[Edu-sig] reliefsim - a python-based educational simulation

[Jonah Bossewitch]

Hi,

We (ccnmtl.columbia.edu) have an educational simulation written in  
python, that we have actually been able to successfully run on an  
OLPC dev board. At the moment, this program is not yet officially  
released, but if there is interest, I think I can work on getting it  
released under the GPL.

Information about the game -
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/reliefsim/

Temporary access to the source until it is officially released -
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/draft/jonah/reliefsim/reliefsim.py

and the instructions:
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/draft/jonah/reliefsim/ 
ReliefSimInstructionsv1.1.doc

The game is taught in a curricular context, and there are lesson  
plans available too, as well as discussions of the underlying  
pedagogy and assessment.

So, I have actually been able to successfully run this program on the  
OLPC dev board (it's a command line program using only core  
libraries) - the only catch was that using console shells would  
require tweaking the program, since it needs more rows and scrolling  
would be nice.

So, anyone in this little python simulation?

SJ over at OLPC mentioned that a proper xterm is a possibility for  
sugar, for just these scenarios, so perhaps this game could provide  
the impetus for landing that.

best,
/Jonah

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jonah Bossewitch
Senior Technical Architect
ccnmtl.columbia.edu
jonah at ccnmtl dot columbia dot edu
212.854.1815
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> Hello,
>
> FYI, concerning "Python and education" I saw  this on the 'OLPC  
> commmunity-news' mailing list :
>
> """
> 7.
> Python: Mamading Ceesay, who has been a long-time advocate of teaching
> Python to children, has offered to curate a collection of  
> generative Python
> games. He intends to get Pygames and Childsplay to run on the  
> laptops, and
> to help others produce tutorials using the games to show children  
> how and
> why to program.
> """
>
> source:
> http://mailman.laptop.org/pipermail/community-news/2006-December/ 
> 000038.html
> http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/
>
> Also this Blog talks about the OLPC laptop and what can run on it:
>
> http://www.olpcnews.com/
>
> francois

	






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