Re: [Edu-sig] Python projects for CS1

2010-03-24 Thread kirby urner
<< snip >> Kirby wrote: > p = "Able was I ere I saw Elba" >> > e = encode(p, coding) > e >> 'AejlgfwtgIglclgIgtwfgEjew' >> > decode(e, coding) >> 'Able was I ere I say Elba' >> Kirby replies: First of all: Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Secondly: Yikes! I see the typo here (quoted

Re: [Edu-sig] Python projects for CS1

2010-03-23 Thread Edward Cherlin
See also Mr. Babbage's Secret: The Tale of a Cipher--and APL. Step-by-step through all of the kinds of cipher that Charles Babbage found in the agony column (Personals) in The Times, and a legal case where he testified about a cipher he cracked. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 20:58, kirby urner wrote: >

Re: [Edu-sig] Python projects for CS1

2010-03-23 Thread kirby urner
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Bill Punch wrote: << snip >> > If you have any comments, we'd love to hear them. > Hi Bill -- I enjoyed poking through some of these, reminiscent of some of the SuperQuest challenges for Oregon's annual software competition, high school students working in tea

Re: [Edu-sig] Python projects for CS1

2010-03-23 Thread Phil Wagner
This is so perfect for what I am trying to do in my math class. I also appreciate the format. It is very clear and should be perfect for students. Thank you so much for sharing! Phil -- http://www.google.com/profiles/philhwagner http://staff.hthcv.hightechhigh.org/~pwagner/ (My Digital Portfoli

Re: [Edu-sig] Python projects for CS1

2010-03-23 Thread Vern Ceder
Thanks addressing that so quickly, Bill. Now IMHO it's an even better collection! :) Cheers, Vern Bill Punch wrote: You know, that is a great question (and one we forgot to address). We just added a Creative Commons license to the bottom (share and share alike). That seems like what we were

Re: [Edu-sig] Python projects for CS1

2010-03-23 Thread Bill Punch
You know, that is a great question (and one we forgot to address). We just added a Creative Commons license to the bottom (share and share alike). That seems like what we were shooting for. Thanks Vern. >>>bill<<< Vern Ceder wrote: Bill, This is a great collection! I do have one

Re: [Edu-sig] Python projects for CS1

2010-03-23 Thread Vern Ceder
Bill, This is a great collection! I do have one question, one that actually applies to PyKata and Codingbat as well... what license governs this material? Can it be "remixed" and/or republished? Thanks, Vern Bill Punch wrote: Given all the discussion about exercises, we though we'd throw

Re: [Edu-sig] Python projects for CS1

2010-03-23 Thread David MacQuigg
Hello Bill, Your contributions of exercises for PyKata are welcome. At the moment, we are classifying exercises with simple keywords: (lists, strings, logic) etc. Later we plan to have the website customizable for teachers like yourself who have not just a few exercises, but an entire cour

[Edu-sig] Python projects for CS1

2010-03-23 Thread Bill Punch
Given all the discussion about exercises, we though we'd throw in some of the work we've done. MSU has taught its CS1 course in Python since the Fall of 2007. Each semester we have the students complete 11 programming projects (as homework). The homeworks start out easy and work their way up. E