[Edu-sig] Education BOF at PyCon

2008-02-13 Thread csev
Was there ever a time figured out for the BOF in Chicago - or will we figure it out when we get there? I am looking forward to is as I am teaching intro programming in Python for the first tie this semester and would like to learn from other folks teaching starting programmers. Charles

[Edu-sig] Question abut teaching using a MUD

2008-03-03 Thread csev
Hi all, I am teaching an undergraduate course in Python at the University of Michigan (www.si182.com) and several students expressed an interest in building online text-based games. I am wondering if anyone nkows of or has used a Python MUD in a teaching environment and might have some

[Edu-sig] Question about Python - Social Networking Software

2008-04-25 Thread csev
I am looking for some social networking software for a course I am teaching next winter. I would love for it to be Python. In PHP - something like Elgg would be great. It needs a Wiki, Blog, RSS feeds, etc etc. Should I just use DJango with a few modules? I worry that DJango is too

[Edu-sig] What is the Best Way to use Python in the Windows Command Line

2008-12-13 Thread csev
I teach a number of classes at the University of Michigan that are about Python and that use Python.We have gone from no Python classes last year to five classes and four teachers that teach Python at UM. We share intro documentation on how to install and set up the environment. One

[Edu-sig] O'Reilly Book on Google App Engine

2008-12-31 Thread csev
Hi all, I am finishing up the first draft on a book on Google's AppEngine and looking for technical reviewers of the book. The book is titled, Building Cloud Applications with Google AppEngine and it is aimed at a very basic level of expertise. It is my hope that it could be used as a

[Edu-sig] Some URLs that I talked about Last Night at the BOF

2009-03-28 Thread csev
Here is the URL for the AppEngine book: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596800697/ Here is the URL for my teaching site for the Google Book including some early drafts of the chapters: www.appenginelearn.com Here is the URL for my Students Instructions for getting Python up and running

Re: [Edu-sig] Some URLs that I talked about Last Night at the BOF

2009-03-29 Thread csev
Guido, Thanks for the comments - I edited the web sites using the terminology you suggest below. Thankfully we had already gone through the O'Reilly book with a fine tooth comb and used the exact terminology you suggest below - I just had not gone back and cleaned up my web sites. I

[Edu-sig] Pythonic Scratch

2009-06-04 Thread csev
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:45:21 +0300 From: Jurgis Pralgauskis jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com To: edu-sig@python.org edu-sig@python.org Subject: [Edu-sig] Python flavoured Scratch Message-ID: 34f4097d0906031445p4b7b2566y6ba5dab3dd28a...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: [Edu-sig] Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners

2009-06-27 Thread csev
Warren and Carter - congratulations on your book. I just reviewed it in my blog and twittered about it. Here is the text from my blog post - (feel free to correct me ) Chuck Severance www.dr-chuck.com I am an advocate for using Python as a first language and for using programming as a

[Edu-sig] Remixed Book: Python For Informatics - Exploring Information

2010-01-09 Thread csev
from GFDL to CC-BY-SA a while back). Here are a few pages: Python for Informatics: http://www.py4inf.com/ Blog Post - First Printing: http://www.dr-chuck.com/csev-blog/000690.html Think Python: http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ I welcome any and all comments on the book or the approach

[Edu-sig] Python for Informatics (based on Think Python) featured on the Creative Commons Blog

2010-02-05 Thread csev
is my Blog post: http://www.dr-chuck.com/csev-blog/000679.html It is quite natural for academics who are continuously told to ”publish or perish” to want to always create something from scratch that is their own contribution. This book is an for me experiment in ”re-mixing” an book titled Think

Re: [Edu-sig] Python for Informatics (based on Think Python) featured on the Creative Commons Blog

2010-02-06 Thread csev
On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:31 PM, kirby urner wrote: What I'm not seeing here is any plans to venture into user-defined types i.e. rolling your own classes. I am indeed tempted into user-defined types. I actually teach OO Python in my App Engine course because it is necessary there. And Think