[Edu-sig] Sample letter from summer camp instructor parents / guardians

great about Python is it's an elegant implementation of the object oriented way of thinking, and therefore smooths the path to gaining proficiency with other object oriented languages in addition to Python, such as Ruby, Java and JavaScript. Kirby Urner 2017 Summer kirby.ur...@codingwithki

Re: [Edu-sig] Announcement: new version of Reeborg's World

I certainly like the idea (and reality) that Reeborg speaks French! http://reeborg.ca/docs/en/basics/library.html#reeborg-can-understand-french My summer camp kids tend to be an international cast, with some going to Portland's international school. Localization is important, and something to

[Edu-sig] comments on a Python expert Youtube / Python2 vs Python3

I just listened to the first 18 minutes, 7 seconds of this PyData talk: https://youtu.be/7lmCu8wz8ro What Does It Take To Be An Expert At Python? The speaker, James Powell. has an excellent and engaging style. However, two things: * the degree of the polynomials he's showing is 2 in both

[Edu-sig] teaching Python etc.

I turned down a $600/day 3 day gig I might not have got anyway, because the textbook goes twelve chapters with no 'class' keyword, and that would define the full complement of our topics. My code of conduct forbids teaching Python that way. The whole point of OOP was here's a way we think in

Re: [Edu-sig] Help with Jupyter Notebook, please?

Thanks for the shout-out to me in the middle Jorge! Also, thanks for keeping Take 1, as I think it helps other teachers to watch you work out, and share snapshots as you improve. I keep old relics around for the same reason sometimes, to show the deltas (changes) -- "the deltas" sounds like

Re: [Edu-sig] Help with Jupyter Notebook, please?

Good evening again Jorge -- I wouldn't see these newer pure Python skills supplanting so much as supplementing your Sage skills. You're widening your base of operations. You'll be able to reach out to a different demographic: students already comfortable in Python3 but wanting to review

Re: [Edu-sig] Help with Jupyter Notebook, please?

> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKthpFIV-TU > > Way cool. I made some notes: I like how you muddle your way through, showing where you're getting confused. Students looking over your shoulder want to help. Not intimidating. Shows how we're meant to explore, even as teachers. You get

[Edu-sig] some buried history

http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=10181740 (link to math-teach) This posting to Math Forum mentions Naga the she-snake (stuffed Python) mascot representing our Python community at OSCONs for some years, also Pycons and Djangocons (though Django had its own pony). Perl may have

Re: [Edu-sig] PyCharm Edu with Stepik

My current practice is to show Spyder in one course (40 hours over 5 weeks), while I use Wing IDE in another (3 day intensive). But then I emphasize that choice of IDE is a personal decision (or should be) and hype many others, such as PyCharm, Eclipse and so on. "After this course is over, go

Re: [Edu-sig] Exhibit: Session 2 of 10, a Python training

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 6:32 PM, Carl Karsten <c...@nextdayvideo.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 3:12 AM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Looping with for >>more string formatting >> > > > Kerby, I am curious about

[Edu-sig] Exhibit: Session 2 of 10, a Python training

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Thurs June 22, 2017 Course: PYT-PR (Saisoft.net) Instructor: Kirby Urner kirby.ur...@gmail.com Audio Check (6:15 PM PDT) Introduction What's an Object? Types we've seen briefly: int float string datetime list... ... l

[Edu-sig] a simple api for json data

[1] also a missing footnote from my previous post: https://github.com/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/py_async_get_chemicals.py Feel free to hit against my $5/mo Hacker account with pythonAnywhere for teaching your students how to go against an API with urllib or requests or whatever e.g.: url =

Re: [Edu-sig] AP Calc with Jupyter

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 9:24 AM, Carl Karsten wrote: > I think teaching python v2 will be more confusing, and less useful than > learning v3. > > I agree with you in principle Carl, re 3.x > 2.x, with less quibbling about minor version number (in the case of Python: "each

[Edu-sig] good news: many schools not competitive!

