[Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

2019-01-24 Thread Charles Severance
was some general certificate approach and/or infrastructure that I could tap into. Thanks in advance. /Charles Severance ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig

Re: [Edu-sig] strategies for teaching Python

2017-10-04 Thread Charles Cossé
representations (ie, time-series, xy, 2d scatter, 3d scatter, 1d histo, 2d histo, cell plot, etc). Idk ... just a thought, just throwing it out there. Sounds like fun! -Charles On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 2:35 AM, kirby urner wrote: > > Given I'm spending 3-4 days a week with 5th & 6th gr

Re: [Edu-sig] some new open source Python writing (Jupyter Notebooks)

2017-09-02 Thread Charles Cossé
Hi Kirby, Thanks for sharing that. Why do you call the GitHub repo "Python5"? -Charles On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 4:03 PM, kirby urner wrote: > > Sorry: > > https://github.com/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Introduction.ipynb > > the previous one got away. > >

Re: [Edu-sig] New articles on Medium.... (not all by me :-D)

2017-03-22 Thread Charles
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 12:14 PM, kirby urner wrote: > > I'm responding to this separately, having checked the repo, screen shots > especially. I've always been impressed by your productivity and > portfolio. You're quite a talented coder in my book, bravo! > > Thank you. I'm looking for a new

Re: [Edu-sig] New articles on Medium.... (not all by me :-D)

2017-03-22 Thread Charles
PS -- in my last months of k-12 teaching the best (commercial) software i've seen is "kahoot". It surely influenced my idea about a R-Pi Bingo Server ... this would be a great thing to reproduce as an Edu-FLS (FreeLibreSoftware) platform, IMO. On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:45 AM,

Re: [Edu-sig] New articles on Medium.... (not all by me :-D)

2017-03-22 Thread Charles
on edu-sig. > > If you check my other Medium writings, you'll find a lot more (also blogs). > > Kirby > > > > > > ___ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > https://mail.python.org/m

Re: [Edu-sig] teaching Python 3.5 in 2016: snapshot

2016-07-28 Thread Charles Cossé
On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:59 AM, kirby urner wrote: > > Thank you for this most interesting post Charles! > Glad to catch your interest! > > >> But the team teaching aspect is the point of this post. Not every >> teacher can have the luxury of a like-minded pr

Re: [Edu-sig] teaching Python 3.5 in 2016: snapshot

2016-07-22 Thread Charles Cossé
did port several small exercises between JavaScript and Python to emphasize their similarities. Happy programming, Charles Cossé http://ccosse.github.io/ On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 2:30 PM, kirby urner wrote: > > I'm prepping for class tomorrow, as a Python instructor for emp

Re: [Edu-sig] teaching computer science: what language?

2015-05-11 Thread Charles Cossé
Hi, I think that the Python language has always prided itself on the fact that it reads like clear English. Perhaps could even say that "good Python" corresponds somewhat to "good English". Just my .02 ... -Charles On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 7:54 AM, kirby urner wrote: >

Re: [Edu-sig] (no subject)

2015-01-24 Thread Charles Cossé
Sebastian 8<-- Again, I have no interest in hostilities. My project is NOT COMMERCIAL and my post is not SPAM. It is intended to advance the state of open source education software in a constructive, transparent, open and absolut

Re: [Edu-sig] (no subject)

2015-01-24 Thread Charles Cossé
ts and Open Source Education Software, all. I'm sure there is a misunderstanding somewhere here, but it's hard to trace if messages are being deleted from the queue or whatever is going on. Let's see if this goes through ... Best Regards, Charles > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 8:17

Re: [Edu-sig] (no subject)

2015-01-24 Thread Charles Cossé
It's just an additional revenue stream for you. I hope that I HAVE NOT answered all your questions, such that you and others will continue to keep this conversation alive!! If you've made it reading this far then thank you! Hope to hear from more people on edu-sig. Don't be shy ... Charles Cossé Asymptopia Software <http://www.asymptopia.org> ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig

Re: [Edu-sig] (no subject)

