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 -- Dr. Andrew N. Harrington Computer Science Department Loyola University Chicago 512B Lewis Towers (office) Snail mail to Lewis Towers 416 820 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 http://www.cs.luc.edu/~anh Phone: 312-915-7982 Fax: 312-915-7998 aharrin@luc.edu