[Edu-sig] Python Ed Tech positions

2008-08-25 Thread Jonah Bossewitch
development projects (Django, Turbogears), some of our Content Management needs (Plone), and most of our scripting and sys admin tasks. * **Contact**: Jonah Bossewitch * **E-mail contact**: jonah at ccnmtl dot columbia dot edu * **Other Contact Info**: Please submit your resume to the job post

[Edu-sig] College Board Cuts CS AP

2008-04-05 Thread Jonah Bossewitch
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/03/ ST2008040303977.html Pretty disheartening considering the declining interest in CS majors so much for switching to python on the AP exam. Even java is better than no AP (mostly ;-) ) /jsb _

[Edu-sig] PyCon Follow-up

2008-03-20 Thread Jonah Bossewitch
Hi everyone, First, I want to let you know that I had a great time at our conference this year, despite all the blogo-grumblings to the contrary. Meeting up with many of the educators in the python community is one of the many reasons why. I mostly lurk on this list, but it occurs to me that I

[Edu-sig] reliefsim - a python-based educational simulation

2007-01-08 Thread Jonah Bossewitch
just these scenarios, so perhaps this game could provide the impetus for landing that. best, /Jonah ~ Jonah Bossewitch Senior Technical Architect ccnmtl.columbia.edu jonah at ccnmtl dot columbia dot edu 212.854.1815 ~ Hello, FYI, conce

[Edu-sig] Rapunsel, Rapunsel

2006-03-30 Thread Jonah Bossewitch
Does this group know about this project? http://maryflanagan.com/rapunsel/index.htm I saw Mary talk today and her work is quite impressive. It's still being researched... wouldn't it be wonderful if they moved away from java and towards a more youthful, dynamic, vibrant, language... /jsb __

[Edu-sig] Coding Tool Is a Text Adventure

2006-03-16 Thread Jonah Bossewitch
http://wired.com/news/technology/0,70413-0.html?tw=wn_index_14 just saw this, and thought it might be interesting for this group. /jsb ~ Jonah Bossewitch Senior Technical Architect ccnmtl.columbia.edu jonah at ccnmtl dot columbia dot edu 212.854.1815

Re: [Edu-sig] Edu-sig Digest, Vol 31, Issue 16

2006-03-01 Thread Jonah Bossewitch
I want to throw out one idea that worked great for me in my initial introduction to cs. In our class our first programs generated simple postscript (ie - turtle graphics) which we then sent to a printer (well, ghostscript first, to save a few trees). By week two we were generating mandlebrot sets