2015-01-16 Thread Charles Cossé
Sorry about the missing subject line ... should have read: "In search of ... feedback" On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:54 PM, Charles Cossé wrote: > Dear Edu-Sig Folks, > > Below is a link to a short pdf (840 words) describing a project > that makes kids study and learn in

[Edu-sig] In search of ... feedback

2015-01-16 Thread Charles Cossé
, Charles Cossé, Ph.D. Asymptopia Software http://www.asymptopia.org/media/project_files/AutoTeachBriefOverview.pdf ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig

[Edu-sig] (no subject)

2015-01-16 Thread Charles Cossé
cause non-math-loving children to beg for math, and much more. I would like to generate some discussion here on the edu-sig with anyone interested. I hope there are some! Thanks in advance for any and all feedback, Charles Cossé, Ph.D. Asymptopia Software http://www.asymptopia.org/media

Re: [Edu-sig] Recommendation for editor+console or IDE for teaching beginners

2014-12-10 Thread Charles Cossé
Hi, I've been programming in python for 15 years now, always and only with NEdit. It has syntax-highlighting, tabs and enhanced whitespace toggleability ... all you need, and nothing else. It's part of every Linux distro that I'm aware of. Developed at Fermilab!! Good luck

Re: [Edu-sig] New Python MOOC on Coursera with 100% CC-BY Materials and Book

2014-04-01 Thread Charles Severance
On Apr 1, 2014, at 6:07 AM, roberto wrote: > Gonna try and see if it fits my students' interest. > Would be happy to report if you want. > Thanks for sharing. Please let me know how it goes - there is a lot of room for improvement once it is encountered by students in the real world ot side of

Re: [Edu-sig] New Python MOOC on Coursera with 100% CC-BY Materials and Book

2014-04-01 Thread Charles Severance
On Apr 1, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Adam Morris wrote: > This is really great. > Just wondering why you didn't go with python 3? Well the book I had is Python 2 and all my materials are for Python 2 and I wanted to put something up that was mature. I need to rewrite my book and all the example code

[Edu-sig] New Python MOOC on Coursera with 100% CC-BY Materials and Book

2014-03-31 Thread Charles Severance
Miller (Skulpt). Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Charles Severance University of Michigan School of Information www.dr-chuck.com ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig

[Edu-sig] Free / Open MOOC with Open Materials

2013-01-16 Thread Charles Severance
rly February and I have a playground space that is always open for folks to watch lectures and play with the auto-grader. Comments welcome. Charles Severance University of Michigan http://www.dr-chuck.com/ ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.o

Re: [Edu-sig] Teaching GUI's in Python?

2011-11-09 Thread Charles Cossé
I do a lot of webapp development in javascript, and actually prototype in python all the time. Once built, porting from py -> js is largely trivial. I think this connection is often overlooked for whatever reason. Good luck, Charles Cosse On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Brian Wilkinson wr

Re: [Edu-sig] What do you use for making presentations of a scatterplot of data

2011-09-15 Thread Charles Cossé
NPlot from the nirvana project at Fermilab. On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Laura Creighton wrote: > > I'd like to make a presentation where I have a series of > (informational) points to make, each of which is associated with a > cartesian (x, y) coordinate in a scatter plo

Re: [Edu-sig] OO and story problems

2011-08-26 Thread Charles Cossé
a .02 cent thought .... Cheers, Charles Cosse On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:40 AM, kirby urner wrote: > I've been haunting the math-teach list, as usual, > suggesting we take a page from AP computer > science and build our math around an interlinked, > themed, consistent set of stor

Re: [Edu-sig] General Programming Education

2011-07-14 Thread Charles Cossé
Python written in Java!). As far as the teaching in general, I think introducing via procedural and motivating oop by example would be a good approach. Best Regards, Charles Cossé (sorry for 2x emails Corey -- 1st one didn't cc edu-sig) On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Corey Richardso

Re: [Edu-sig] AP Computer Science

2010-11-06 Thread Charles Cossé
. (jython.org -- the best thing to ever happen to java). Adios - -Charles On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Zac Miller wrote: > Today I attended a meeting of the Georgia chapter of the Computer Science > Teachers Association.  Most of the focus was on how to better teach the AP > Compute

Re: [Edu-sig] Why Python?

