On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Jeff Rush wrote:
<< SNIP >>
> I was thinking of regional events, 3-4 a year, to make them more convenient to
> teachers and students who often lack a budget to travel. With a focus on the
> use of Python programming in education, both K-12 and University level,
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Jeff Rush wrote:
>
> Hmm, "science fair", how about a "Python Fair" along those lines. It could be
> a "Programming Fair" but that might lead people to think it was only for CS
> majors. It might be "Computer Fair" that I think that opens up the event too
> broad
kirby urner wrote:
>
> I'm not saying the edu-sig page should get into all this, as it aims
> to stay brief and uncluttered, just thinking we need some way to
> suggest the "science fair" aspect of future Pycons (the idea
> originates with Steve Holden in response to BOF-expressed desires to
> get
The "coolness" factor has to be there, for everybody. The
forms/representations/approaches can be adapted to your audience,
but...
>
> That's smart pedagogy by the way. As soon as you call it "remedial"
> you've proved you're not a smart teacher, as you've saddled students
> with a label that wo
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Maria Droujkova wrote:
> The blurb says "not for dummies engaging style." I want a book like
> that, well, not for dummies, but for people who may already harbor
> significant math anxiety. They tend to disengage seeing certain
> artifacts or representations...
>
The blurb says "not for dummies engaging style." I want a book like
that, well, not for dummies, but for people who may already harbor
significant math anxiety. They tend to disengage seeing certain
artifacts or representations...
I think this book is a very cool resource and I intend to use it. W
Another thought is maybe edu-sig page is an appropriate place to
provide contact info for Vern Ceder. The thought there is to have
someone to help coordinate a more academically flavored poster space
wherein we showcase interesting applications of Python where the
sponsor (helping pay for hotel fl
Both, per the back cover:
"""
Some students may choose to study AP Computer Science in high school,
or major in CS in college. Others may decide to go into math,
science, law, art, social sciences, or humanities. Regardless of your
goals, Mathematics for the Digital Age and Programming in Python
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:07 PM, kirby urner wrote:
> http://www.skylit.com/mathandpython.html
>
> I have desk review copy, think many will appreciate the quasi-seamless
> blend of old and gnu world typographies, i.e. sigma and set notation,
> with concepts of iterator, types, functions etc.
>
W
http://www.skylit.com/mathandpython.html
I have desk review copy, think many will appreciate the quasi-seamless
blend of old and gnu world typographies, i.e. sigma and set notation,
with concepts of iterator, types, functions etc.
Reminiscent of 'Concrete Mathematics' though less difficult and
ex
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