Hi Everyone! Thanks to David and others who reached out with suggestions!
Responding to my own thread with some of the materials I was able to find if others are interested in using them. First, I had somewhat strict constraints: the students were mostly freshmen with possibly no programing background and the class was held at a university computer lab where I was not able to install anything. As a result of the latter constraint, I was severely limited in the type of packages I could use. I could not get pygame or vpython to work in Google Colab (at least not reliably, vpython worked once and never again). In the end I went through some basic material and had them write a little chatbot. That worked really well and some of them did some very creative stuff. Here is the notebook with my materials: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1mxhW06ZFoj3DMCuSijHZDUSA0l7fFyAg The chatbot idea came from the Creative Coding in Python book linked below. The Invent With Python book also has similar ideas, but I found that later. And here are other fun projects you can do with Python: Python Mad Libs: https://courses.p2pu.org/en/groups/playing-madlibs-with-python-building-your-first-game/content/build-a-simple-madlib-using-wing-ide/ Tic tac toe and other games: https://inventwithpython.com/invent4thed/ Creative Coding in Python book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1631595814/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Coding Games in Python book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1465473610/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 App to track Amazon prices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg9r_yLk7VY&feature=youtu.be How to make a gif YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjkYiVy069Y Instagram automation app: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnfhv1E1dU4&feature=youtu.be Simulate the Solar System: http://firsttimeprogrammer.blogspot.com/2014/12/and-here-comes-whole-solar-system.html ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T418bea44a1fd7d4c-Mba0924627addba4b6ec6da2b Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
