Re: [Edu-sig] Edu-sig Digest, Vol 156, Issue 7

2016-07-13 Thread kirby urner
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:22 PM, kirby urner wrote: > > I've you mean what's posted here, I'm not reading much into it. > Sorry, "If you mean..." ... my English decays as the day wears on, plus I'm pre-occupied... excuses excuses. Kirby ___ Edu-sig

Re: [Edu-sig] Edu-sig Digest, Vol 156, Issue 7

2016-07-13 Thread kirby urner
I've you mean what's posted here, I'm not reading much into it. The Microbit hardware is not accessible in the US right now so I'm staying out of it. Anyway my own forte isn't low-level hardware "make the lights blink" coding in the first place, beyond some dinking around in assembler. You have

Re: [Edu-sig] Edu-sig Digest, Vol 156, Issue 7

2016-07-13 Thread Carl Smith
Just tried contributing to Mu, and was ridiculed by Nicholas Tollervey, so wont be bothering with it now. It would have been an interesting project. I've taught Python professionally, and developed very similar tools before, so it's exactly the type of thing I normally enjoy working on. The frosty

Re: [Edu-sig] Edu-sig Digest, Vol 156, Issue 7

2016-07-13 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
Hi Carl, I developed Mu. There are lots of things that could be on the website and screenshots are close to the top of my to-do list. Pull requests and contributions are always welcome. The project isn't even a year old so please be patient. N. On 13/07/16 18:40, Carl Smith wrote: > Hi Carrie

[Edu-sig] a next edition of a Python for adults course

2016-07-13 Thread kirby urner
I'm back to teaching another 5 week, 2-meetups/week course for Saisoft.net based in Irvine, CA. My students are eligible for free professional development (PD) in that state. I don't think Oregon has anything similar, not even for teachers. This time, after going over tuple, list, dict, int and

Re: [Edu-sig] Edu-sig Digest, Vol 156, Issue 7

2016-07-13 Thread Carl Smith
Hi Carrie Anne, Adding some screenshots of Mu to its website would be helpful. It's just nice to be able to see what it looks like before you install it. Thanks, -- Carl Smith carl.in...@gmail.com On 13 July 2016 at 17:00, wrote: > Send Edu-sig mailing list submissions to > edu-sig@py