My apologies to Amit and request for forgiveness in advance in taking quite a few hours to approve this. Pycon is just ending and the other listowner has much further to travel. I'll aim to get faster. Amit's posts won't queue after this. -- Kirby On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Amit Saha <amitsaha.in@gmail.com> wrote:

Interesting article:

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-05-31-how-programming-supports-math-class-...

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Great article. I introduced Peter Farrell around <guild />. I'm not an employee there just someone kicking around in the code school space, coming up with ideas. Peter, a math teacher by training and credential, shares my enthusiasm for introducing a real REPL, along with saving / reusing functions. I helped myself to two Diet Cokes, following the Python Circus pattern of offering participants some free soda pop **. I were only there a few minutes, in route to Ethiopian food at SE 50th and Division. Sheri, the CEO, said they're getting more and more high schoolers banging on their door hoping to acquire skills denied them through other venues. I can attest to seeing this phenomenon with mine own eyes. However, what Peter and I are looking at is more PD (professional development) for their adult math teachers, a more efficient way to fan the knowledge outward using existing distribution mechanisms. We'll brainstorm together in a collegial spirit. This won't be "boot camp", more pooling memes. I don't sense much resistance to this idea, including from math teachers, who are chomping at the bit to be allowed to innovate, rather than to serve as task masters for some remotely put-together hewn in stone "core". There was already a lobby (Software Association of Oregon) pushing exactly this agenda back in 2009.[1] "Adhering to Common Core standards" doesn't mean buying anything in particular, neither textbook nor test. But I digress. Message to teachers: don't let the "edu-bullies" push you around. Peter reported feeling heartened by his visit. I'm still following up on a lot of new connections, thanks to Pycon. Great networking venue! Great time hanging out with Peter. More related postings to MathFuture (another shared file cabinet drawer). Kirby ** (this every-Monday meetup is distinct from ye old PPUG -- formerly PORPIG -- monthly meetup @ UrbanAirship these days, Portland Python User Group, see maillist and Meetup.com for details if passing through, and/or stop in @ <guild />). [1] http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/education-planning.html On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Amit Saha <amitsaha.in@gmail.com> wrote:

Interesting article:

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-05-31-how-programming-supports-math-class-...

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