May 8, 2001
8:02 p.m.
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Sheila King wrote:
I must've given a pretty convincing speech about Python, because 10 of my 17 students picked to do Python. I was surprised. I thought most of them would want to do a graphics project.
Why not do both? For example, look at VPython: http://cil.andrew.cmu.edu/projects/visual This is used, among other places, in a freshman physics class (Matter & Interactions). Some of the students have no programming experience at all, but all are writing 3D physical simulations after two 1 hour lab sessions. I think APCS students should be able to do a few interesting things with it in 2 weeks. Of course, the other suggestions people have made sound very interesting also. Dave