Python
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Finding open resources
I found this resource courtesy of Stephen Downes’ OLDaily. It really struck me as unique, wonderful, and potentially very useful at the same time. The Open Syllabus Explorer claims to map college courses with over 6 million syllabi. I know that there are some college and university instructors that read this blog and I would… Continue reading
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Coding for Young Mathematicians
I summarized my thoughts about Lisa Floyd’s presentation at the Bring IT, Together Conference like this. Calculators are successful in Mathematics not because we learn how to write the code to create a calculator but because we use it to get a deeper understanding of non-trivial Mathematics When I saw this in the program, I… Continue reading
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Creative Coding in Python
I ran into Sheena Vaidyanathan at the recently CSTA Conference. (See my interview with her here. It includes links to resources that she’s created.) Now, running into Sheena isn’t strange; she’s a regular at this conference. It was the circumstance that was strange. Just five minutes before I saw her, I had cleaned up the… Continue reading
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