2010-04-12 Thread Charles Cossé
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:36 AM, kirby urner wrote: > > "Math is an outdoor sport" is one of our slogans. > > I've heard that referred to as a "mathlete". ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig

Re: [Edu-sig] thought re graphing calculators ...

2009-09-28 Thread Charles Cossé
write tab-separated columns of data and NPLOT will read it no problem. If anyone tries this and needs help, feel free to contact me ... I've used this product extensively for years. Lots of sample code I could provide. Anyway, Python + Nplot = GreatAlternativeToGraphingCalculator. -Ch

[Edu-sig] thought re graphing calculators ...

2009-09-27 Thread Charles Cossé
Hi, this has probably been discussed to death already, but maybe not: The point at which fancy graphing calculators become "necessary" (ie as in one's student career) is the point at which the calculator should be abandoned and Python employed. Just a thought ... delete at w

Re: [Edu-sig] Order of operations confusion

2009-03-05 Thread Charles Cossé
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:51:40 MST, Charles Cossé writes: > > The interesting question (to me at least) is whether he would be willing > to rewrite a + b + c as a + c + b > > and then if he would be willing to

[Edu-sig] Order of operations confusion

2009-03-05 Thread Charles Cossé
ignificant, so thought I'd pass it along to you all. Take care out there, -Charles -- AsymptopiaSoftware|softw...@thelimit http://www.asymptopia.org ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig

Re: [Edu-sig] CTL: Computer Thinking Language

2009-03-01 Thread Charles Cossé
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:02 PM, David MacQuigg wrote: > I think the problem may be a need to avoid favoring one language over > another.  Any time you make a proposal to use a specific language, you get > immediate opposition from folks who favor another language. What would help most here is

Re: [Edu-sig] Python 2.6.1 build problems

2009-01-08 Thread Charles Cossé
u need > for Ubuntu, but check into it; that may be the problem (than make clean > ./configure, ) if you're building from source then check the configure options: ./configure --help and hopefully you can add a flag to configure without Tcl/Tk/TkInter at all ... ie ... ./conf

[Edu-sig] fracgen.py

2008-12-14 Thread Charles Cossé
Hi All, The recent discussion regarding fractions compelled me to dig-up a fraction problem generating script I wrote a couple years ago and post it in case anyone has use for it. The purpose of the script is to generate algebraic fraction problems. It might also make a decent programming assig

Re: [Edu-sig] Reinventing the classroom...

2008-11-16 Thread Charles Cossé
Hi Kirby, On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:20 PM, kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So once we agree we want some kind of computer lab, the question is, what > kind? > This sentence sounds similar to something I was just writing about...though reading on in your post it's not really talking abou

Re: [Edu-sig] CP4E in a third world country

2008-10-07 Thread Charles Cossé
f you need ... gotta run, but I'm here. Hope to hear from you. Charles Cosse -- AsymptopiaSoftware | [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.asymptopia.org On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Miguel Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello to all, > > I'm posting here

Re: [Edu-sig] Suggestion for python learning

2008-07-10 Thread Charles Cossé
uld be a good challenge to attempt to make programming understandable, to a degree, through an audiobook. > -- Dave > > Good Idea! Charles Cosse ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig

Re: [Edu-sig] College Board Cuts CS AP

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Cossé
7.html > > (Let's see if this one makes it through in one piece - if not reassemble > manually. ) > > Vern > > Charles Cossé wrote: > > I just tried to read the article and it says "unauthorized" on an > > otherwise white page! > > -Charles >

Re: [Edu-sig] College Board Cuts CS AP

2008-04-05 Thread Charles Cossé
I just tried to read the article and it says "unauthorized" on an otherwise white page! -Charles On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Vern Ceder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, what gets accepted and for what kind of credit is wildly variable > from school to school... >