[Edu-sig] Collaboratively developing OER Python textbooks.

Sun Jun 17 16:32:45 EDT 2018

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On Sunday, June 17, 2018, Jeff Elkner <jeff at elkner.net> wrote:

> Hi Sergio,
>
> Seems to me the most effective way of " building a learning Python
> environment in the context on teaching and learning math at the
> elementary/high school level" would be to connect with existing efforts and
> contribute to them.
>
> As a full time teacher, I'm in a great place to test out materials with
> the group of people who matter most in all this, students / learners, but I
> have only limited time for contributing to the development process, so I
> need to keep my goals modest.
>
> The action is mainly taking place on http://jupyter.org, so the thing for
> me to do is learn this platform and join this community, and then
> contribute classroom ready resources to it.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff
>
>
> Let's work together to create a just and sustainable world!
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>
> On June 13, 2018 9:12 AM, Sergio Rojas <sergio_r at mail.com> wrote:
>
> > 
> >
> > Hi Jeff,
> >
> > In relation to your call on
> >
> > > I would be delighted to see this mailing list be used for
> > >
> > > collaboration and discussion around OER learning materials for Python.
> >
> > Perhaps we could start making it more formally, in building a
> >
> > learning Python environment in the context on teaching and learning
> >
> > math at the elementary/high school level.
> >
> > It seems that you already have a nice vigorous start up with your
> >
> > colleagues and students which can bring this collaboration to an higher
> level.
> >
> > revising the CSP openbook project
> >
> > [ http://www.openbookproject.net/books/StudentCSP/index.html ].
> >
> > I also wrote to Sebastian (cc this email to him) who has
> >
> > good ideas on the same vein. Hopefully he might have some time to share
> >
> > on getting something done in this endeavor.
> >
> > > Let me know when you feel you have something ready for testing.
> >
> > It would be nice to hear recommendations for additions and modifications
> >
> > to the content of the book and to the provided codes for each book.
> >
> > At the moment I have not thought about the best way to add suggested
> >
> > modifications to the respective book, directly by everyone, but
> >
> > taken care that the project derive somewhere else.
> >
> > Currently, I am revising the write up of the Prealgebra book
> >
> > and trying to rewrite the codes in a more pythonic fashion, to add
> >
> > a chapter on coding using pure python style to gain speed in code
> >
> > execution.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sergio
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 at 11:15 AM
> >
> > From: "Jeff Elkner" jeff at elkner.net
> >
> > To: "Sergio Rojas" sergio_r at mail.com, "edu-sig at python.org"
> edu-sig at python.org
> >
> > Subject: Collaboratively developing OER Python textbooks.
> >
> > Hi Sergio,
> >
> > I would be delighted to see this mailing list be used for collaboration
> and discussion around OER learning materials for Python.
> >
> > I'm working on remixing a wonderful textbook written for use with the
> College Board's AP CS Principles course:
> >
> > http://www.openbookproject.net/books/StudentCSP/
> >
> > I've got the project on Gitlab at:
> >
> > https://gitlab.com/jelkner/StudentCSP[https://gitlab.com/
> jelkner/StudentCSP]
> >
> > Since students are the final judges of the effectiveness of education
> resources, I involve my students as testers / reviewers using issues
> tracking on Gitlab as the way for them to provide feedback. Shushantika
> Barua (cc'd here) proved an excellent proof reader / editor / tester.
> Taking a look at the issues she filed shows the process:
> >
> > https://gitlab.com/jelkner/StudentCSP/issues?scope=all&
> utf8=✓&state=closed[https://gitlab.com/jelkner/StudentCSP/
> issues?scope=all&utf8=✓&state=closed]
> >
> > I have a friend and colleague, Isaac Zawolo (cc'd here) who teaches math
> at my school. We have been talking about integrating the learning of math
> and computer programming for several years. We also have a large community
> of first language Spanish speakers at our school.
> >
> > So, Sergio, if you are interested, I would be glad to get my students
> involved in testing and contributing to both https://github.com/
> rojassergio/Prealgebra-via-Python-Programming[https://
> github.com/rojassergio/Prealgebra-via-Python-Programming] and
> https://github.com/rojassergio/Aprendiendo-a-programar-en-Python-con-mi-
> computador[https://github.com/rojassergio/Aprendiendo-a-
> programar-en-Python-con-mi-computador].
> >
> > Let me know when you feel you have something ready for testing.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jeff Elkner
> >
> > Arlington Career Center, Arlington, VA
> >
> > Let's work together to create a just and sustainable world!
> >
> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >
> > On June 11, 2018 9:35 AM, Sergio Rojas sergio_r at mail.com wrote:
> >
> > > On 10/05/18 16:15, Jeff Elkner wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear edu-sig friends,
> > > >
> > > > We had an interesting discussion at the Education Summit today at
> > > >
> > > > Pycon about ways to better engage folks between Pycons.
> > >
> > > Hi Jeff,
> > >
> > > Are the documents of the Pycon Education Summit available on the
> Internet?
> > >
> > > > As a public school teacher, I have a particular interest in python in
> > > >
> > > > k12 institutions
> > >
> > > How are you using Python in teaching and learning?
> > >
> > > I finished a first crude draft of a book devoted mostly to Mathematics
> > >
> > > (Prealgebra topics ) via Python
> > >
> > > https://github.com/rojassergio/Prealgebra-via-
> Python-Programming[https://github.com/rojassergio/Prealgebra-via-Python-
> Programming] )
> > >
> > > which I want to improve (in content and readability)
> > >
> > > and perhaps the discussions of the Educational Summit
> > >
> > > could be of help to better shape the book on the content of topics.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Sergio
> > >
> > > Message: 1
> > >
> > > Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 17:15:28 -0400
> > >
> > > From: Jeff Elkner jeff at elkner.net
> > >
> > > To: "edu-sig at python.org" edu-sig at python.org
> > >
> > > Subject: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12
> > >
> > > channel on freenode?
> > >
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> > > Dear edu-sig friends,
> > >
> > > We had an interesting discussion at the Education Summit today at
> > >
> > > Pycon about ways to better engage folks between Pycons.
> > >
> > > As a public school teacher, I have a particular interest in python in
> > >
> > > k12 institutions, and in addition to posting more often on this list,
> > >
> > > I am considering setting up an irc channel on freenode (#python-k12 ?)
> > >
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