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Peter Farrell wrote: > Jorge and Kirby, > > Great ideas! You're preaching to the choir here. Especially the line "Why > don't we toss out the Graphing Calculators and just learn a little bit of > coding?" I spoke with the math department

Re: [Edu-sig] Python and 3D

Glad to discover from the docs that the latest VPython may also be installed through conda, recommended if not already using the "Classic" Vpython. conda install -c vpython vpython Graphics are served through a web server on localhost:9000 Screen shot: https://flic.kr/p/V6kPnV (directions

[Edu-sig] Python and 3D

> > One of the themes / questions was "how do we sustain / build on the > energy we DO have?" and I figure one way is to simply stay in touch > and inform each other of possible opportunities -- software, events, > collaboration, internships for students, etc. Novel, right? ;-) Just > call me

[Edu-sig] Pycon postings...

This is officially "the day after" though sprints continue. I've got a looking-back blog post and a Flickr album to share: http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2017/05/pycon-looking-back.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbyurner/albums/72157681886616111 Great seeing some of you, also former

[Edu-sig] updating Wikipedia re partial application in Python

I document doing so here: http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2017/05/coffee-shop-networking.html (see link to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_application#Implementations ) At what grade level should we introduce this fragment of lambda calc I wonder?

[Edu-sig] Decorating a Circle (math + python)

I'll be among the first to admit, this little Pycon-length talk on @decorators (in a math-learning context) has its weaknesses: https://youtu.be/bQOrmiufSSc?list=PLeBIlkJm4xgnJd1B8AOLIIuclk0ayXlR8 Mainly, I'm "showing my age" (somewhat literally) in that my non-data descriptor, age, doesn't

Re: [Edu-sig] Welcoming newcomers

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 3:55 PM, José Carlos García wrote: > > On 30 April 2017 at 00:07, wrote: > >> - an awesome-python-edu README.rst repo (with a table of ``.. >> contents::` ) might also spurn contributions of useful resources >> > > > ​Hi, I'm

[Edu-sig] Welcoming newcomers

n Terms of Learning to Code?* The "code school" business is still shaping up in a rough and tumble world, full of uncertainties. *O'Reilly Media* finally threw in the towel, closing its fledgling *School of Technology*. So then what happened to Wanderer Kirby Urner, one of the school's f

Re: [Edu-sig] Helping with Python education

Hi Santiago -- I'm not aware of any centralized "to do" list. We live in a quickly changing world so I'm doubtful anyone has enough overview to source one. Andrew Harrington's suggestion, to add to the growing library of interactive resources, seems excellent. I'm working with a teaching

[Edu-sig] recent thread @ Math Forum

In anticipation of Pycon: this thread on math-teach extends my thinking regarding "learning to code" and math education: http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2852324 (Business Math? Forum 206 / MF / Drexel University) Actual math teachers have a hard time chiming in, as the content

[Edu-sig] CS50 lecture (Harvard)... good job!

https://youtu.be/5aP9Bl9hcqI I think this lecture by David J. Malan of Harvard, introducing Python in Week 8, having slogged through C already, is top notch. He's using Python 3 and really covering a ton of material, with lots of references back to the C lectures. This is the only lecture of the

[Edu-sig] to learn one language well, learn at least one other... (meme)

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 9:30 PM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: I'm a big believer in "two languages is more than twice as good as knowing > one" because when we compare and contrast, see similarities and > differences, we get that "stereo" view. >

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

> - https://k12cs.org/ > > This one is consistent with letting math teachers out of the box in that it promotes a cross-disciplinary approach. "The framework can be used in a variety of ways. It can inform curriculum development, standards development, K–12 pathways, teacher preparation and

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

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Charles wrote: > Any place for PDX Guild to expand operations and benefit from that? They > deserve it, and in a just world they should get a piece of that action. > They are the pioneers of the code school phenomenon. > I sent them a copy of

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

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 7:45 AM, Charles wrote: > One last reflection: I’m now a long-term sub as a music teacher in the > same elementary school that both my children attended. Irrelevant except > that I love the school. I’ve never taught music and I’ve got up to nine >

