I was happy to hear from Vern about his and Jeff's experiences at NECC conference, as I briefly notate in my blog:
http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2009/07/planning-charter.html (PSF was officially invested here) More recently, I briefly re-visited the PSF's decision to "dump Gattegno" for the benefit of the math teachers on math-teach, as he's something of a hero and I didn't want anyone thinking we had a problem with AlgebraFirst or whatever they're calling it: http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=6776229&tstart=0 In terms of outreach to <14, the XO shouldn't be discounted. That's been a first contact with a Python interactive shell (Pippy) for many youngsters around the world, a milestone already achieved (not saying we're done). I've been eyeballing this one (below), think it makes a good case for Python (its intent), could be used to extend awareness of our language in other non-scientific liberal arts fields. I'll be sharing the link. Kirby ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steve Lawford <steve_lawf...@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:15 AM Subject: Python review article (econometrics & statistics) To: python-annou...@python.org Dear all, We have written a review of Python aimed at econometricians and statisticians: http://www.enac.fr/recherche/leea/Steve%20Lawford/papers/python.pdf Some of the introductory material and examples may be of general interest. Comments are very welcome (steve_lawf...@yahoo.co.uk). Best, Steve Lawford http://www.enac.fr/recherche/leea/Steve%20Lawford/steve_site1.html <P><A HREF="http://www.enac.fr/recherche/leea/Steve%20Lawford/papers/python.pdf";></A> - Python review article (econometrics & statistics) (04-07-09) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/ _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
