Re: [Edu-sig] Fwd: From Scratch to Real Python Code with our New Block Trinket!

2014-10-21 Thread Philip Guo
incidentally, i created a similar prototype 5 years ago that mapped Android App Inventor blocks to Python code. cool that a company is taking on this idea as a production-quality service. a big issue with blocks languages is what to do when students want to transition to a traditional, text-based

[Edu-sig] Python is now the most popular language at top U.S. universities

2014-07-08 Thread Philip Guo
Here's something I cooked up last week. Feel free to spread the word to relevant colleagues, and I welcome any suggestions or bug fixes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8001337 Thanks, Philip ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail

[Edu-sig] IPython shell + interactive program visualizations

2013-08-31 Thread Philip Guo
Here's a one-minute video showing the latest extension to my Online Python Tutor project (http://pythontutor.com/). This feature is especially handy for teaching beginners on the interactive shell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3oarDuZPL0 ___ Edu-sig

Re: [Edu-sig] xturtle online via processing.js !?

2012-09-26 Thread Philip Guo
interactivepython.org uses a customized version of Skulpt (www.skulpt.org) to deliver a full-fledged Python interpreter with a Turtle graphics library in the web browser, with no server calls required. This means that you can download one of those webpages, save it to a USB stick, and deploy it in

Re: [Edu-sig] Online Data Base of Dynamic Question

2012-05-21 Thread Philip Guo
Have you checked out the Khan Academy platform for generating math questions? I don't know how user-customizable it is, though. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Raniere Gaia Silva wrote: > Hi, > > I was searching for a easily and quickly way to make math tests/exercises > (I don't want a course m

Re: [Edu-sig] CS + theater

2012-04-05 Thread Philip Guo
Agreed that finding more synergies (pardon my business-speak) between computing and the liberal arts can be wonderful. Reminds me a bit of Computing for Poets: http://cs.wheatoncollege.edu/~mleblanc/131/ On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:16 AM, kirby urner wrote: > As I was telling my younger daughter

Re: [Edu-sig] Online Python Tutor --- open-source web-based execution visualization and problem sets UI

2011-10-17 Thread Philip Guo
turtle.py > (python just generates js code (in addition to variables snapshots)) ;) > > > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Philip Guo wrote: > > www.onlinepythontutor.com > > This is an open-source project that I've been developing on-and-off over > the > > pa

[Edu-sig] Online Python Tutor --- open-source web-based execution visualization and problem sets UI

2011-10-11 Thread Philip Guo
www.onlinepythontutor.com This is an open-source project that I've been developing on-and-off over the past few years in grad school. It puts an innovative visual twist on traditional web-based programming tutorials and problem sets. Any feedback, questions, and collaboration opportunities are g