Mailman 3 June 2009 - Edu-sig

xturtle online via processing.js !?
by Jurgis Pralgauskis Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

Hi, I am struggling around with interactive online py tutorials with https://launchpad.net/projects/intro-to-code (ith might become securely sandboxed soon, as pypy made it possible http://blog.sandbox.lt/en/WSGI%20and%20PyPy%20sandbox :) but one more thing is I'd like to let access xturtle functionality online - one possible way could be triggering tkinter to save its canvas to ps, and then convert them with imagemagic and show via web (animated gif or static) - but if pyjamas can render … [View More]

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Crunchy and Sphinx?
by Jeff Elkner Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

Hi André! I've spent the last month converting python educational materials from lore to sphinx. For the results, see: http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e and http://www.openbookproject.net/pybiblio/gasp/course The only missing feature at this point (sphinx rocks!) is support for crunchy. Any thoughts on that? I didn't see any reference to reStructuredText or Sphinx on the crunchy site. Thanks! jeff elkenr

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Re: [Edu-sig] Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners
by csev June 28, 2009

June 28, 2009

Warren and Carter - congratulations on your book. I just reviewed it in my blog and twittered about it. Here is the text from my blog post - (feel free to correct me ) Chuck Severance www.dr-chuck.com I am an advocate for using Python as a first language and for using programming as a tool to explore abstract concepts and technology literacy (Informatics) starting in elementary and middle school. Here is a book written for kids using Python that looks like it can support making … [View More]

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Python book authors on TV
by Warren Sande June 26, 2009

June 26, 2009

Carter and I were on the local 6:00 news a couple days ago, when we had the book launch for our book "Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners" You can see it here: http://watch.ctv.ca/news/clip186877#clip186877 Warren Sande

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spirals and prime numbers, python
by Daniel Ajoy June 25, 2009

June 25, 2009

http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~jhw/spirals/index.html Daniel

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Re: [Edu-sig] classroom layout (DM and/or CS)
by Laura Creighton June 22, 2009

June 22, 2009

In a message of Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:25:03 PDT, kirby urner writes: >I've got this thread going with holdenweb re the ideal classroom >configuration. Since price is no object, get yourself a rear projectoin interactive copyboard. See: http://www.mirandanet.ac.uk/ftp/whiteboardguide-mirandanet.pdf Laura

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classroom layout (DM and/or CS)
by kirby urner June 22, 2009

June 22, 2009

I've got this thread going with holdenweb re the ideal classroom configuration. Like, we're all familiar with conference venues, where we just balance a laptop or share power strips around tables, but for one's workaday environment, where one has more control over layout, what would be your ideal digital math and/or CS track "box car" i.e. would would you want delivered to the top school of your choice? Wave your magic wand, dream, as thoughts are inexpensive and often worth sharing (we have … [View More]

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Do Programmers Optimize... Life?
by Daniel Ajoy June 22, 2009

June 22, 2009

http://www.cforcoding.com/2009/06/do-programmers-optimize-life.html "the age-old chicken-and-egg question of: do people become programmers because they have the right mindset or do they develop that mindset as a consequence of becoming computer programmers?" Rich said... "The problem with being an optimizer is that human interaction and human social norms are so inefficient that you tend to optimize out of them. And thus, real programmers end up avoiding human contact in favor of more … [View More]

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decompressing from OS Bridge
by kirby urner June 21, 2009

June 21, 2009

Greetings edu-siggers -- I'm still decompressing from an intensive 3-day OS Bridge conference here in Portland, Oregon. Having a purely Portland management and local focus made this a rather different experience, a small gem actually, well run and cram packed with interesting talent and talks, from a cyborg anthropologist to a typography expert. We're attracting more social science and artist types, musicians, clowns (professional) who explain the web in easy geek (thinking of Keroes). My … [View More]own talk hit most of my usual themes, filling in details regarding my work crewing with "buckaneers" as well as around marketing new kinds of geometry teaching (showed off the usual hypertoon, Scott Daniels actually in the same building this time -- he did the decorators). Re: me 'n farmer David: http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2009/06/show-time.html Lots of overlap with our Institute for Science, Engineering and Public Policy (e.g. the keynote speaker had been with us earlier -- she really gets around it seems to me (hi Amber)). ISEPP was not a sponsor though, and I was representing 4D Studios, which is a DWA thing (DWA and ISEPP are completely distinct). I represented ISEPP at Pycon (brought Josh Cronemeyer to Pauling House for a look see -- having missed him in Chicago (another geek with some Quaker connections)). Here's a blog post with links to the slides. Apologies in advance for the large file size (6 megs), but in making this a retrospective in some ways, I got into screen scraping at the pixel level, meaning we're often looking at fully stored bitmaps even where type fonts are concerned (no vector graphics). Turnout was low (lots of empty chairs) but it's quality not quantity. I had a professor from Linnfield College who'd been to my OSCON talk years ago. He came right up to me and said that as a result of that talk he'd gone straight back and started wheels turning, getting Python accepted. Now they're moving more physics to VPython, like some other schools we know about. This is all gratifying to hear, sounds like we're a lot on the same wavelength, whether or not we actually get to meet all that often (the years fly by eh?). As I noted to my lobbyist friend (Software Association of Oregon): """ PS: the low turnout was not a surprise, is somewhat par for the course in a geek conference averaging age 35, no one there a high school math teacher by training or future intent. I've been in rooms just like it with just as few, but once it was both Guido (BDFL) and Robin Dunn (wxPython), and this time I had you and ThoughtWorks/Chicago, plus there're the recordings and prestige, so lets just say I was not dissatisfied. What packs 'em in is when its directly about their career, so in a conference for math teachers needing computer language skills, you'd expect a tight fit, sometimes people on the floor (rolling?). ROFL. """ Plone was a presence. Canada is near. I'll blab some more as time goes on. Got a note that Paul is dropping off though continues tracking through various blogs and/or wikis. I invited him to rejoin and requit as many times as he likes (not that I'm listowner or anything -- that'd be Mr. Wilson or Andre or Dr. Pepper maybe). Cronemeyer's talk was Google App Engine related, as you'll find my blog post 'Winding Down' with his picture. http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2009/06/winding-down.html Wave to Jeff Elkner, been yakking about you behind your back (all good). Not sure exactly how it works, but I think when Portland does its own FOSS conference, the dynamics with Microsoft are different. Redmond is part of the same bioregion. Their queen of open source made a big splash plus Python has generally been Windows friendly, given how tremendously successful her code base in this platform, now with the DLR's backing. You'd think their marketing machine would take more interest, especially with Sara Ford at the helm. Kirby [View Less]

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[ANN] first full alpha release of PyLab_Works v0.3
by Stef Mientki June 16, 2009

June 16, 2009

hello, I am pleased to announce the first full alpha release of PyLab_Works, v0.3. PyLab_Works is a modular Visual Development Environment, based on data-flow programming technics. PyLab_Works is specially aimed at Education, Engineering and Science. The ideas behind PyLab_Works are, that the final user should not be burdened with programming details and domain details, whereas the domain expert should be able to implement the specific domain knowledge without being a full educated … [View More]

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