Mailman 3 September 2009 - Edu-sig

xturtle online via processing.js !?
by Jurgis Pralgauskis 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

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 GUI for js (http://www.google.lt/search?&q=pyjamas+python ), mayby there is a way to **translate turtle commands to processing.js analogues** http://ejohn.org/blog/processingjs/ would it be difficult -- how do you think? -- Jurgis Pralgauskis tel: 8-616 77613; jabber: jurgis(a)akl.lt; skype: dz0rdzas; Don't worry, be happy and make things better ;) http://sagemath.visiems.lt

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turtle in education
by roberto 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

hello, i am looking for materials, experiences etc. about using turtle module in math, physics and related for middle or high school students i realized a lot of work is going on but is there any place where all or part of this material is gathered ? i am going through the talk of Gregor Lingl at PyCon; if you're aware of anything else just tell me thank you very much -- roberto

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Re: [Edu-sig] [Diversity] Unicode and Ed Initiatives
by Carl Trachte 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

2009/8/19 kirby urner <kirby.urner(a)gmail.com>: > كيربي Urner 's CP4E الموارد البرمجة بيثون دمج مواضيع في الرياضيات. > """ > More and more, Python is making inroads at all levels in education. > Python offers an interactive environment in which to explore > procedural, functional and object oriented approaches to problem > solving. أكثر وأكثر ، بيثون تحرز تقدما على جميع المستويات في مجال > التعليم. بيثون عروض تفاعلية البيئة التي لاستكشاف الإجرائية والفنية > وجوه النهج الموجهة نحو حل المشاكل. Its high level data structures and > clear syntax make it an ideal first language, while the large number > of existing libraries make it suitable to tackle almost any > programming tasks. ارتفاع البيانات على مستوى الهياكل وتركيب واضح جعله > مثاليا اللغة الأولى ، في حين أن عددا كبيرا من المكتبات الموجودة جعلها > مناسبة للتعامل مع أي برمجة المهام تقريبا. > > Edu-sig, through its mailing list , provides an informal venue for > comparing notes and discussing future possibilities for Python in > education. ايدو - سيج ، من خلال قائمة البريد الإلكتروني ، ويوفر مكانا > غير رسمي لمقارنة الملاحظات ومناقشة امكانيات بيثون في المستقبل في مجال > التعليم. Its origins trace to Guido van Rossum's pioneering Computer > Programming for Everybody (CP4E) , a grant proposal accepted by DARPA, > and which provided a modicum of funding in 1999. تتبع أصولها إلى غيدو > فان Rossum الرائد الكل لبرمجة الحاسوب (CP4E) ، ومنحة مقترح DARPA قبلها > ، والتي توفر حدا أدنى من التمويل في عام 1999. > > Membership includes, but is not limited to, educators using Python in > their courses, independent developers, and authors of educational > materials. Discussion focuses on Python use at all levels, from > beginning to advanced applications. تضم في عضويتها ، على سبيل المثال > لا الحصر ، والمربين باستخدام بيثون في مناهجها ، والمطورين المستقلين ، > والمؤلفين من المواد التعليمية. بيثون مناقشة تركز على استخدام على جميع > المستويات ، من اوله الى التطبيقات المتقدمة. > > كيربي Urner 'sCP4E الموارد البرمجة بيثون دمج مواضيع في الرياضيات. > """ > > My apologies to those not getting the right unicode translation. I'm > thinking on a diversity list, we should expect more stuff like this, > not less, over time. > > Kirby > _______________________________________________ > Diversity mailing list > Diversity(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/diversity > With the caveat that I don't understand Arabic script, it looks legit on my gmail on FreeBSD 7.2/KDE/Opera. May I make a suggestion? Can we change the topic to something like what I changed it to above and start a new thread? I got a bit confused as the previous thread has a long history. Apologies if I've misinterpreted the thread and the topic. Please feel free to change it to its true meaning. Thanks a ton. Carl T.

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Elevator Demo for Python
by Phil Wagner 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

Often I am asked for a quick demonstration about the power of Python, sometimes for people with no computer science background. . What can I show them that doesn't take too much time but gets the point across that Python is a good fit for math/education? Phil

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Crunchy and Sphinx?
by Jeff Elkner 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

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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poking some dying logs...
by kirby urner 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

I'd like to make another plug for including this title on the edu-sig home page: http://www.skylit.com/mathandpython.html Ian thought it was too much a hybrid of CS and math, not an elegant amalgamation, though I don't have has remarks in front of me at the moment. Steve was gonna get back to us. Andre thought he might work it onto the page... That was all months ago by now, so it make sense to raise the issue again, as the title does break new ground in some ways, has claim to being a math teaching book, yet uses a computer language (one most of us know). 'Concrete Mathematics' and 'The Art of Computer Programming' are both math books of course, amenable to a "through programming" approach. Jsoftware folks implemented the former in J, whereas the latter is in MMX already. Another hot button issue in Portland these days is whether families have the right to demand a PDF version of any assigned textbook, versus a hardcopy edition. We have lots of tree huggers around here, worried about "green" and unsustainability. To quote one of my colleagues (from her blog): "We need the text book companies to print thousands of copies of new textbooks every year, not so the authors can make money, though they make a little, but so the companies can make money... Do some central planning, and if the government can't do that without going through corporations, then it is time to [do it ourselves]". Anyway, just wanted to re-raise that as well. I mostly do my computer / technical reading on Safari, have no problem with recycling already printed books, have no problem with small press runs. But I can see where truck loads of spanking new 400 page math books, hot off the press, none containing any computer programming to speak of, let alone Mites, Sytes or Kites (honeycomb stuff, important to gnu-bees), would provoke a crisis in conscience for our more ethical. This is the kind of thing 15 year olds talk about. They're suspicious of adults who can't follow their logic (about saving trees), undermines adult authority to not have a response. So do we all favor an "opt out" option for hard copy textbooks? Say aye? Say nay? Kirby

