Re: [Edu-sig] help and suggestions

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 11:24 AM, roberto wrote: > Hello, this post is a request of a mix of: > your help (one half) > your scientific experience (one half) > > i plan to ground my math teaching experience on an inquiry based > approach to learning (i think you know definitely better than me what >

Re: [Edu-sig] Slope Art

Yes sir, good use of gcurve to keep it simple (don't need much VPython code). In my stickworks.py, I get only Vectors and Edges (vector pairs) at the end of the day, so when it comes to plotting, I'm drawing the individual edges between plotting points (what gcurve is doing under the hood) and so

Re: [Edu-sig] Elevator Demo for Python

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Edward Cherlin wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Phil Wagner wrote: >> Often I am asked for a quick demonstration about the power of Python, >> sometimes for people with no computer science background. What can I show >> them that doesn't take too much time

Re: [Edu-sig] Elevator Demo for Python

Me: > Also, J is significantly different from APL, just just in terms of > using ASCII instead of those non-Latin-1 operators, however once again > the family grouping is correct. > "not just in terms of" ... here's a link to that paper Iverson helped me with: http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/Jlan

Re: [Edu-sig] Elevator Demo for Python

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Phil Wagner wrote: > Often I am asked for a quick demonstration about the power of Python, > sometimes for people with no computer science background. What can I show > them that doesn't take too much time but gets the point across that Python > is a good fit for m

Re: [Edu-sig] Crunchy and Sphinx?

I have high regard for Crunchy Frog, another Monty Python allusion (I make sure kids learn). I also met a music band recently by that name, includes didgeridoo playing. Perhaps we'll see some YouTube commercials for this free product soon? I encourage open source developers to create demand for

Re: [Edu-sig] poking some dying logs...

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Daniel Ford wrote: > I met Maria Litvin at SIGCSE 2008 where she gave a very introductory workshop > on Python and math based on this book. She is the coach of the high school > programming team at Phillips Academy. She introduced me to JavaBat.com and > was tryi

[Edu-sig] help and suggestions

Hello, this post is a request of a mix of: your help (one half) your scientific experience (one half) i plan to ground my math teaching experience on an inquiry based approach to learning (i think you know definitely better than me what it is). My first inspiration on this topic came the way back

Re: [Edu-sig] Elevator Demo for Python

In a message of Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:58:10 CDT, Phil Wagner writes: >--===1754152315== >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f80f0aa9546d0470d25bc >3 > >--001485f80f0aa9546d0470d25bc3 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Often I

Re: [Edu-sig] [Diversity] Unicode and Ed Initiatives

I confess I am posting his to verify my mail channel round-trips the text correctly. It's encouraging to observe this "just happens" in more and more cases as time goes by. regards Steve Rami Chowdhury wrote: > Just +1 to say that in OS X 10.4 Mail it looks fine -- I've read some > bilingual mag

Re: [Edu-sig] [Diversity] Fwd: Okay, here's the deal.

2009/8/20 kirby urner : .. > There's also the new title Python Programming in Context which is of > direct interest to educators. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/17157...@n00/3800868585/ Wealthy educators you mean. Michael. ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-

Re: [Edu-sig] [Diversity] Unicode and Ed Initiatives

Just +1 to say that in OS X 10.4 Mail it looks fine -- I've read some bilingual magazines (mostly in the UAE) and it looks like that :-) Thanks for posting this to Diversity, by the way -- outreach work like this is, I think, certainly relevant. - Rami Chowdhury "Never assume ma

Re: [Edu-sig] [Diversity] Unicode and Ed Initiatives

Kirby, thanks for including me here, and Carl it does read legit.. I was wondering so thanks Kirby for telling me the translation was derived from the Google translating robot.. Wow I'm in awe.. This is so more real that I thought .. I feel the responsibility, also the possibilities.. Thanks again

Re: [Edu-sig] [Diversity] Unicode and Ed Initiatives

2009/8/19 kirby urner : > كيربي Urner 's CP4E الموارد البرمجة بيثون دمج مواضيع في الرياضيات. > """ > More and more, Python is making inroads at all levels in education. > Python offers an interactive environment in which to explore > procedural, functional and object oriented approaches to problem

[Edu-sig] seeking python class in Los Angeles

Hello! I am seeking a Python class in Los Angeles for Fall 2009 - do you know of any? thank you ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig

[Edu-sig] Slope Art

Here is a protect located for my algebra students involving Python Python I would appreciate your feedback. http://staff.hthcv.hightechhigh.org/~pwagner/Files/Project Files/Slope Art/SlopeArtProject.html

[Edu-sig] Elevator Demo for Python

Often I am asked for a quick demonstration about the power of Python, sometimes for people with no computer science background. . What can I show them that doesn't take too much time but gets the point across that Python is a good fit for math/education? Phil

Re: [Edu-sig] poking some dying logs...

I met Maria Litvin at SIGCSE 2008 where she gave a very introductory workshop on Python and math based on this book. She is the coach of the high school programming team at Phillips Academy. She introduced me to JavaBat.com and was trying to persuade Nick Parlante and Stuart Reges to translate J

Re: [Edu-sig] [EuroPython] Joel Spolsky wants Python speakers

On 8/1/09, Laura Creighton wrote: > > Me again. Just found out that 2 of the cities for devdays are > cambridge and amsterdam. Some of you lot that thought you weren't > interested may think again ... london is a third one. ___ Edu-sig mailing lis

Re: [Edu-sig] Python in High School Math

I have created a short project for my algebra/geometry class that uses Vpython (but could just as easily use Turtle). The goal was to teach slope and graphing through artistic means. I hope you enjoy it and if you have any feedback I would love to hear it. http://staff.hthcv.hightechhigh.org/~pwag

Re: [Edu-sig] Feedback sought on blog post: "Where do all the geek girls go?"

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Jeff Elkner wrote: > I've just written a blog post reflecting on what a learned in teaching > Summer enrichment classes about girls and programming: > > http://proyectojuanchacon.blogspot.com/2009/07/where-to-all-geek-girls-go.html > > Thoughts and/or feedback would