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

Thanks for those thoughts and feedback Charles, on Medium as well. I'm still learning about how to use that technology. Finding other writings in the same ballpark, following and liking, also commenting, is how to develop more of a readership. I have several interconnected published manuscripts,

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

Useful summary of on-line Python 3 tutorials, starting with the one in docs.python.org itself: https://medium.com/@lockpaddy/10-resources-to-learn-python-3-9a735db7aff9#.mabvr7g8l Is it just me or am I sensing a strong pull towards Python 3, away from 2.x? My meditation, also on Medium,

Re: [Edu-sig] Prime Numbers...

into the printer loop coroutine, triggering a StopIteration, which I catch. It should work now at least. Thanks to my buddy off list for testing it. # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Thu Oct 13 13:48:52 2016 @author: Kirby Urner David Beazley: https://youtu.be/Z_OAlIhXziw?

Re: [Edu-sig] Prime Numbers...

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 1:53 PM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have this segment in my Python course (which I wrote, see below) where I > show prime number generator using an iterator written in two ways: as a > generator function and as a class. > I

Re: [Edu-sig] Turtle

> Our schools in Portland (both public and private) seem to favor using MIT > Scratch before introducing a lexical language, if > The Martian Math one (appended) is deliberately way above their reading > level but the challenge was simply to take printed sheets with the source > code and match

Re: [Edu-sig] Turtle

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:13 AM, Marcin Wojciechowski < marcin.wojciechow...@goleniow.edu.pl> wrote: > > Hello, I teach computer science in elementary school. Looking for > information on turtle. I like very much and would like to apply it in the > classroom. > > Marcin Wojciechowski >

[Edu-sig] dual use __main__: work or test

Does anyone use this pattern?: (a) accept command line parameters if __name__ == "__main__" or (b) run unittests if no parameters passed Something like: if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv)==7: command_line() else: unittest.main() I'm using this pattern with my

Re: [Edu-sig] update from Silicon Forest (follow-up)

> > OK, back to my day. Codesters, then meetup with Steve Holden, former PSF > chairman and Pycon instigator (younger the EuroPython, that institution). > He's just breezing through PDX on a lark. First, apologies for my prior post of this month appearing twice in the archives, some kind of

Re: [Edu-sig] update from Silicon Forest

Thank you Wes, very much, for all those excellent bookmarks, reminded me of when the Web was little more than personal pages, by those knowing enough HTML to hand code, and giving bookmarks (links) to other favorite places. Great addition to the Python.org mailman archives for future reference

Re: [Edu-sig] update from Silicon Forest

Thank you Wes for all those excellent bookmarks, reminded me of when the Web was little more than personal pages, by those knowing enough HTML to hand code, and giving bookmarks (links) to other favorite places. That's value added for sure. This was pre search engine of any real power, so all the

[Edu-sig] update from Silicon Forest

Greetings from Silicon Forest to this mostly-quiet list. Perhaps listservs in general have been overtaken in many cases, by technology with a higher bling factor. Or maybe it's that listservs (mail lists) are not an obvious vehicle for blatant advertising whereas Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus

[Edu-sig] the Descriptor pattern (new wrinkle in 3.6+)

the same work. I've shared my "Prop Circle" before (since adding circumference, the logical next step): """ Created on Thu Oct 20 15:43:14 2016 Modified Wed Dec 7, 2016 @author: Kirby Urner Related reading: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/2016-October/011548.html

Re: [Edu-sig] Python Physics Sandbox released

Thanks for doing all this. I mentioned this thread to a physics listserv frequented by those looking in to effectively teaching same [1]. Your project is geared to students learning to code, which could include future physics engine designers. Great way to get one's feet wet, not just using the

Re: [Edu-sig] Python Physics Sandbox released

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Jay Shaffstall wrote: > > If what you're looking for is a constant velocity, there isn't any way to > do that right now, but you might play with the ball's gravity and damping > values to see if you can get the right effect. > Is gravity

Re: [Edu-sig] learning python the "best" way... (end of year overview)

