[Edu-sig] Math and Python: level of difficulty

2010-01-24 Thread Litvin
At 04:12 AM 1/24/2010, kirby urner wrote: Back to the Litvin text, which has a lot going for it, I think it might be too difficult for some of the students we're hoping to reach. Phillips Academy is one of the most prestigious, reminiscent of Catlin Gabel or Oregon Episcopal in our neck of the

[Edu-sig] Could there be a new test, call it AP something else?

2010-01-24 Thread Litvin
At 04:12 AM 1/24/2010, kirby urner wrote: Some of us have been hoping to interest local community colleges in serving as venues for these teacher training programs that in some cases equip math teachers already in the field with some of these new skills. The idea, as I've posted about already,

Re: [Edu-sig] some turtle questions

2010-01-24 Thread Helene Martin
I'm almost sure that there's no way for a turtle to know anything about the background. That's an unfortunate limitation! As for putting a limit on a turtle's travel, you need to write an appropriate conditional. For example, if you want your turtle to stay within a 200x200 square centered aroun

[Edu-sig] some turtle questions

2010-01-24 Thread Brian Blais
Hello, I am trying to think of things to do with the turtle module with my students, and I have some ideas where I am not sure whether the turtle module can do it. 1) is there a way to determine the current screen pixel color? I am thinking about having the turtle go forward until it rea

[Edu-sig] Math + Python: reviewing some themes (long)

2010-01-24 Thread kirby urner
Greetings edu-sig folks: I've got a somewhat long one here. I encourage any responders not to quote the whole thing, just go for the gusto and quote the one thing you wanna do a thread on? I welcome changes to the subject line. One of my bad habits is to introduce new topics in response to a pr