On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 8:00 AM <tos-requ...@teachingopensource.org> wrote: > From: Joanna Klukowska <joann...@cs.nyu.edu> > There were also some critical comments about why there are so many > efforts for data visualization and what the value is that they bring to > the table, or about safety of an open sourced "make your own test at > home" instructions.
Speaking of visualization, I just ran across a FLOSS graphing library for larger data sets: https://igraph.org/c/ Most of the machine learning projects are in Python even though many of the libraries being used are written in C/C++. Was trying to find machine learning examples in C/C++ instead of Python. Ran across the graphing library during my search. Like most C/C++ machine learning libraries, there's a Python interface as well. > In the fall, I am back to teaching my Data Structure class. I usually > use an open data set for the coding projects. This year it will most > likely be COVID-19 related, but I do not have any specific one yet. Don't know what data set they're using, but the Gold Coast Users Group is doing something along those lines: https://www.meetup.com/Gold-Coast-Users-Group/events/271079925/ https://www.homnick.com/hsi/flcovidstats Might want to check where they're getting their data from. FSF and LibrePlanet came up with the following web pages during the pandemic to help get the word out about FLOSS alternatives for remote communications and make people more aware of security issues when using video conferencing. Would think some of those projects need volunteers to help make them better. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/better-than-zoom-try-these-free-software-tools-for-staying-in-touch https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Remote_Communication There's also this list of OER resources from SPARC and other volunteers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iQtZoDphA5XYKHR32zUYJ9imjCh4c1DOfg14MRB7G_I/edit#gid=567891547 Ran across this list of FLOSS projects for Covid mentioned on the Code Corps group: https://explore.ovio.org/covid-19/ I also recently found out about an Open Data format initiative for Districts: https://www.ed-fi.org/ They work with commercial vendors and some of the languages and tools they use are proprietary. However, if the data formats are open, it's a start to getting better interoperability between projects and making it easier to use FLOSS with educational data. They could use volunteers. Since I don't work directly with students (I work in IT for our District), I've been trying to find ways to use my own skills. For a while, I tried digging up various links to FLOSS software and OER that might be useful. Don't have a good way to connect and get it to the teachers in my District though. Best I can do is share them with other Districts using various forums. Still have my lists available via the web here: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/ Tried looking into online programming groups that were working on projects (like the Code Corps group I mentioned), but didn't have much luck. None of the developers work with the same programming languages I do. If anyone knows of any FLOSS programming groups or is teaching the following in classes, would love to connect and share resources, tips and tricks: C/C++, Android NDK, Web Assembly/WASI So, I'm still looking for some educational FLOSS projects to get more involved with that will let work with the technologies and programming languages I'm most interested in. In the meantime, I'm currently working on my port of Tuxmath to the latest libraries (like SDL2). Look forward to reading about what others are doing and checking out some of the links that have been shared. _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos TOS website: http://teachingopensource.org/
