I don't know if this would be of interest, but I teach Python to corporations (Symantec at the moment). I have materials that worked well with testers with little or no programming experience. Probably not suitable for youngsters, but I say, let's spread the word to everyone!
Saturday, January 28, 2006, 8:51:34 AM, you wrote: BM> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- BM> Hash: SHA1 BM> Great Idea, I would also offer www.pythonworks.org/moodle as a home. BM> I have a CS1 course (using Zelle's book) that I can put out on BM> whatever site we decide to use. BM> By May I'll have a CS2 course ready to go. BM> Brad BM> On Jan 27, 2006, at 10:12 PM, kirby urner wrote: >> >> Here's an idea. Given a lot of us teach Python, plan to, or have >> ideas for doing so, if we had shared access to a Python Moodle >> someplace, we could develop open source courseware, either as >> individuals or in teams. >> >> The Algebra with Python stuff I'm doing could be cloned to the new >> site. I'm pretty sure the backup zip I'm able to create through >> the interface, will restore to another Moodle. I could easily >> transfer the content in that case. Others could roll their own. >> >> Seems like a good idea (didn't someone already propose this?). I'm >> sure there are plenty of alternatives to Moodle, but so far it >> seems like a pretty workable solution to a problem. It's more >> vertical market than Plone, i.e. is built from the ground up with >> distance education courseware in mind. >> >> I don't have the server or the time to get a Moodle up and >> running. But if someone in the Python community does, and wants to >> use edu-sig as a staging ground and talent pool, I bet we could go >> places with it. Lots of new tutorials, useless python and vaults >> of parnassus type stuff could be recast in a more distance >> education friendly format. >> >> Kirby >> 4D/OCN >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig BM> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- BM> Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) BM> iD8DBQFD25MGt6pClM1VKiYRAmKdAJ9dPFgZmIt3HPuVZOjdiB7FEJaLfACgt1Uw BM> p5IeHS6fztdx23Im71tC9Ig= BM> =cxkO BM> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- BM> _______________________________________________ BM> Edu-sig mailing list BM> [email protected] BM> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig -- Best regards, Chuck _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
