From jshaffstall at gmail.com  Thu Jan 12 20:57:30 2017
From: jshaffstall at gmail.com (Jay Shaffstall)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:57:30 -0500
Subject: [Edu-sig] Python Physics Sandbox released
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Version 1.4 has been released and is available for the standard pip
install.  Constant velocity was added, along with fixing the bug with shape
specific gravity.

Jay

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Jay Shaffstall <jshaffstall at gmail.com>
wrote:

> >How do I give the ball a horizontal velocity?
>
> The 1.4 development branch on github now  has the ability to set a
> constant velocity for a shape.  For example, to move it horizontally right
> you could use:
>
>     ball1.velocity = (50, 0)
>
> I won't be releasing 1.4 to PyPi until I've tracked down a bug with custom
> shape gravity, but you can clone the repository and copy the files over to
> your site-packages/pyphysicssandbox directory to use the newer version.
>
> There are also a lot of screencasts on the YouTube channel covering most
> aspects of the version 1.3 sandbox: https://www.youtube.com/channel/
> UCybNk1XwGtiPyiLVitMFmsQ
>
> Jay
>
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From kirby.urner at gmail.com  Fri Jan 20 23:28:34 2017
From: kirby.urner at gmail.com (kirby urner)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 20:28:34 -0800
Subject: [Edu-sig] update from Silicon Forest
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Greetings from Silicon Forest to this mostly-quiet list. Perhaps listservs
in general have been overtaken in many cases, by technology with a higher
bling factor.

Or maybe it's that listservs (mail lists) are not an obvious vehicle for
blatant advertising whereas Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus and such, all
have obvious ways for marketers to break in.

Glad to see about the new release of the physics engine.[1]

Portland has been under a blanket of snow, so the Winter term is off to a
slow start. That's with regard to an after school program I help staff,
more another time (CwK [2]).

The public school system in Portland is a big fan of MIT Scratch, did I
mention?

Where to next after that, if MIT Scratch is how you started?  There's more
than one way forward naturally.  However if you've started in the cloud and
are used to accessing the same work from multiple devices, then you'll
probably want to keep working that way, at least sometimes.

Have most here heard of Codesters already?

https://www.codesters.com/

Codesters provides a platform very like MIT Scratch, by deliberate design,
providing continuity of concepts and skills (sprites and backdrops, drag
and drop tools, sorted by topic) into a Pythonic environment.

https://youtu.be/Q1hj5XvrfTw

I used the snow days to study up on Finnish history a little, with a spike
in activity on Facebook where I see some of you.

Looking forward to a visit from former PSF director and former Pycon tycoon
(used for alliteration) Steve Holden in a week or so.  Many readers here
know him.

He's a UKer now living back in the homeland, who is likewise very at home
in the US, had a cool office and apartment (separate addresses) just blocks
from here in recent years.

Speaking of Pycon, I signed on as a possible co-speaking at two Pycon
talks.

Charles Crosse [3] has devised an ingenius business plan he wants to open
source, plus (and this is what's impressive) a working prototype he's
actually field tested with his own family.

Basically, it's a way for parents to set it up for unsupervised learning
where junior gets more "lives" (time on the Internet) in exchange for
choosing from "pre-approved activities". Translation: "if you do your math
homework, you'll get more time on the X-Box"

Whether the proposals fly or not (as talks), I'm optimistic about the
model.  The prototype uses a Raspberry Pi as a stand-in router.  That's the
shut-off valve.  If you don't do your math homework, the router stops
feeding you lives and you X-box loses its net connection (there's a GUI and
everything).

In addition to Codesters, our program uses Cloud9.

I continue to showcase thekirbster.pythonanywhere.com as a somewhat
functional CRUD application (the skeleton is there) using Flask + Jinja2.
Very minimalist, just showing what a bare bones web application might
consist of.

You've got the idea of "front and back door APIs" i.e. a front door for
human eyeballs, a back door for other computers using an API.

