Hi Matt, If your or anyone has an idea of the problems that they would like to see algebra students solving with python, I can volunteer to help create a Singpath.com path focused on algebra. There are already a lot of math problems in the Beginner Python path (drag-n-drop python) and the main Python path (write 3 to 10 line python solutions). In Singpath you wouldn't get to see graphical results, but everything would be web-based on work from most browsers ( not IE). Best Regards, Chris Boesch Associate Professor of Information Systems (Practice) Singapore Management University cboesch@smu.edu.sg On 30-Jun-2011, at 2:40 PM, edu-sig-request@python.org wrote:

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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:03:28 -0500 From: Andrew Harrington <aharrin@luc.edu> To: edu-sig@python.org Subject: [Edu-sig] Fwd: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web based? Message-ID: <BANLkTikJWrzTvGXcAT+9+uDxPVRHHgTJ4g@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

This is a good subject to revisit, on web based Python. I like his interest in Python+math, too. Andy

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matt Brenner <mbrenner@csteachlearn.com> Date: Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:20 AM Subject: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web based? To: SIGCSE-members@listserv.acm.org

Hi,

As long as Python environments are on the table...

Does anyone know if there is a web-based Python environment available? I am working to weave together the traditional, analytical approach to math with a computational approach. I call the approach CAAMPS (Computationally Augmented Approach to Math and Problem Solving). The first implementation will be for sixth grade public schools with average, high-stakes math scores in the 2nd quartile (25th - 50th percentiles).

Getting software installed on K-12 computers can be very difficult. To avoid that collection of problems, I would like to be able to host a development environment on my own servers, so the students will need nothing more than a web browser (and Internet connection). Does anyone know of any off-the-shelf solutions? Though I'm leaning toward Python, I'm not yet committed.

By the way, I previously posted a link to a long essay, "The Four Pillars Upon Which the Failure of Math Education Rests (and what to do about them)," describing the state of math education and the basis for CAAMPS:

www.k12math.org/doc.php?doc=**4pillars-si<http://www.k12math.org/doc.php?doc=4pillars-si>

In the interest of brevity, I have boiled it down in an Executive Summary:

www.k12math.org/doc.php?doc=**4pillars-summary-si<http://www.k12math.org/doc.php?doc=4pillars-summary-si>

Comments are always appreciated.

Cheers, Matt

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