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June 2025

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PSF Education and Outreach Workgroup (EOW)
by Sheena O'Connell Sept. 15, 2025

Sept. 15, 2025

Hi there, The PSF Education and Outreach workgroup has recently been relaunched. You can find the charter here: https://wiki.python.org/psf/PythonEduWGCharter If you are interested in staying in the loop with updates, please subscribe here: https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/education-wg-announce.python.org/ We'll be sending out a newsletter pretty soon with a few details about our upcoming plans. And we will be present at PyCon US in case you want to come chat to us in 3d.

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Using Python as a Calculator
by kirby urner June 22, 2025

June 22, 2025

From an educator's perspective, how to best phase-in Python is often a core question. One answer is: use it the same way you might use a calculator in the classroom, but show off why it's better. An example (new today) of what I share with my student and peer faculty, perhaps new to Python: https://github.com/4dsolutions/School_of_Tomorrow/blob/master/smod_play.py A mix of Python + geometric content already familiar to those using my curriculum. The docstring itself contains a link to the famous Using Python as a Calculator tutorial at the Python dot org site. Kirby

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