letters, so
that people like you
Hi Maria,
Yes, Python will definitely work for your purposes. And you can definitely
learn enough in a few months without being a specialist to use with algebra
kids. Guido's built in tutorial is great. That's how I started. Python is
an absolutely amazing self-contained environment. Take a l
André,
Thanks for doing this, this is a much more up-to-date collection and
should be a good starting point for everyone.
Cheers,
Vern
Andre Roberge wrote:
Hi everyone,
The first draft of the new edu-sig page is now complete. It can be
found at its usual location:
http://www.python.org/c
Hello,
I am new to this list. I am working on an algebra course where teens will
create their own learning materials and share them as open educational
resources (OERs). I'd like to organize the course around a computer
environment. I have three candidates for it so far: Scratch, Geogebra and
Pyth
Hi everyone,
The first draft of the new edu-sig page is now complete. It can be found at
its usual location: http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/edu-sig
The old page can be viewed (for a short while) at
http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/edu-sig/old_page/
As usual, feel free
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