We could call it a "service entrance" like when trucks back up to the
warehouse to load/unload goods (but in this case using JSON).

Kirby


[1] I've been yammering about physics education Youtubes on that list for
physics teachers I frequent, closed archive (for now). Behind those
Youtubes (animations) may be a physics engine.

[2] https://www.codingwithkids.com/#!/afterschool?show=locations&region=2

[3]
http://coffeeshopsnet.blogspot.com/2016/09/internet-aware-lcds.html
(another project)
http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2016/10/go-by-train.html  (picture of Charles,
bottom)
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From wes.turner at gmail.com  Sat Jan 21 01:23:07 2017
From: wes.turner at gmail.com (Wes Turner)
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 00:23:07 -0600
Subject: [Edu-sig] update from Silicon Forest
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On Friday, January 20, 2017, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Greetings from Silicon Forest to this mostly-quiet list. Perhaps listservs
> in general have been overtaken in many cases, by technology with a higher
> bling factor.
>

https://medium.com/tag/edtech https://medium.com/tag/python

https://hypothes.is/ (highlighting & threaded comments w/ Markdown on
anything with a URI (and PDFs))

  https://www.w3.org/TR/annotation-model/ "W3C Web Annotation Data Model"

...

https://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/edu-sig/
https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/ (Archives)

- Click "[ Thread ]"

OR (for additional mailing list URIs):

- https://code.activestate.com/lists/python-edu-sig/
- https://marc.info/?l=python-edu-sig
- http://python.6.x6.nabble.com/Python-edu-sig-f2103323.html

... Here's an idea:
https://westurner.org/wiki/ideas#open-source-mailing-list-extractor


> Or maybe it's that listservs (mail lists) are not an obvious vehicle for
> blatant advertising whereas Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus and such, all
> have obvious ways for marketers to break in.
>

https://twitter.com/OfficeofEdTech

- National Education Technology Plan (NETP): Reimagining the Role of
Technology in Education
   https://tech.ed.gov/netp/

- Higher Education Supplement to the National Education Technology Plan
(HIGHEREDNETP): Reimagining the Role of Technology in Higher Education
  https://tech.ed.gov/higherednetp/

Twitter Hashtags: #edtech #edetech #k12cs #stem #python

(Saveable) Twitter Searches:

- https://twitter.com/search?q=edtech+python
- https://twitter.com/search?q=edutech+python
<https://twitter.com/search?q=edtech+python>
- https://twitter.com/search?q=k12cs+python
- https://twitter.com/search?q=stem+python


Twitter lists:

- https://twitter.com/westurner/lists/edtech /members
- https://twitter.com/IntelEDU/lists/edutech/members
- https://twitter.com/IntelEDU/lists/education-it/members


> Glad to see about the new release of the physics engine.[1]
>

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software)
- https://www.blender.org/api/blender_python_api_2_78a_release/
- https://www.blender.org/manual/physics/
- https://www.blender.org/manual/game_engine/python_api/bullet_physics.html
(these docs could be much more beginner-friendly)


>
> Portland has been under a blanket of snow, so the Winter term is off to a
> slow start. That's with regard to an after school program I help staff,
> more another time (CwK [2]).
>
> The public school system in Portland is a big fan of MIT Scratch, did I
> mention?
>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockly (code.org)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_(programming_language)

https://twitter.com/search?q=mitscratch

https://twitter.com/search?q=edutech+python
<https://twitter.com/search?q=edtech+python>

  https://twitter.com/Amaliny_YoHas/status/814661269898797057

    http://edtechnology.co.uk/Article/from-scratch-to-python

http://www.omahapython.org/blog/archives/event/building-the-bricklayer-ide
"Bricklayer programs produce virtual LEGO, Minecraft, and 3D-printable
artifacts."

https://bricklayerdotorg.wordpress.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G-wEhvVRBo


> Where to next after that, if MIT Scratch is how you started?  There's more
> than one way forward naturally.  However if you've started in the cloud and
> are used to accessing the same work from multiple devices, then you'll
> probably want to keep working that way, at least sometimes.
>
> Have most here heard of Codesters already?
>
> https://www.codesters.com/
>
> Codesters provides a platform very like MIT Scratch, by deliberate design,
> providing continuity of concepts and skills (sprites and backdrops, drag
> and drop tools, sorted by topic) into a Pythonic environment.
>

The LMS (integrated gradebook) features of Codesters look pretty cool.
>From the video, I also like how you can drag-and-drop actual code to the
editor.


