That video is still available: http://openbookproject.net/pybiblio/pythonvideo.php
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 6:00 AM, <edu-sig-requ...@python.org> wrote: > Send Edu-sig mailing list submissions to > edu-sig@python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > edu-sig-requ...@python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > edu-sig-ow...@python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Edu-sig digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Python testimonial sought... (Andre Roberge) > 2. Quarter III, Week 3: SmartNotes, ScreenCasts and Code, oh my! > (A. Jorge Garcia) > 3. Re: Python testimonial sought... (kirby urner) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:39:17 -0400 > From: Andre Roberge <andre.robe...@gmail.com> > To: "edu-sig@python.org" <edu-sig@python.org> > Subject: [Edu-sig] Python testimonial sought... > Message-ID: > <CAGMu_=ox-hV3=4szbk6qye9yjagta9-sjmc2440na08z2nj...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > A few years ago (at least 5 I believe) I remember reading an account from > two students who had to do a term project in their final CS year. They > decided to do it in Python (which they had learned on their own) whereas > everyone else was using something like C++ or Java which was taught in > their department. From what I remember, they completed the required work > in something like 4 weeks whereas no other student team managed to do it > while working for the entire term. > > Does anyone remember this and, more crucially, would have a link to the > original story? > > Andr? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/attachments/20130218/065b0c3f/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:42:30 -0500 (EST) > From: "A. Jorge Garcia" <calcp...@aol.com> > To: calcp...@aol.com, edu-sig@python.org > Subject: [Edu-sig] Quarter III, Week 3: SmartNotes, ScreenCasts and > Code, oh my! > Message-ID: <8cfdc405dd1fcb7-434-d...@webmail-m148.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Take a look at my CSH link in the blog listed below. CSH is my Computer > Science Honors (SAGE/python) class which is a prerequisite for AP > Computer Science (java). In CSH we usually run SAGE, but we used pure > python from the command line for the first time ever this week! > > http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2013/02/quarter-iii-week-3-screencasts.html > > It's nothing too advanced. We're doing Binary Arithmetic, Boolean > Logic, propositions, predicates and conditional statements right now. > We wrote RockPaperScissors in SAGE automated with random choices for > each player. We could not see a way to make it interactive in SAGE so > the user could input choices and play against the computer, so we went > with the CLI. In fact, I have a link on the CSH blog from programr.com > so you can actually run the program yourself within the blog! > > You may also find my CIS(theta) link interesting. CIS is my Computing > Independent Study class where we are using mpi4py on a Linux Cluster! > > Enjoy, > A. Jorge Garcia > Applied Math, Physics and CS > http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com > http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:05:17 -0800 > From: kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> > To: Andre Roberge <andre.robe...@gmail.com> > Cc: "edu-sig@python.org" <edu-sig@python.org> > Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Python testimonial sought... > Message-ID: > <capjgg3qdtwahvfj9p3q6pag4b8vxpn3yczpzzaertrptyax...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Andre -- > > My clearest memory along those lines was it was a "talking head" maybe > Jeff Elkner himself in that student-made video about the virtues of > Python. > > You may recall the video: there's an "old hippie" dad, a parody of a > student's father. It's a kind of love story, where this girl show > this boy how easy it is to learn this language. I actually thought it > was kinda sweet and regret that it's no longer out there (or maybe it > is). > > My recollection is way have several cutaway shots to teacher / experts > who share their enthusiasm for this new language and it was in one of > those interviews that the point is made that in C/C++ you just never > get to tackle the kinds of projects Python allows because you're still > mired in the details of setting up a memory file for graphics or > whatever the low-level hell. > > Kirby > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Andre Roberge <andre.robe...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> A few years ago (at least 5 I believe) I remember reading an account from >> two students who had to do a term project in their final CS year. They >> decided to do it in Python (which they had learned on their own) whereas >> everyone else was using something like C++ or Java which was taught in their >> department. From what I remember, they completed the required work in >> something like 4 weeks whereas no other student team managed to do it while >> working for the entire term. >> >> Does anyone remember this and, more crucially, would have a link to the >> original story? >> >> Andr? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Edu-sig Digest, Vol 115, Issue 10 > **************************************** _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