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 6:04 PM, memilanuk wrote: > I finally took a look at the on-line version > > yesterday and notice he's very adamant about > > learning 2.7, not 3.x. Disappointing. Maybe > > he's working on the 3.x version. > > > > Ah... you seem to have missed the

[Edu-sig] learning python the "best" way... (end of year overview)

at the meetups. I'm going to a Hanukkah Party this Monday now that my night gig is over until January, then lets hope I get to Flying Circus again the day after Christmas. Happy New Year everyone. Kirby Urner 4Dsolutions.net /ocn/cp4e.html ___ Edu-sig

[Edu-sig] snap shot from a random Python course (in vitro)

fun - put me down! S > > Steve Holden > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 4:20 PM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Just signed up to teach Jan 17 - Feb 16-17, Tue/Thur. I that's a night >> you're i

Re: [Edu-sig] coding for high school math credit

> > > That's my focus: for-credit programming in high > school without the necessity of branding the courses > as CS, even if they include CS content. > > Another course in this genre: http://ucci.ucop.edu/integrated-courses/modeling-your-world.html (PDF linked from top, link at the end is 404).

[Edu-sig] coding for high school math credit

I'm back to researching high school courses that fulfill math requirements and that involve coding. In California the so-called A-G metric is used by UC (University of California) schools, to validate whether a given course of study qualifies as sufficient prep for admission to a UC campus.

Re: [Edu-sig] Python + JS == more than their sum()

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 4:12 AM, Adam Morris wrote: > It depends on whether or not we are wishing to teach future computer > scientists, in which case having a stack with different languages makes > sense. > However, in a general education middle school and high school

Re: [Edu-sig] Python + JS == more than their sum()

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 2:24 AM, Mark Engelberg wrote: > I'm going to play devil's advocate and say that I don't think it is wise > to introduce multiple programming languages until fairly late in a > student's programming education. > > Yeah, I agree you sketch a

Re: [Edu-sig] continuing with ES6 / Python comparison, other chatter

Wes, your posts remind me of del.icio.us, the shared bookmark service. Is that still used? The Wikipedia page as of today seems uncertain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_(website) I see the website. Seems like we could mine it without signing in before? This page has no explanation.

[Edu-sig] continuing with ES6 / Python comparison, other chatter

I just had shared "sushi train" (conveyor belt actually) with a an IT chief with Everett School District, far north of here, during which we discussed whether or not listservs (such as edu-sig here) are on the decline across the board, having been replaced with other social media by next

Re: [Edu-sig] Python + JS == more than their sum()

Wise counsel Wes, much to think about, in terms of risk mitigation (when that's the goal, which it often is). Thanks for the segue. Kirby ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig

[Edu-sig] Python + JS == more than their sum()

ver: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Thu Nov 17 09:02:27 2016 https://flic.kr/p/PjQ6Bg (screen shot). @author: Kirby Urner Run the script and open the output .html file in any browser. """ from collections import namedtuple Piece = namedtuple('Piece', 'typ

[Edu-sig] Python + JS == more than their sum()

I'm continuing to advance the notion, in Medium comments and elsewhere, that learning one computer language at a time may be less efficient than tackling two or more, but with a "main one" front burner. [1] I credit the LEX Institute for this idea.[2] The theory being: contrasts and comparisons

[Edu-sig] interview with Kirby Urner (PyDev of the Week series)

I'm sharing more biographical info so we keep getting to know one another better: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2016/11/14/pydev-of-the-week-kirby-urner/ My thanks to Mike Driscoll of Mouse vs. Python for putting this together. The article talks about my coming to Python thanks to my

[Edu-sig] teaching on a 3D canvas

of using 3D animations in addition. From: kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 2:14 PM Subject: beyond the chalkboard: 3D game engines as a platform for physics teaching animations To: The Physics Learning Research List <physlrnr-l...@listserv.buffalo.edu>

