Really excellent 60 Minutes excerpt, thank you. I should show that in my next math class.
Kirby On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Calcpage <calcp...@aol.com> wrote: > Regarding your discussion of Grace Hopper, you may find the videos I posted > on YouTube of interest: > > http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007 > > HTH, > A. Jorge Garcia > Applied Math & CS > Baldwin SHS & Nassau CC > http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com > http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009 > Sent from my iPod > > On Jul 19, 2010, at 6:15 PM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:41 PM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> I'll return to post a link to my followup post. >>> >> >> So here are my two write-ups of the just completed >> Programming in Python (SA:10648): >> >> http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2010/07/teaching-again.html >> http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2010/07/finish-line.html >> >> Also, the math teachers on math-teach @ Math Forum >> are starting to ramp up again, on the whole idea of >> pre-college computer science or digital / discrete math >> or whatever we call it: >> >> Here's a link to the thread (public archive). >> >> http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2095707&tstart=0 >> >> You'll see me weighing in with my familiar (to some here) >> views, but also expressing this new angst about IDLE. >> >> Excerpts: >> >> """ >> Steve Holden, chairman of the Python Software Foundation, >> has been suggesting the it may be time to retire IDLE, >> removing it from the standard distro. Indeed, on Ubuntu >> I'm pretty sure one needs to install it separately... >> """ >> >> """ >> When learning programming for the first time, you can >> dive into object oriented thinking right away, because >> this style of thinking was modeled on ordinary human >> grammar. >> >> noun.verb( ) and noun.adjective correspond to things >> (nouns) having behaviors and attributes (what could >> be more natural)? >> """ >> >> I talk about some of my history lobbying for a new >> discrete math course here -- how I first become aware >> of the Litvins text (at a planning workshop with >> Chris Brooks just about one year ago): >> >> """ >> For those new to this list, I've been putting myself out >> there as a kind of lobbyist trying to get something called >> computational, digital, discrete and/or fill-in-the-blank math >> that is for-credit in equal measure with any of the pre-calc >> or calc track classes. I've done a lot of writing about this, >> describing my network and our political tactics. I won't >> go into all that again here. >> """ >> >> http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2095937 >> >> Kirby >> >>> >>> Kirby Urner >>> 4dsolutions.net/ocn/cp4e.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
