[Edu-sig] http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/silverlight/index.shtml#python-interactive-interpreter-in-a-browser

Vernon Cole vernondcole at gmail.com
Thu Jun 30 17:07:37 CEST 2011


If you are interested in running Python code from a web-based form, you need
IronPython and Silverlight (or moonlight on Linux).
IronPython is a full implementation of Python running on the Microsoft CLI
engine.
ironpython in a
browser<http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/silverlight/index.shtml#python-interactive-interpreter-in-a-browser>
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Vernon Cole

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:00 AM, <edu-sig-request at python.org> wrote:

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> 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 at smu.edu.sg
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> >   1. Fwd: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web based?
> >      (Andrew Harrington)
> >   2. Python and pre-algebra (mary.dooms at comcast.net)
> >   3. Re: Python and pre-algebra (kirby urner)
> >   4. Re: Fwd: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web based?
> >      (Berkin Malkoc)
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> > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:03:28 -0500
> > From: Andrew Harrington <aharrin at luc.edu>
> > To: edu-sig at python.org
> > Subject: [Edu-sig] Fwd: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web
> >       based?
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> > 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 at csteachlearn.com>
> > Date: Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:20 AM
> > Subject: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web based?
> > To: SIGCSE-members at 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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> > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:15:42 +0000 (UTC)
> > From: mary.dooms at comcast.net
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> > Subject: [Edu-sig] Python and pre-algebra
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> > I teach 6th grade math and Python was suggested as a way to apply
> pre-algebra concepts in a programming context. My programming background
> consists of one C++ programming class. How do I begin? Are lesson plans and
> small programs available, for example, where students could write and "drop
> in" a script that includes integers and the output would not only calculate
> it, but see the relevance of it in a real world situation?
> >
> >
> > Or, perhaps, the program controls a "wheelchair" robot and students would
> write scripts to drive the robot at a certain speed considering the slope of
> a ramp?
> >
> >
> > As you can see, I am a novice, but I see great potential and am willing
> to learn.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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> > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:50:25 -0700
> > From: kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
> > To: edu-sig at python.org
> > Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Python and pre-algebra
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> > Hi Mary --
> >
> > Many subscribers to edu-sig have developed interesting approaches over
> the
> > years.
> >
> > There's a lot of interest in turtle art and/or turtle graphics.  There's
> > this tendency to divide algebra from geometry, whereas some teachers
> think
> > it's important to keep lexical and graphical connected.
> >
> > To that end, my pre-algebra tends to focus on numeric sequences that have
> a
> > clear geometric meaning (like triangular and square numbers, but I also
> take
> > it into volume and growth sequences in space -- polyhedral numbers some
> call
> > these sequences).
> >
> > You'll get the flavor my approach from the Oregon Curriculum Network web
> > site, this page in particular, and this essay in particular:
> >
> > http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/cp4e.html
> >
> > http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/numeracy0.html
> >
> > I'm guessing others will chime in.
> >
> > Python's 'How to Think Like a Computer Scientist' literature, a free
> > syllabus, is not inconsistent with developing skills in algebra.
> >
> > If you want to be more serious and formal about "object oriented" and
> link
> > in a notion of "math objects", I recommend spiraling through the same or
> > similar material with that in mind.
> >
> > They may not be ready for vector objects tomorrow, but perhaps the day
> > after.
> >
> > Polyhedrons are stellar objects because they're both abstract and
> concrete
> > in their properties and behaviors.
> >
> > Algebra and geometric shapes are good friends, or should be, starting
> with
> > such as V + F == E + 2.
> >
> > Kirby
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:15 PM, <mary.dooms at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I teach 6th grade math and Python was suggested as a way to apply
> >> pre-algebra concepts in a programming context. My programming background
> >> consists of one C++ programming class. How do I begin? Are lesson plans
> and
> >> small programs available, for example, where students could write and
> "drop
> >> in" a script that includes integers and the output would not only
> calculate
> >> it, but see the relevance of it in a real world situation?
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *Or, perhaps, the program controls a "wheelchair" robot and students
> would
> >> write scripts to drive the robot at a certain speed considering the
> slope of
> >> a ramp?*
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *As you can see, I am a novice, but I see great potential and am willing
> >> to learn.*
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *Thanks,*
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *Mary*
> >>
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> > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:40:39 +0300
> > From: Berkin Malkoc <malkocb at gmail.com>
> > To: Andrew Harrington <aharrin at luc.edu>
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> > Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Fwd: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web
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> > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Andrew Harrington <aharrin at luc.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> This is a good subject to revisit, on web based Python.  I like his
> >> interest in Python+math, too.
> >> Andy
> >>
> >
> > 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.
> >>
> >
> > Sage [1] can be a great option in these kind of situations. It can be
> tried
> > online [2] and there are a couple of places [3] where you are guided
> through
> > the process of setting up your own Sage servers.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Berkin
> >
> > [1] http://www.sagemath.org
> > [2] http://www.sagenb.org/
> > [3] http://wiki.sagemath.org/DanDrake/JustEnoughSageServer
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