Mailman 3 December 2023 - Edu-sig

Part-time opportunities for Python instructors
by Merav Yuravlivker 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi there, My name is Merav Yuravlivker, and I'm the CEO of Data Society - we deliver data science academies to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and other international organizations. We're currently looking for part-time Python instructors and TAs, and my friend Jackie Kazil recommended I reach out to you and your list serv. All of these opportunities can be available for people who are employed full-time, professors, or grad students. We pay well and provide all the materials for the instructor, as well as instructor training and support. If possible, would you please be able to share the following blurb? Please let me know if there is anything else you need from me. Much appreciated! Best, Merav --- Data Society, a fast-growing data science training company, is looking for awesome Python instructors and TAs! We deliver data academies to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and international organizations. All of our content is built in-house by an expert team of data scientists and instructional designers, so you can focus on what you do best - teach professionals how to find new insights and make their jobs easier. We currently have a few openings for TAs, as well as part-time instructors - all of these opportunities can be available for people who are employed full-time, professors, or grad students. We pay competitively, have a great support team, and provide amazing opportunities for additional projects if you're interested. To learn more, please visit our page for current opportunities <https://t.sidekickopen10.com/s2t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lM8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5X-F…>, or simply reach out to Merav at merav(a)datasociety.com. -- Schedule a time to meet <https://t.sidekickopen10.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lM8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5X-F…> Merav Yuravlivker Data Society, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder 777 6th Street NW, 11th Floor Washington, D.C., 20001 Enterprise: solutions.datasociety.com Consumer: datasociety.com

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Makecode Arcade, pybricks/pybricksdev, LEGO PF/PU, open source Robots with docs, wokwi
by Wes Turner 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

A few cool tools for Python (and STEM) in application, OTOH: ## Makecode Makecode Arcade has Blocks <-> Python <-> JS - New Project > Blocks > +Extensions > Robotics > ~List all [Makecode-compatible devices] ### vscode.dev - https://vscode.dev/ - Install "python" extension - Install "pyodide" extension - Install "jupyter" extension - Open from GitHub - Run the Python in the Jupyter notebook locally - Save to GitHub ## Pybricks - Web: https://pybricks.com/ - Src: https://github.com/pybricks - Code and Flash LEGO smart hubs with Python - Flashes Python to the device WebBluetooth ## Pybricksdev - Docs: https://docs.pybricks.com/en/latest/ - Src: https://github.com/pybricks/pybricksdev - Flash LEGO smart hubs with Python - USB, ## pylgbst - Src: https://github.com/undera/pylgbst - https://github.com/undera/pylgbst/blob/master/docs/MoveHub.md - https://github.com/undera/pylgbst/blob/master/examples/vernie/go_towards_li… ### LEGOs with voltage; PU, EV3/NXT, PU - https://pv-productions.com/product/powered-up-to-ev3-nxt-adapter/ - https://pv-productions.com/product/powered-up-to-power-functions-adapter/ - https://pv-productions.com/product/power-functions-to-powered-up-adapter/ - https://www.biasedlogic.com/index.php/lego-powered-up-connector/ - -> "Pin", "Breadboard", "Breakout board", "HAT" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UL_(safety_organization)#Standards_for_Electr… ## Modality Integrated Learning - Lights (Bits as Voltage to Photons) - Sensors (Physical phenomena to Bits) - Servos (Rotations in radians or degrees,) - Motors (RPMs) - Things that spin; things that have mechanical angular momentum - All power tools, basically - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lego+machines - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1-YeqGynlw - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykIYP4z-eMk > I Put 44 Mechanisms In 1 LEGO® Machine! You'll see the testing of more than 40 Mechanical Principles/Mechanisms using LEGO® Technic parts ### LEGOs with voltage; PF, EV3/NXT, PU IIUC: - There are at least 3 connector specs in the LEGO(R) ecosystem: - PF: Power Functions (2009+) - LPF2: LEGO Power Functions 2 - Technic - WeDo 2.0, SPIKE Prime - NXT/EV3 (2006/2013) - PU: Powered Up (2016+) - Boost - Move Hub with 2x Ports, 2x embedded motors, and BLE - City Trains - Hub with 2x Ports, and BLE - https://pv-productions.com/product/powered-up-to-ev3-nxt-adapter/ - https://pv-productions.com/product/powered-up-to-power-functions-adapter/ - https://pv-productions.com/product/power-functions-to-powered-up-adapter/ - https://pv-productions.com/product/powered-up-splitter-cable/ > - https://www.biasedlogic.com/index.php/lego-powered-up-connector/ - -> "Pin", "Breadboard", "Breakout board", "HAT" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UL_(safety_organization)#Standards_for_Electr… - https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/powered-up/about - (e.g.) LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox has 1x LEGO Move Hub (which works with their apps, pybricks, and pylgbst,), has 2 ports, and 2 integrated motors - https://www.google.com/search?q=building+instructions+for+lego+17101 - Sometimes, PDF Building Instructions are easier to work with than an app on a tablet that keeps going to sleep. - https://trevorsandy.github.io/lpub3d/ - This looks like a good way to document 3d building instructions. - Is there a way to connect LEGO PU motors and sensors to a Pi with a 2x20 Pin (~IDE) HAT - https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/build-hat/ > The Build HAT also supports motors and sensors from the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robot Inventor kit, as well as most other LEGO devices that use an LPF2 connector. - Does that mean it works with PU, or is there no product to connect LEGO PU motors from our one kit to our one Pi ? - https://uk.pi-supply.com/collections/all-raspberry-pi-hats-and-phats/produc… - USB to 2x20 Pin GPIO ### SunFounder - Src: https://github.com/sunfounder - Docs: https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/thales-kit/en/latest/components/resist… - Docs: https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/thales-kit/en/latest/micropython/for_m… ### Elecfreaks - Src: https://github.com/elecfreaks - Docs: https://www.elecfreaks.com/learn/en/ - https://shop.elecfreaks.com/products/elecfreaks-micro-bit-32-in-1-wonder-bu… - Microbit to 2x motors and 16 PWMs - https://www.amazon.com/SEEMEY-Power-Function-Kit-Pins-Gears-Axles-Compatibl… - https://www.aliexpress.us/w/wholesale-lego-technic.html ### Yahboom - Src: https://github.com/YahboomTechnology - Docs: http://www.yahboom.net/download - Docs: inurl:http://www.yahboom.net/study/ ### Freenove - Src: https://github.com/Freenove - Docs: https://www.freenove.com/tutorial ### Wokwi Simulator - https://wokwi.com/ - https://wokwi.com/projects/new/micropython-pi-pico - What is PWM? How to fade an LED on and off, control a servo, control a case fan with variable speed - In the Wokwi simulator, when you pause || the circuit that runs your {Python,} code, and then hover over a pin, it shows the pin state; high, low, - Makecode Arcade and TinkerCode are also a simulators that don't require actual devices ## Actual work tho, - https://github.com/marketplace/actions/setup-micromamba - [ ] Write a Dockerfile that installs your stuff - [ ] Make sure that your repo with an /environment.yml works with: ```sh pip install pipx; pipx install jupyter-repo2docker # or just: pip install jupyter-repo2docker jupyter-repo2docker --no-build --debug . jupyter-repo2docker --no-build --debug https://github.com/binder-examples/conda ``` - https://repo2docker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html - https://mybinder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/sample_repos.html - https://github.com/binder-examples/conda

