From calcpage at aol.com  Sun Jun  3 02:36:43 2012
From: calcpage at aol.com (A. Jorge Garcia)
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 20:36:43 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Edu-sig] LAC: Life After Calculus Final Project!
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My final project this year in AP Calculus BC was to investigate the use 
of a Computer Algebra System such as http://www.sagemath.org with 
Calculus.
We introduced SAGE and python by doing some Arithmetic, Algebra and 
Trig.
We even derived Euler's Identity!

Let me know what you think:
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaching-ap-calculus-life-after.html 


HTH,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math and CompSci
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009



From calcpage at aol.com  Thu Jun 14 17:37:53 2012
From: calcpage at aol.com (A. Jorge Garcia)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:37:53 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Edu-sig] LAC 2012: Life After Calculus Final Project!
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http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaching-ap-calculus-lac-2012-life.html

Here's a little update on all the Calculus and SAGE I did with my 
students these last few weeks as a final project after the AP Calculus 
BC exam!

For most of my students, this is the first time they see SAGE. Since 
they need to use a Graphing Calculator extensively on the AP exam, I 
can't really use SAGE during the school year. If I could, I would!

Enjoy,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math and CompSci
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009


-----Original Message-----
From: A. Jorge Garcia <calcpage at aol.com>
To: edu-sig <edu-sig at python.org>
Sent: Sat, Jun 2, 2012 8:36 pm
Subject: LAC: Life After Calculus Final Project!

My final project this year in AP Calculus BC was to investigate the use
of a Computer Algebra System such as http://www.sagemath.org with
Calculus.
We introduced SAGE and python by doing some Arithmetic, Algebra and
Trig.
We even derived Euler's Identity!

Let me know what you think:
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaching-ap-calculus-life-after.html 



HTH,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math and CompSci
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009





From missive at hotmail.com  Sun Jun 17 20:49:06 2012
From: missive at hotmail.com (Lee Harr)
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:19:06 +0430
Subject: [Edu-sig] [ANNC] vbot-0.3
Message-ID: <SNT106-W58C18F5F36C10EBC894B0EB1F90@phx.gbl>


vBot is a visual programming game.
??? Use a small set of command tiles to build a program.
??? The program must control the vBot and make it activate
??? every target using the limited command set.

It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
??? some programming concepts to beginning programmers.


https://bitbucket.org/leeharr/vbot


This release adds several new levels and organizes them by
??? level of difficulty. It also adds several new features.


vBot is tested with Python 2.7.3 and PyQt 4.9.1

vBot is released under GPLv3.


Changes in vbot-0.3:
??? - Added success dialog with option to go to next level
??? - Sorted levels by difficulty and concept
??????? - Added utility for re-sorting levels by difficulty
??? - Backspace key removes last tile in active function
??? - Added ability to remember a player's completed levels online
??????? - server code not included with this distribution...

 		 	   		  

From kirby.urner at gmail.com  Tue Jun 19 04:31:14 2012
From: kirby.urner at gmail.com (kirby urner)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:31:14 -0700
Subject: [Edu-sig] gender-specific Python training; link to MathFuture
Message-ID: <CAPJgG3TUzbc1pLH_she5tkz355z2iWhtHdE+LqgrN3oWLGuAag@mail.gmail.com>

Portland's Python community is experimenting with some more
gender-specific Python training, geared for noobs:

http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython/events/66193362/

Michelle Rowley, newly sired into the PSF (my nominee), has a full
house already and a 2nd such event is in the planning stage.

Over on MathFuture (a Google group), I've been bringing up
'Mathematics for the Digital Age' as exemplary again.

Lets see how good Google is at finding an example:  << verdict:  it's
too soon, no web crawling yet >>

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mathfuture/-_X2NzprDhs/kkZTtc46SzkJ
 (thread in progress)

math-thinking-l, on the other hand, seems dead as a door nail.

I guess they like it that way, those Scheme people.

http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/math-thinking-l  (nothing
since April!).

Kirby