Hi Sergio, Seems to me the most effective way of " building a learning Python environment in the context on teaching and learning math at the elementary/high school level" would be to connect with existing efforts and contribute to them.
As a full time teacher, I'm in a great place to test out materials with the group of people who matter most in all this, students / learners, but I have only limited time for contributing to the development process, so I need to keep my goals modest. The action is mainly taking place on http://jupyter.org, so the thing for me to do is learn this platform and join this community, and then contribute classroom ready resources to it. Cheers, Jeff Let's work together to create a just and sustainable world! ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On June 13, 2018 9:12 AM, Sergio Rojas <sergi...@mail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Jeff, > > In relation to your call on > > > I would be delighted to see this mailing list be used for > > > > collaboration and discussion around OER learning materials for Python. > > Perhaps we could start making it more formally, in building a > > learning Python environment in the context on teaching and learning > > math at the elementary/high school level. > > It seems that you already have a nice vigorous start up with your > > colleagues and students which can bring this collaboration to an higher level. > > revising the CSP openbook project > > [ http://www.openbookproject.net/books/StudentCSP/index.html ]. > > I also wrote to Sebastian (cc this email to him) who has > > good ideas on the same vein. Hopefully he might have some time to share > > on getting something done in this endeavor. > > > Let me know when you feel you have something ready for testing. > > It would be nice to hear recommendations for additions and modifications > > to the content of the book and to the provided codes for each book. > > At the moment I have not thought about the best way to add suggested > > modifications to the respective book, directly by everyone, but > > taken care that the project derive somewhere else. > > Currently, I am revising the write up of the Prealgebra book > > and trying to rewrite the codes in a more pythonic fashion, to add > > a chapter on coding using pure python style to gain speed in code > > execution. > > Regards, > > Sergio > > > > > > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 at 11:15 AM > > From: "Jeff Elkner" j...@elkner.net > > To: "Sergio Rojas" sergi...@mail.com, "edu-sig@python.org" edu-sig@python.org > > Subject: Collaboratively developing OER Python textbooks. > > Hi Sergio, > > I would be delighted to see this mailing list be used for collaboration and > discussion around OER learning materials for Python. > > I'm working on remixing a wonderful textbook written for use with the College > Board's AP CS Principles course: > > http://www.openbookproject.net/books/StudentCSP/ > > I've got the project on Gitlab at: > > https://gitlab.com/jelkner/StudentCSP[https://gitlab.com/jelkner/StudentCSP] > > Since students are the final judges of the effectiveness of education > resources, I involve my students as testers / reviewers using issues tracking > on Gitlab as the way for them to provide feedback. Shushantika Barua (cc'd > here) proved an excellent proof reader / editor / tester. Taking a look at > the issues she filed shows the process: > > https://gitlab.com/jelkner/StudentCSP/issues?scope=all&utf8=✓&state=closed[https://gitlab.com/jelkner/StudentCSP/issues?scope=all&utf8=✓&state=closed] > > I have a friend and colleague, Isaac Zawolo (cc'd here) who teaches math at > my school. We have been talking about integrating the learning of math and > computer programming for several years. We also have a large community of > first language Spanish speakers at our school. > > So, Sergio, if you are interested, I would be glad to get my students > involved in testing and contributing to both > https://github.com/rojassergio/Prealgebra-via-Python-Programming[https://github.com/rojassergio/Prealgebra-via-Python-Programming] > and > https://github.com/rojassergio/Aprendiendo-a-programar-en-Python-con-mi-computador[https://github.com/rojassergio/Aprendiendo-a-programar-en-Python-con-mi-computador]. > > Let me know when you feel you have something ready for testing. > > Thanks! > > Jeff Elkner > > Arlington Career Center, Arlington, VA > > Let's work together to create a just and sustainable world! > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On June 11, 2018 9:35 AM, Sergio Rojas sergi...@mail.com wrote: > > > On 10/05/18 16:15, Jeff Elkner wrote: > > > > > Dear edu-sig friends, > > > > > > We had an interesting discussion at the Education Summit today at > > > > > > Pycon about ways to better engage folks between Pycons. > > > > Hi Jeff, > > > > Are the documents of the Pycon Education Summit available on the Internet? > > > > > As a public school teacher, I have a particular interest in python in > > > > > > k12 institutions > > > > How are you using Python in teaching and learning? > > > > I finished a first crude draft of a book devoted mostly to Mathematics > > > > (Prealgebra topics ) via Python > > > > https://github.com/rojassergio/Prealgebra-via-Python-Programming[https://github.com/rojassergio/Prealgebra-via-Python-Programming] > > ) > > > > which I want to improve (in content and readability) > > > > and perhaps the discussions of the Educational Summit > > > > could be of help to better shape the book on the content of topics. > > > > Regards, > > > > Sergio > > > > Message: 1 > > > > Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 17:15:28 -0400 > > > > From: Jeff Elkner j...@elkner.net > > > > To: "edu-sig@python.org" edu-sig@python.org > > > > Subject: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 > > > > channel on freenode? > > > > Message-ID: > > > > VZIaifBvT3x43c5hYiGYuuBbco2UUmLN6mSTAcaJvyV50_KvaE9i64p83woqKoK5HY4A0zqNzpiolNsAxlMugEqQzt8I8C45aoT9XFpekS4=@elkner.net > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Dear edu-sig friends, > > > > We had an interesting discussion at the Education Summit today at > > > > Pycon about ways to better engage folks between Pycons. > > > > As a public school teacher, I have a particular interest in python in > > > > k12 institutions, and in addition to posting more often on this list, > > > > I am considering setting up an irc channel on freenode (#python-k12 ?) > > > > Edu-sig mailing list > > > > Edu-sig@python.org > > > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig[https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig] _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