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reintroduction, link to latest repo
by kirby urner 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

S'been some time since I reintroduced myself on edu-sig, which remains an important stash in my "lexiverse" e.g. I have quite a few links into it (from blogs etc.), pointing back to old discussions and debates, collections of links (e.g. by Wes Turner) and so on. In contrast, one of my other main stashes of similar postings was at Math Forum, math-teach (the publicly archived listserv) in particular, and that is no more. Math Forum started at Swarthmore College (PA) then was acquired by Drexel (Philadelphia) and I believe is today managed by the NCTM (the K-12 math teacher association). mathforum.org All those discussion groups got wiped (even the archives were removed). All of which is to say, I'm glad for the relative longevity of Python.org sig archives in general. At the height of my influence at Math Forum, we had a whole page on Quadrays, one of those esoteric / obscure topics I like to use Python for. https://flic.kr/p/KjMqQP (screenshot) Here's a Table of Contents for my most recent Github repo. The entire 4dsolutions.net repo specializes in curriculum development. https://github.com/4dsolutions/m4w/blob/main/M4WTOC.ipynb On the ground, I'm often field testing the materials, through different teaching roles e.g. O'Reilly as a full time Python teacher; adult Python for Californians with jobs in IT (Saisaft's demographic); Coding with Kids (before and through start of pandemic); Sunshine Elite Education (accelerated private school accredited to teach Oregonians); Clarusway (I taught data analysis and visualization courses for them, adding to their pre-existing curriculum). I'm a veteran of many Pycons and a few EuroPythons (Gothenburg, Vilnius), overlapping a lot with Steve Holden, a former PSF director and chairman nowadays in the UK but at one time a denizen of Portland, my home town and center of open source activities, including O'Reilly's OSCON and OS Bridge. Here on edu-sig, a bunch of us were active in creating a Python in Schools or Python in Education track with its own events during Pycons. Those were fun (the ones I got to). One of my early roles in the Math Wars (debates about maths curriculum) was to push for laptops and more Python use in the schools. That happened, as we turned out to be a large army, boosted by the affordability of free open source software. I came from a full time math teaching background (geometry thru calc at a Catholic academy) from Princeton, philosophy focus, before that (Class of 1980). I'm a big fan of using other-than-floating-point numbers ala Mathematica, when teaching high school math topics using Python. A lot of my content is spatially geometric (a theme going back in this archive, in discussions with one Arthur Siegal especially, https://pygeo.sourceforge.net ). I'm still blogging a lot, doing YouTubes and so on, looking forward to 2024. The public archive I post the most to these days, hosted by a math PhD in Lithuania, is connected through the Github repo. https://github.com/4dsolutions/m4w/blob/main/m4w_hmwk_oct22_2023.ipynb Something fun: https://econgoat.ai/en Kirby Urner 4dsolutions.net usa.or.pdx (Portland)

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