<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Matt K <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt.kameron@gmail.com">matt.kameron@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Anna, is what you describe programming (as in Python)</div></blockquote><div><br>Back then it was basic. ;-)<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"> or using graphing software (as in Maple/Matlab)?</div></blockquote><div><br>Never used it.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"> I am not certain which you are referring to by reading your email.<br></div></blockquote><div><br>Sorry - I thought the punchcards was pretty telling... ;-) <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><br>I think the difference is significant - the latter converts an equation to a graph, the former might show students the generalisation of an algorithm.<br>
<br>The downside you describe won't be an issue these days (at least in my school) - Python is so powerful that kids will start playing around with it out of my control - plus they always see what the kids who are older than them are doing.<div>
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</blockquote></div>Yep. It's nice to have a language you *can* do more than just equations with without it being painful. <br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>cordially,<br>Anna<br>--<br>Walking through the water. Trying to get across.<br>
Just like everybody else.<br>
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