[Edu-sig] Python for math teachers (Google videos)

[kirby urner]

> And I am advising otherwise, with much the same goal.  Knowing that if
> the alternative presented to me, for my students, was the personal
> calculator, or constructivist voodoo of the Kayian flavor, they'd be
> stuck with the calculator.

I don't see those as the choices.  Schools are free to experiment with
computer languages however.  I leave them to flounder, figure out what
works best within whatever subculture.  Waldorf will do it the Waldorf
Way and so on.  Silicon Forest ain't waiting for "broad agreement" to
develop, duh.

> We need to disassociate, and be the Third Way.
>
> Art

I'm just not planning to waste any time fighting with Kay, haven't started,
don't have plans to start.  Kusasa type Python comes *after* an immersion
phase, wherein kids (young adults by now) are mature enough to escape
any one particular learning environment or operating system.  They're not
about to be bossed by any minor league tyrant (rebellious Morlocks in
training that they be).

I see plenty of room for greenfield development.  I see no reason to kowtow
-- but a little politeness doesn't hurt.  We don't want to scare off
the tourists.
The Python Community has a reputation for openness and friendliness to
newcomers.  I'd like that to not change.

...Doesn't mean I tune out your canary songs.

Kirby