[Edu-sig] FWD: Re: Python/CS1

[Aahz]

FYI

(Please let me know if I forwarded this in error.)

----- Forwarded message from John Zelle <john.zelle@wartburg.edu> -----
> Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 10:58:09 -0500
> From: John Zelle <john.zelle@wartburg.edu>
> To: webmaster@python.org
> Subject: Re: Python/CS1
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Sure, I would be happy to have the manuscript of my book linked to the 
> Python page. This URL is a page that contains some advocacy for Python 
> in CS education, as well as a PDF version of the manuscript:
> http://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python
> 
> My textbook is being published by Franklin, Beedle and Associates and 
> should be officially out in January. There will also be some sort of 
> pre-publication version available for folks that may want to use it as a 
> textbook in the fall.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --John Zelle
> 
> ps. I will also check out the Python marketing list you mentioned.
> 
> 
> Aahz wrote:
> 
> >Howdy,
> >
> >I'm one of the webmasters at python.org; someone recently posted a link
> >to your book on comp.lang.python.  Would you be interested in having us
> >post a link on python.org?  If yes, please send e-mail to
> >webmaster@python.org (I've already set Reply-To: for your convenience).
> >
> >I'm also part of a group of people trying to boost Python's popularity.
> >If you'd like to help with that effort (particularly from the standpoint
> >of encouraging Python's use in education), you might want to join the
> >Marketing Python list at
> >http://wingide.com/mailman/listinfo/marketing-python
> >At the very least, please consider posting a brief description of how
> >you chose Python for your CS1 classes to marketing-python@wingide.com
> > 
> >
> 
> -- 
>  John M. Zelle, Ph.D.    |     Wartburg College    
>  Associate Prof. of CS   |  Dept. Math/CS/Physics  
>  zelle@wartburg.edu      |     Waverly, Iowa       
> 
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