[Edu-sig] Vpython inside Jupyter Notebooks

Somehow I didn't expect using Python 3.5 with Vpython in Jupyter Notebooks would so easy. Bruce Sherwood has many examples at his Github account. I uploaded one yesterday to mine. https://github.com/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Shapes%20with%20Vpython.ipynb Bruce has a viewing solution akin

[Edu-sig] new JN on RSA etc.

https://github.com/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Silicon%20Forest%20Math%20Series%20%7C%20RSA.ipynb Per tweets (@4DsolutionsPDX) I'm advocating Oregon high school (Silicon Forest) computer math (the subject) include Vector, Polyhedron and Permutation types, as a starting place. Python is not

Re: [Edu-sig] a Circle type with radius, area both properties (fixed)

> > >> Uh oh... I'm in the middle of teaching Session 10 >> and couldn't figure out why my radius for a smaller >> area was bigger. Couldn't be. I did my algebra >> wrong, duh. >> > > > https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html > > if __name__ == "__main__": > # import unittest >

Re: [Edu-sig] a Circle type with radius, area both properties (fixed)

I swap in the pure Python emulator for the property type as a part of explaining how these decorators work: On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 7:45 PM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > from model_property import Property as property >> >> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- "&

Re: [Edu-sig] K–12 Computer Science Framework -- k12cs.org

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Wes Turner wrote: > > >> Here's my main question: will already on-the-job math >> teachers get it together to offer these "specialized courses" >> that include significant amounts of programming? >> > > What incentives are there (beyond

Re: [Edu-sig] a Circle type with radius, area both properties

Excellent links, many thank yous. My query about the @property pattern was special to the Circle.radius / Circle.area co-variance, not like I imagined inventing the whole design pattern of co-variance. Who else does Circle in Python in 9th grade? Another one I'm close to having is where you

Re: [Edu-sig] K–12 Computer Science Framework -- k12cs.org

Hi Wes -- I'm in agreement with points 7 & 8 in: https://code.org/files/Making_CS_Fundamental.pdf i.e. the policy of making compsci courses count towards math requirements. NCTM has endorsed this approach as well, though maybe only luke-warmly. The above paper, Making Computer Science

[Edu-sig] teaching module

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Fri Oct 14 17:45:13 2016 @author: Kirby Urner """ print("{:=^40}".format("< Exhibit 1: scoping controls >")) from random import choice def add_tricks(cls): """ choice(tricks) m

[Edu-sig] Jupyter Notebooks on Decorators & Context Managers

Here are two Jupyter Notebooks the might be of interest to those of us teaching Python: Decorators: http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Abducted%21.ipynb Context Managers: http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/SpookyCastle.ipynb I'll

Re: [Edu-sig] Thonny IDE 2.0 released

Thanks Alvar! Looks really cool. Looking forward to exploring it more. I have it installed and will be sharing it as an IDE to explore in my upcoming Python classes. https://flic.kr/p/M4pBaE Kirby On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Aivar Annamaa wrote: > Hi! > >

[Edu-sig] recommending David Beazley

of like Ramalho does with the nation flags (logos). [1] http://www.dabeaz.com/ http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032519.do Looking forward to 3.6 / 3.7 Kirby [1] # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Mon Jul 14 2016 @author: Kirby Urner Uses API documented at http://

[Edu-sig] more Silicon Forest slant...

If you wanna get more nitty gritty details on our work in Portland, and Oregon (a US state, Portland not the capital), here's a recent link, a good trail head: http://mail.geneseo.edu/pipermail/math-thinking-l/2016-September/000785.html Looking ahead to Pycon 2017: Those who say "Pythun", UKers

Re: [Edu-sig] a thirty minute interview of Kirby (courtesy of Nepris)

... sorry about all the squinting, that's probably why the students looked so blurry. :-D PS: I proposed tying off python-cuba as we achieved our goal of fully integrating Cuba into the Python ecosystem. http://conf.scipyla.org/ Our grand strategy work is done. The rest of the work is details

[Edu-sig] a thirty minute interview of Kirby (courtesy of Nepris)

If curious, here's a trail head with the actual link: https://twitter.com/4DsolutionsPDX/status/778998480874250241 This was my session with the Austin Texas high school kids, mentioned here: http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2016/09/talk-like-pirate.html Kirby

[Edu-sig] update from Portland...

