Re: [Edu-sig] python publication

2009-07-12 Thread David Joyner
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 2:08 PM, roberto wrote: > hello, > i have managed an introductory math and programming course, mainly > based on python for the programming side; > participants came strictly from high schools; > > i'd like to share the results with the community and collect them as > draft

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

2010-01-31 Thread David Joyner
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:32 PM, David MacQuigg wrote: > michel paul wrote: >> >> Recently I've found Sage invaluable for the purpose >> of getting computational thinking into the math curriculum.  I've spent the >> last year figuring out how to harness Sage in class, and it

Re: [Edu-sig] Sage, SciPy or continue with MatLab ???

2010-02-01 Thread David Joyner
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:45 PM, David MacQuigg wrote: > kirby urner wrote: >> ... > > I'm putting together a proposal for a freshman-level course in CS. >  Currently we have three courses - one for CS majors (Java), one for > computer engineers (C), and one for physics and astronomy (C).   Matla