Mailman 3 April 2004 - Edu-sig

Re: [Edu-sig] Question ?
by Marilyn Davis 17 Apr '04

17 Apr '04

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Gregor Lingl wrote: > > > Jason Cunliffe schrieb: > > > What is the opposite of programming? > > > > > > > Did you think of *the one* opposite? > I think there are many. > The first on I thought of was: making love. > Gregor Oh no no no. It has to be something uninteresting, uncreative and unproductive, a spectator sport, like watching football on TV. What is it most like? Sewing. Careful about details. Marilyn > > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > --

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Re: [Edu-sig] Question ?
by Daniel Ajoy 17 Apr '04

17 Apr '04

On 17 Apr 2004 at 12:03, edu-sig-request(a)python.org wrote: > What is it most like? Sewing. Careful about details. > > Marilyn Talking in latin? Making laws, being a congressman? Daniel

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Re: [Edu-sig] Python & Art Education
by Laura Creighton 17 Apr '04

17 Apr '04

The Shuttleworth Foundation might have money for you. IN hotel, no webbrowser, sorry you got to google it yourself. Laura In a message of Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:02:07 PDT, Joel Kahn writes: >I am a computer geek married to a K-2 public school >art teacher. I have already installed some graphics >stuff on a Windows computer in my wife's classroom, >including Vpython, and some early experiments have >shown a bit of educational potential and have >attracted interest from the students. (Attracting the >interest of a roomful of six-year-olds is no small >feat!) However, in order to go much further, we will >need some outside funding. I think that this would be >an excellent opportunity for some python-related firms >and other organizations to do some benefical >tax-deductible sponsorship and get some favorable >publicity. I'm open to ideas and suggestions. . . . > >Joel Kahn > > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > >_______________________________________________ >Edu-sig mailing list >Edu-sig(a)python.org >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >

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The Pedagogical Patterns Project
by Jason Cunliffe 17 Apr '04

17 Apr '04

What are Pedagogical Patterns Patterns are designed to capture best practice in a specific domain. Pedagogical patterns try to capture expert knowledge of the practice of teaching and learning. The intent is to capture the essence of the practice in a compact form that can be easily communicated to those who need the knowledge. Presenting this information in a coherent and accessible form can mean the difference between every new instructor needing to relearn what is known by senior faculty and easy transference of knowledge of teaching within the community. In essence a pattern solves a problem. This problem should be one that recurs in different contexts. In teaching we have many problems such as motivating students, choosing and sequencing materials, evaluating students, and the like. These problems do recur and in slightly different form each time. Each time a problem pops up there are considerations that must be taken into account that influence our choice of solution. These forces push us toward or away from any given solution to a problem. A pattern is supposed to present a problem and a solution. The problem together with the forces must apply to make that solution beneficial to the problem. http://www.pedagogicalpatterns.org/

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Re: [Edu-sig] The Pedagogical Patterns Project
by Doug Holton 17 Apr '04

17 Apr '04

> What are Pedagogical Patterns > > > http://www.pedagogicalpatterns.org/ That's an interesting resource. There are some related educational patterns listed at the bottom of this page: http://developers.coedit.net/DesignPattern For example on designing educational software, classroom assessments, using content management systems, etc.

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Re: [Edu-sig] pythonized institutions
by Doug Holton 17 Apr '04

17 Apr '04

> I am looking for a list of institutions which officially uses Python or > programs written in Python as pedagogical tools (not limited to computer > science teaching). http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/SchoolsUsingPython

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Re: Python & Art Education
by Jeff Sandys 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

I can't provide a source of grant money, fortunately Python is free. Here are 2 resources on using Python and multimedia: First is from Georgia Tech, the leaders of Squeak have packaged their multimedia tools with Jython for the required computer science class for non-majors. The system called JES appears to be a success. Read the articles at this site: You can also download JES from here: http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/mediaComp-plan Second is Ransen Software had a Python application called RAPT that was an interesting set of graphics extensions to create some rather pretty abstract art. The package was not free, and he no longer offers it, but it might still be available for the asking. Here is the site for his other, newer, applications: http://www.ransen.com/Products.htm Also GollyGee Blocks is written partly in Python: http://www.gollygee.com/ Tell me more about what you plan to accomplish if you got funding. I have found that even Logo programming is a challenge for students in the K-2 age group. Good Luck on your project, Jeff Sandys

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Python & Art Education
by Joel Kahn 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

I am a computer geek married to a K-2 public school art teacher. I have already installed some graphics stuff on a Windows computer in my wife's classroom, including Vpython, and some early experiments have shown a bit of educational potential and have attracted interest from the students. (Attracting the interest of a roomful of six-year-olds is no small feat!) However, in order to go much further, we will need some outside funding. I think that this would be an excellent opportunity for some python-related firms and other organizations to do some benefical tax-deductible sponsorship and get some favorable publicity. I'm open to ideas and suggestions. . . . Joel Kahn __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

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pythonized institutions
by Vincent Rioux 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Dear all, I am looking for a list of institutions which officially uses Python or programs written in Python as pedagogical tools (not limited to computer science teaching). I might be soon in contact with some persons of the French National Education Administration and would like to inform them about the power of Python :-) Best regards and many thanks in advance for any help, vincent

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Re: easy for beginners, even children
by Daniel Ajoy 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

On 15 Apr 2004 at 12:03, Michael McLay <mmclay(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Reusing the same spelling for both assignment and equality would present > problems in expressions. > >>> a = 1 > >>> b = 4 > >>> a = b == 3 > >>> a > False > >>> a = b = 3 > >>> a > 3 > >>> b > 3 > >>> If the creators of Python wanted it to have a notation more math inclined they should have chosen = for equality and some other notation for assignment. Logo does that. ? make "a "true ? make "b "false ? make "a :b = "true ? show :a false in Logo, the notation for equality is very different from the notation for assignment. So I would say Logo makes this difference more explicit than Python. Python accepts this without complaining: a = 3 a = a + 1 but it is not mathematically correct. A student talking with his math teacher could say: "But I saw it programming class". Daniel

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