I run a small English for scientists class for 2nd and 3rd year Italian-speaking physicists.
A lot of the class is around listening and improving spoken english. I have a few ruby scripts to extract the transcriptions of youtube videos (from video.google.com/timtedtext?lang=$lang&v=$video ) The script parses out the text, splits it up amongst students, and then sends them each a mail (from a students.yml file) with the sections they need to listen to. The need to read the transcript before they listen to the video in class, and record their speech. Since this year I have a pretty big class, I'm planning on scoring their ability according to an online test, then ranking them. The idea is to add the rank to students.yml and have the weaker ones send their homework to the better ones so that they can teach each others as peers. Basically, I'm trying to minimise the amount of work I need to do in preparing lessons, as well as hand off as much of the evaluation to the students as possible, because I'm a pretty lazy teacher. On 4 May 2017 at 02:56, Brian Northan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jonah > > I direct a 4 mile running race near Albany, NY. I've used Python and Pandas > for a few data analysis tasks. > > For example I used Pandas and Bokeh to generate an interactive scatterplot > of age vs time everyone who ever did the race. > > http://bnorthan.github.io/rotg-us/best.html > > Last year I had a complicated team scoring scheme, which involved age > grading some times, and I implemented it in a notebook. > > https://github.com/bnorthan/rotg-us/blob/master/notebooks/ROTG_MINI_GRAND_PRIX.ipynb > > I also hosted the website on github > > http://bnorthan.github.io/rotg-us/ > > Brian > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 8:17 PM, Jonah Duckles <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Based on a conversation at an instructor discussion session today, Tanya >> Flynn mentioned she likes to share some personal coding projects with >> learners. Through sharing these projects she hopes to inspire learners to >> think about coding beyond just research or scientific applications and ways >> they can solve many kinds of problems. >> >> What is an example of a coding project small or large that you have done >> which leveraged your coding skills for non-academic gain. >> >> Examples could include things like: >> 1) removing duplicate entries in a mailing list for a community group you >> manage >> 2) randomly selecting files to be used for an MP3 playlist at a >> wedding/party >> 3) Internet of Things (IoT) tinkering to control your home >> 4) generating art with code >> 5) developing code to mange your recipe, photo or stamp collections >> 6) wherever else your imagination has taken you! >> >> Can you share an example of what you've done? Links to the code are >> welcome if you have them. >> >> >> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbIDkVOtFl-FLis1OYNL3zctp8dYvCUWzwTkpBaCcAN_O_sQ/viewform >> >> After a few weeks, we'll compile the results into a page with attribution >> for each and leave it open to further contributions via GitHub. >> >> Regards, >> --- >> Jonah Duckles >> Software Carpentry, Executive Director >> http://software-carpentry.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss -- Dr. Bruce Becker, Coordinator, South African National Grid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6607-7145 http://www.africa-grid.org Meraka Institute, CSIR Meiring Naude Road Pretoria 0001 South Africa +27 12 841 3746 (w) | +27 12 841-4829 (f) | +27 84 989 6169 (m) | + 39 392 622 9279 AIM/GTalk/Skype/MSN/Jabber : brucellino _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