>
> https://youtu.be/Q1hj5XvrfTw
>
> I used the snow days to study up on Finnish history a little, with a spike
> in activity on Facebook where I see some of you.
>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqZSYKJPDN8 (Finnish Leveraxe 2.0)

http://www.oph.fi/english/current_issues/101/0/subject_teaching_in_finnish_schools_is_not_being_abolished

In order to meet the challenges of the future, the focus is on transversal
> (generic) competences and work across school subjects. Collaborative
> classroom practices, where pupils may work with several teachers
> simultaneously during periods of phenomenon-based project studies are
> emphasised.
>


The pupils should participate each year in at least one such
> multidisciplinary learning module. These modules are designed and
> implemented locally. The core curriculum also states that the pupils should
> be involved in the planning.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transversal_(geometry)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdisciplinarity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinarity

...

It would be really great if we could develop transdisciplinary STEM
curriculum tied in with #K12CSFramework:
https://k12cs.org/


> Looking forward to a visit from former PSF director and former Pycon
> tycoon (used for alliteration) Steve Holden in a week or so.  Many readers
> here know him.
>

https://twitter.com/holdenweb

https://twitter.com/westurner/lists/python /members


>
> He's a UKer now living back in the homeland, who is likewise very at home
> in the US, had a cool office and apartment (separate addresses) just blocks
> from here in recent years.
>

https://www.raspberrypi.org/curriculum/

http://competency-checklist.appspot.com/


>
> Speaking of Pycon, I signed on as a possible co-speaking at two Pycon
> talks.
>

https://us.pycon.org/2016/events/edusummit/

There's a pyvideo "education" tag:

http://pyvideo.org/tag/education/


>
> Charles Crosse [3] has devised an ingenius business plan he wants to open
> source,
>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_models_for_open-source_software


> plus (and this is what's impressive) a working prototype he's actually
> field tested with his own family.
>
> Basically, it's a way for parents to set it up for unsupervised learning
> where junior gets more "lives" (time on the Internet) in exchange for
> choosing from "pre-approved activities". Translation: "if you do your math
> homework, you'll get more time on the X-Box"
>
> Whether the proposals fly or not (as talks), I'm optimistic about the
> model.  The prototype uses a Raspberry Pi as a stand-in router.  That's the
> shut-off valve.  If you don't do your math homework, the router stops
> feeding you lives and you X-box loses its net connection (there's a GUI and
> everything).
>

What about emergency xbox communications?


>
> In addition to Codesters, our program uses Cloud9.
>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud9_IDE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SageMathCloud

  https://twitter.com/westurner/status/822162824596226048

   "@wstein389 Does nbgrader (for grading @ProjectJupyter notebooks) work
with @sagemathcloud? #EdTech"

     https://github.com/jupyter/nbgrader


>
> I continue to showcase thekirbster.pythonanywhere.com as a somewhat
> functional CRUD application (the skeleton is there) using Flask + Jinja2.
> Very minimalist, just showing what a bare bones web application might
> consist of.
>

https://github.com/humiaozuzu/awesome-flask

https://github.com/westurner/flasktestapp/commits/develop
(cookiecutter-flask)


>
> You've got the idea of "front and back door APIs" i.e. a front door for
> human eyeballs, a back door for other computers using an API.
>
> We could call it a "service entrance" like when trucks back up to the
> warehouse to load/unload goods (but in this case using JSON).
>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_API

http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/quickstart/

https://github.com/Runscope/httpbin "HTTP Request & Response Service,
written in Python + Flask. http://httpbin.org"

http://swagger.io/open-source-integrations/#python-18 lists a number of
swagger (OpenAPI) implementations for flask.