Greeting edu-sig subscribers -- News from PDX (Portland) is: * I've been taking R-Pi around town, showing off this nifty "Py machine", great intro to bash shell world http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2016/09/wanderers-201696.html * Hedron, local Maker Space, exhibitor at Maker Faire, 3D prints

[Edu-sig] high school "Pythonic math": Vector as pivotal (+ addendum on recent recipes)

Per these paragraphs to a listserv for Physics teachers -- to which I was invited by one Dr. Bob Fuller, a former AAPT chairman -- I'm underlining a Vector type as one of the hallmarks of high school math: === [ posted about 2.5 hours ago ] === Your remarks on fluency are well taken. I'm just

[Edu-sig] another Raspbian Recipe

I did get povray 3.7 to compile on the Jessie distro that came with my Pi2. I'll link to another location for the details as this is not 100% about Python. Note however my link to the POV-Ray + Python stuff at my Oregon Curriculum Network website.

[Edu-sig] a Raspbian recipe for geometry teachers

s that cover some of this same territory: https://github.com/antiprism/antiprism_python/blob/master/README.md Kirby Urner @4DsolutionsPDX Portland Knowledge Lab VLM (a type of PWS) in Portland, Oregon ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig

[Edu-sig] Fwd: Doing Math with Python at PyCon Education Seminar

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 11:09 PM, Amit Saha wrote: > > Thank you! I think i have to start using Jupyter more so that I know > how to make the best use of it or troubleshoot it when it hangs and > even a kernel restart won;t help! But really love how it allows me to >

Re: [Edu-sig] Doing Math with Python at PyCon Education Seminar

Great talk Amit! You were great dealing with an overtaxed kernel under time pressure, and really moved through a lot of substantive material, not wasting any time at all. Here's a screen shot exhibit of me tweeting to followers about your talk just now, with a link both to Youtube and back to

Re: [Edu-sig] rounding out a Python course...

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:13 AM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Having explored Jupyter Notebooks, our next task > was to dissect a simple Flask application, with an > API published here: > > http://thekirbster.pythonanywhere.com > > I'm providing mor

Re: [Edu-sig] mixed messages about math...

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:10 PM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was just drafting another blog post for CERM Academy, > which manages streams of thought pieces going out to > subscribers, then warehoused in a WordPress site. [1] > > Update Aug 9: Here's

[Edu-sig] after 40 hours.... (generic Python course)

What level of Python do I expect students to read by Session 10 of 10? (40 hours, 2x week using Zoom.us) https://twitter.com/4DsolutionsPDX/status/762044675880394752 (links to Jupyter Notebook on Github via Twitter) This was for State of California. I think Oregon's math teachers would benefit

Re: [Edu-sig] mixed messages about math...

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Carl Karsten wrote: > I pretty much disagree with your conclusion about "what is said. .. CS is > not Math" and all the conclusions and predictions. > > Math classes and math teachers are not going to be replaced by anything. > > Most of

[Edu-sig] mixed messages about math...

I was just drafting another blog post for CERM Academy, which manages streams of thought pieces going out to subscribers, then warehoused in a WordPress site. [1] As a former high school math teacher, my question is about the likely fate of that profession, in the light of two messages coming

[Edu-sig] rounding out a Python course...

the "secret security word" -- there's no login). It won't accept elements already posted. Simple client (programmaticly POST, no actual browser form used). # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Fri Jul 29 17:35:58 2016 @author: Kirby Urner Post a chemical element to

[Edu-sig] more pythonic andragogy...

