> So my first reply to this ended up on the EduPython Google Group, > obscure, but with its own advantages (better profile tracking, > something Python.org doesn't support as we don't have user login). >
This one made it to edu-sig archive no problemo, however I was nonplussed by some of the typos so did a more polished draft for the Google group. That's the one I twittered about just now: http://controlroom.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-twittering.html On another topic, if you're in a public school that blocks YouTube even in the library, consider contacting either ACLU and/or Amnesty International. It's a violation of civil rights, plus if your school's doing it, your students are technically political prisoners several hours a day. This will count against the US and/or your state in cocktail parties, when we rank 'em on "freedom", stuff like that. I'm adamant about this because a lot of our best Python stuff is on YouTube, Google Video, ShowMeDo, Vimeo... Blip TV. These are the conduits for that famous "distance education" everyone talks about (not the only ones, but some of the most viable). To block these in the library is akin to book burning, certainly censorship of the worst kind. Your only excuse is if you're "off the grid" in terms of having zero bandwidth. For example, kids like to let off steam by smashing calculators with hammers, running over them, throwing them against the wall. They know, intuitively, that being forced to use them instead of computers is viciously fascist and anti-future. If they can't access YouTube, they won't get this vicarious thrill and it's really wasteful to have too many kids doing it (redundant). Here's a watering hole (oasis) for our oppressed, feel free to direct them here if you're a math teacher: http://controlroom.blogspot.com/2009/07/contraband.html Remember: America eats its young. Fight back! Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