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Slope Art
by Phil Wagner 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

Here is a protect located for my algebra students involving Python Python I would appreciate your feedback. http://staff.hthcv.hightechhigh.org/~pwagner/Files/Project Files/Slope Art/SlopeArtProject.html<http://staff.hthcv.hightechhigh.org/%7Epwagner/Files/Project%20Files/Slope%…> Phil

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thought re graphing calculators ...
by Charles Cossé 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

Hi, this has probably been discussed to death already, but maybe not: The point at which fancy graphing calculators become "necessary" (ie as in one's student career) is the point at which the calculator should be abandoned and Python employed. Just a thought ... delete at will ! -Charles -- AsymptopiaSoftware|Software@theLimit http://www.asymptopia.org

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CICE-2010: Call for Papers
by Galyna Akmayeva 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Kindly email this call for papers to your colleagues, faculty members and postgraduate students. Apologies for cross-postings. CALL FOR PAPERS Canada International Conference on Education (CICE-2010), April 26-28, 2010, Toronto, Canada (www.ciceducation.org) The CICE is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. The CICE promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from Education. The aim of CICE is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem and the evolution of pedagogy. The CICE 2010 invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation. All the accepted papers will appear in the proceedings and modified version of selected papers willbe published in special issues peer reviewed journals. The topics in CICE-2010 include but are not confined to the following areas: *Academic Advising and Counselling *Art Education *Adult Education *APD/Listening and Acoustics in Education Environment *Business Education *Counsellor Education *Curriculum, Research and Development *Competitive Skills *Continuing Education *Distance Education *Early Childhood Education *Educational Administration *Educational Foundations *Educational Psychology *Educational Technology *Education Policy and Leadership *Elementary Education *E-Learning *E-Manufacturing *ESL/TESL *E-Society *Geographical Education *Geographic information systems *Health Education *Higher Education *History *Home Education *Human Computer Interaction *Human Resource Development *Indigenous Education *ICT Education *Internet technologies *Imaginative Education *Kinesiology & Leisure Science *K12 *Language Education *Mathematics Education *Mobile Applications *Multi-Virtual Environment *Music Education *Pedagogy *Physical Education (PE) *Reading Education *Writing Education *Religion and Education Studies *Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) *Rural Education *Science Education *Secondary Education *Second life Educators *Social Studies Education *Special Education *Student Affairs *Teacher Education *Cross-disciplinary areas of Education *Ubiquitous Computing *Virtual Reality *Wireless applications *Other Areas of Education For further information please visit CICE-2010 at www.ciceducation.org

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thought re graphing calculators ...
by kirby urner 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

> Hi Brian, > > I think I have a counterexample. > Run the script, that you can find here: > > http://svn.python.org/view/*checkout*/python/branches/release26-maint/Demo/… > > (or below.) Runs with Python 2.6 or later. > It certainly could be mimicked on > a (programmable) graphics calculator. > This ran perfectly on Python 3.1rc1 (r31rc1:73069, May 31 2009, 08:57:10) on my WinXP box (one of a few). Note: if this level of chaos / noise bothers you (the functions are algebraically the same, after all), then I recommend using the decimal type instead of the floating type, converting to float just to make your turtle happy: # File: tdemo_chaos.py # Author: Gregor Lingl # amended to use Decimal by Kirby Urner 2009-09-28 # Date: 2009-06-24 # A demonstration of chaos from turtle import * from decimal import Decimal k = Decimal('3.9') N = 80 def f(x): x = Decimal(str(x)) return k*x*(1-x) def g(x): x = Decimal(str(x)) return k*(x-x**2) def h(x): x = Decimal(str(x)) return k*x-k*x*x def jumpto(x, y): penup(); goto(x,y) def line(x1, y1, x2, y2): jumpto(x1, y1) pendown() goto(x2, y2) def coosys(): line(-1, 0, N+1, 0) line(0, -0.1, 0, 1.1) def plot(fun, start, colour): pencolor(colour) x = start jumpto(0, x) pendown() dot(5) for i in range(N): x=fun(x) goto(i+1,float(x)) dot(5) def main(): reset() setworldcoordinates(-1.0,-0.1, N+1, 1.1) speed(0) hideturtle() coosys() plot(f, 0.35, "blue") plot(g, 0.35, "green") plot(h, 0.35, "red") # Now zoom in: for s in range(100): setworldcoordinates(0.5*s,-0.1, N+1, 1.1) return "Done!" if __name__ == "__main__": main() mainloop() Kirby

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