http://swagger.io/specification/ "OpenAPI Specification (fka Swagger
RESTful API Documentation Specification)"

https://18f.github.io/API-All-the-X/pages/what_are_APIs-anecdotes_and_metaphors

https://18f.github.io/API-All-the-X/pages/api_standards



>
> Kirby
>
>
> [1] I've been yammering about physics education Youtubes on that list for
> physics teachers I frequent, closed archive (for now). Behind those
> Youtubes (animations) may be a physics engine.
>
> [2] https://www.codingwithkids.com/#!/afterschool?show=locations&region=2
>
> [3]
> http://coffeeshopsnet.blogspot.com/2016/09/internet-aware-lcds.html
> (another project)
> http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2016/10/go-by-train.html  (picture of
> Charles, bottom)
>
>
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From jurgis.pralgauskis at gmail.com  Thu Jan 26 01:24:53 2017
From: jurgis.pralgauskis at gmail.com (Jurgis Pralgauskis)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:24:53 +0200
Subject: [Edu-sig] Adaptive Python Course + 10k$ Contest of content
Message-ID: <CANDo6EzLBEO_ZA9pB2o8Dm2Mk8Ky_JJCChh=S3F3P6_RK8vi-g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

nice concept :)
https://stepik.org/course/Adaptive-Python-568/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=monthly_eng_jan_17&utm_medium=email&utm_content=course


and 10k$ Contest of courses http://adaptive.stepik.org/ :)

-- 
Jurgis Pralgauskis
tel: 8-616 77613;
Don't worry, be happy and make things better ;)
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From marcin.wojciechowski at goleniow.edu.pl  Thu Jan 26 03:13:12 2017
From: marcin.wojciechowski at goleniow.edu.pl (Marcin Wojciechowski)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:13:12 +0100
Subject: [Edu-sig] Turtle
Message-ID: <CAMbx2CLLfCcJ71dSM65y4xczo6wv6XX_bd0ZSPHpHymtxz_qNw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello, I teach computer science in elementary school. Looking for
information on turtle. I like very much and would like to apply it in the
classroom.

Marcin Wojciechowski
http://marcinwojciechowski.edu.pl
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From alisdair.tullo at ed.ac.uk  Thu Jan 26 09:47:24 2017
From: alisdair.tullo at ed.ac.uk (Alisdair Tullo)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:47:24 +0000
Subject: [Edu-sig] Turtle
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Hi Marcin,

If you haven't seen it already, you might want to take a look at the 
Open Tech School beginners' tutorial, which uses the turtle module:

http://opentechschool.github.io/python-beginners/en/index.html

I think something like this could be adapted for younger children.

Cheers,

Alisdair

On 26/01/17 08:13, Marcin Wojciechowski wrote:
>
> Hello, I teach computer science in elementary school. Looking for
> information on turtle. I like very much and would like to apply it in
> the classroom.
>
> Marcin Wojciechowski
> http://marcinwojciechowski.edu.pl
>
>
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From enbody at cse.msu.edu  Thu Jan 26 10:45:32 2017
From: enbody at cse.msu.edu (Richard Enbody)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:45:32 -0500
Subject: [Edu-sig] Turtle
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One of the Hour of Code modules is built around Turtle: https://hourofcode.com/capython <https://hourofcode.com/capython>

> On Jan 26, 2017, at 3:13 AM, Marcin Wojciechowski <marcin.wojciechowski at goleniow.edu.pl> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> I teach computer science in elementary school. Looking for information on turtle. I like very much and would like to apply it in the classroom.
> 
> Marcin Wojciechowski
> http://marcinwojciechowski.edu.pl <http://marcinwojciechowski.edu.pl/>_______________________________________________
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