What I like about the appended module is it exercises constructs in a somewhat meaningless fashion that nevertheless has a story, a strong metaphor. We're in a spooky castle and want to leave having guessed a Python keyword, hidden in self.__xyjk during initialization. If we guess it right in

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

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Charles Cossé wrote: << SNIP >> Thank you for this most interesting post Charles! > But the team teaching aspect is the point of this post. Not every teacher > can have the luxury of a like-minded programmer anticipating their next > thought

[Edu-sig] interesting Jupyter Notebooks useful for teaching Python (on Github)

http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Atoms%20in%20Python.ipynb (Atom class ideas) http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Pi%20Day%20Fun.ipynb (tau stuff)

[Edu-sig] (no subject)

ntext managers, descriptors But always with spiraling i.e. we keep going back to the beginning and iterating through a bunch of stuff. Kirby # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Tue Jul 26, 2016 Course: PYT-PR (Saisoft.net) Session 07 Kirby Urner Instructor: kirby.ur...@gmail.c

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

apologies for formatting, striving for better readability this time... not repeating the source code, just the other part. Reformatted: --- From: kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 2:02 PM Subject: Re: teaching Python 3.5 in 2016: snapshot To: &q

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

t; annotations What I call "grand unification" is up ahead where we show how a context manager mayb be built with generator as a decorator. Haven't gotten there yet with this class. That's almost black belt, like maybe brown. Looking ahead to tonight's class, reviewing the bridge w

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

I'm prepping for class tomorrow, as a Python instructor for employed adults eligible for California State funded professional development electives, not for college credit but career-relevant nonetheless. My approach is to use collections.namedtuple to show the tuple (a sequence type, like a

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

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:22 PM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> 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...

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

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

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

n("elements.json", "r") the_dict = json.load(f) f.close() all_elements = {} for symbol, data in the_dict.items(): all_elements[symbol] = Element(*data) # "explode" data into 4 inputs Here's my outline from last night: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

Re: [Edu-sig] more follow-up re Pycon / EduSummit

> > > > Did anyone else see The Martian with Tom Hanks? That was hex code that > saved his life. A coded message from NASA perhaps? :-D > > Sorry, not Tom Hanks in that one. Matt Damon. My bad. Mentioned in last paragraph in this blog post too:

[Edu-sig] Python as a Second Language (PSL)

On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 9:14 AM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What's standing out for me is how often Jessica > uses the phrase "just like in math class" or "as > you'd expect from math class". > > Exactly, reminding viewers of &

[Edu-sig] Introducing Python... callables = {types, functions}

I'm on Safari On-Line sampling: Introduction to Python by Jessica McKellar O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2014 a multi-hour video series. I enjoy and value getting ideas from other Python instructors. I'm scheduled to start a new round myself this very evening. What's standing out for me is how often

Re: [Edu-sig] Let's dump the Graphing Calculators!

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 3:01 AM, Jason Blum wrote: > Interesting article about the whole Texas Instruments Graphing Calculator > scam: > > https://mic.com/articles/125829/your-old-texas-instruments-graphing-calculator-still-costs-a-fortune-heres-why > > Excellent article,

Re: [Edu-sig] more follow-up re Pycon / EduSummit

Absolutely, I think of you as one of the five or six active Pythonic Math teachers, plus or minus a few. The rest are CS teachers, which I salute, but it's not a STEM discipline except maybe hiding behind the E and the Es are known to be shy, non-combative, pocket-protector nerd types who don't

Re: [Edu-sig] more follow-up re Pycon / EduSummit

Thanks Nicholas that's entirely consistent with what you said at Pycon, I'll be patient. :-D In the meantime I purchased the newest Pi today (free shipping from Amazon), my main motivation being to work through examples in Peter Farrell's book, Hacking Math Class (is that title too scary for

[Edu-sig] more follow-up re Pycon / EduSummit

Quiet around here, because the action is all on Twitter I think. Anyway, more blogged followup. I still can't find a Micro:Bit for sale in this neck of the woods, like at Fry's (our electronics superstore) or SurplusGizmos. http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2016/06/more-edusummit-business.html

[Edu-sig] PD for math teachers (was digest)

<< SNIP >> It's going to be slow going, but with resources like Amit's book, my book, > and Kirby's future book, math teachers will no longer feel alone in wanting > to modernize their field. > > Peter Farrell > Thanks for reminding me of my future book. I just emailed you some draft text

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