Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG

2010-10-24 Thread Andy Judkis
Hi Zac (et al), I teach 10th graders a course called Principles of Computer Technology that includes about 4 weeks of programming at the end, using Python. We always start with about 4 days using RUR-PLE, which I think is the cat's pajamas, and then go on to using IDLE to do some simple

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG - Panel

2010-10-24 Thread Vern Ceder
[vce...@canterburyschool.org] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:55 PM To: Zac Miller Cc: edu-sig@python.org Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG Hi Zac, On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Zac Miller zmil...@gsc.edumailto:zmil...@gsc.edu wrote: Hello! I've just joined

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG - Panel

2010-10-24 Thread Helene Martin
: Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:55 PM To: Zac Miller Cc: edu-sig@python.org Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG Hi Zac, On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Zac Miller zmil...@gsc.edumailto:zmil...@gsc.edu wrote: Hello! I've just joined this SIG, my first, and looked over a few

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG - Panel

2010-10-24 Thread Vern Ceder
or not a talk is accepted. -J. Zachary Miller Cheers, Vern From: Vern Ceder [vce...@canterburyschool.org] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:55 PM To: Zac Miller Cc: edu-sig@python.org Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG - Panel

2010-10-24 Thread Helene Martin
To: Zac Miller Cc: edu-sig@python.org Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG Hi Zac, On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Zac Miller zmil...@gsc.edumailto:zmil...@gsc.edu wrote: Hello! I've just joined this SIG, my first, and looked over a few of the archived

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG

2010-10-24 Thread kirby urner
Hi Zak -- Glad you've joined us. I used to be a full time high school math teacher in the 1980s (Jersey City), then worked at McGraw-Hill. We all though Logo and BASIC might be getting a mind-slice in pre-college math, but Texas Instruments won with math wars. These days, I sometimes get to

[Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG

2010-10-23 Thread Zac Miller
Hello! I've just joined this SIG, my first, and looked over a few of the archived threads from last few months. My name is Zac Miller and I am currently teaching Python programming to college and middle school level students. I am curious if there are many K12 educators involved in this SIG?

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG

2010-10-23 Thread Vern Ceder
Hi Zac, On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Zac Miller zmil...@gsc.edu wrote: Hello! I've just joined this SIG, my first, and looked over a few of the archived threads from last few months. My name is Zac Miller and I am currently teaching Python programming to college and middle school level

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG

2010-10-23 Thread Helene Martin
You can see two versions of a Python course I've given in Seattle at a public high school linked from http://www.garfieldcs.com/creative-computing/ All resources are up for grabs if they interest you unless attributed to others. Happy to discuss with you or others if interested. It's been

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG - Class Length

2010-10-23 Thread Zac Miller
From: Helene Martin [lognatu...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 10:11 PM To: Zac Miller Cc: edu-sig@python.org Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG You can see two versions of a Python course I've given in Seattle at a public high school

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG - Panel

2010-10-23 Thread Zac Miller
deadline is 1 November. -J. Zachary Miller From: Vern Ceder [vce...@canterburyschool.org] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:55 PM To: Zac Miller Cc: edu-sig@python.org Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG Hi Zac, On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Zac Miller

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG - Panel

2010-10-23 Thread Helene Martin
...@canterburyschool.org] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:55 PM To: Zac Miller Cc: edu-sig@python.org Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG Hi Zac, On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Zac Miller zmil...@gsc.edumailto:zmil...@gsc.edu wrote: Hello! I've just joined this SIG, my first

Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG - Panel

2010-10-23 Thread Vern Ceder
is not tied to whether or not a talk is accepted. -J. Zachary Miller Cheers, Vern From: Vern Ceder [vce...@canterburyschool.org] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:55 PM To: Zac Miller Cc: edu-sig@python.org Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG