From kurner at oreillyschool.com  Fri Jun  7 00:37:30 2013
From: kurner at oreillyschool.com (Kirby Urner)
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:37:30 -0700
Subject: [Edu-sig] more promoting of Python for STEM curricula
Message-ID: <CAGe4BMF5c-ANouyea5_6HHL_kQD0UYNH5T3Vhd97jDt_TE6iEg@mail.gmail.com>

More promulgating of:

'Mathematics for the Digital Age and Programming in Python'

on the math-teach / Math Forum list (hosted by Drexel U)
where I'm a regular poster:

http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2574824

I put it on a "syllabus" of only three books, suggesting a kernel
or core set of topics, all interconnecting:

1.  MFTDA (good 'math through programming' text book)
2.  Divided Spheres (a primer but with lots of history)
3.  King of Infinite Space (biography)

That's just to establish a 'terrain' or 'territory' in which further
curriculum writing might be done and somewhat defines my
own neighorhood as a curriculum writer, though I also do a
lot more with cellular automata and cryptography.

Kirby
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From calcpage at aol.com  Sat Jun  8 16:36:22 2013
From: calcpage at aol.com (A. Jorge Garcia)
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 10:36:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Edu-sig] FYI: Discrete Math class this year
In-Reply-To: <8CFE8C0FF222250-1004-69A1@webmail-m216.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CFE8C0FF222250-1004-69A1@webmail-m216.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <8D0326CAE8B41FE-1CEC-1A669@webmail-d280.sysops.aol.com>

We played around with SAGE, Python, Turtle Python and Visual Python 
this year! Take a look if you're interested:

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2013/05/teaching-computer-science-honors_25.html

We even did some TI-BASIC!

HTH,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math, Physics and CS
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009



From kirby.urner at gmail.com  Sat Jun  8 17:25:01 2013
From: kirby.urner at gmail.com (kirby urner)
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 08:25:01 -0700
Subject: [Edu-sig] FYI: Discrete Math class this year
In-Reply-To: <8D0326CAE8B41FE-1CEC-1A669@webmail-d280.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CFE8C0FF222250-1004-69A1@webmail-m216.sysops.aol.com>
	<8D0326CAE8B41FE-1CEC-1A669@webmail-d280.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <CAPJgG3RDLLOCVa0Q_=xPj0OgZ4cwdyroQV8bdAvWqkRCMj_sLw@mail.gmail.com>

This is an amazing resource / web site.  I just wandered around in it
awhile, blundering about.

It's wonderful that you took the time to make so much of your classroom
material world readable.

Kirby




On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 7:36 AM, A. Jorge Garcia <calcpage at aol.com> wrote:

> We played around with SAGE, Python, Turtle Python and Visual Python this
> year! Take a look if you're interested:
>
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.**com/2013/05/teaching-computer-**
> science-honors_25.html<http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2013/05/teaching-computer-science-honors_25.html>
>
> We even did some TI-BASIC!
>
> HTH,
> A. Jorge Garcia
> Applied Math, Physics and CS
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.**com <http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com>
> http://www.youtube.com/**calcpage2009<http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009>
>
>
> ______________________________**_________________
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From calcpage at aol.com  Sat Jun  8 19:09:12 2013
From: calcpage at aol.com (calcpage)
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:09:12 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Edu-sig] FYI: Discrete Math class this year
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From calcpage at aol.com  Sun Jun  9 06:25:59 2013
From: calcpage at aol.com (A. Jorge Garcia)
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 00:25:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Edu-sig] FYI: Discrete Math class this year
In-Reply-To: <CAPJgG3RDLLOCVa0Q_=xPj0OgZ4cwdyroQV8bdAvWqkRCMj_sLw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPJgG3RDLLOCVa0Q_=xPj0OgZ4cwdyroQV8bdAvWqkRCMj_sLw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8D032E0941A71B4-B18-20B34@webmail-m258.sysops.aol.com>

OK, fixed it!

HTH,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math, Physics and CS
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009


-----Original Message-----
From: kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
To: A. Jorge Garcia <calcpage at aol.com>
Cc: edu-sig <edu-sig at python.org>
Sent: Sat, Jun 8, 2013 11:25 am
Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] FYI: Discrete Math class this year

This is an amazing resource / web site.? I just wandered around in it 
awhile, blundering about.


It's wonderful that you took the time to make so much of your classroom 
material world readable.


Kirby





On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 7:36 AM, A. Jorge Garcia 
&lt;calcpage at aol.com&gt; wrote:
We played around with SAGE, Python, Turtle Python and Visual Python 
this year! Take a look if you're interested:

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2013/05/teaching-computer-science-honors_25.html

We even did some TI-BASIC!

HTH,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math, Physics and CS
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009


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Edu-sig mailing list
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From calcpage at aol.com  Mon Jun 10 02:24:40 2013
From: calcpage at aol.com (A. Jorge Garcia)
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 20:24:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Edu-sig] FYI: Discrete Math class this year
In-Reply-To: <8D032E0941A71B4-B18-20B34@webmail-m258.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8D032E0941A71B4-B18-20B34@webmail-m258.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <8D0338807E4EFCF-18A0-27848@webmail-d259.sysops.aol.com>

For completeness sake, here are my acknowledgements:

Thanx go to
Gary Litvin, http://skylit.com/mathandpython.html
Kirby Urner, http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/index.html
Erik Thompson, http://vpython.erikthompson.com/
Allen Downey, 
http://interactivepython.org/courselib/default/user/login?_next=/courselib/default/index
William Stein, http://www.sagemath.org/
David Joyner 
http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/wdj/teaching/calc1-sage/
and Gregor Lindl http://code.google.com/p/python-turtle-demo/
(in no particular order) for inspiring me!

HTH,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math, Physics and CS
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009




From andre.roberge at gmail.com  Tue Jun 11 14:32:47 2013
From: andre.roberge at gmail.com (Andre Roberge)
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:32:47 -0300
Subject: [Edu-sig] Reeborg's world
Message-ID: <CAGMu_=pwWtUmr3jaU2hFW9u7n=GuyLRbpkWNzZr_CvqGrw0e3g@mail.gmail.com>

In the spirit of the original CP4E (Computer programming for everybody)
that lead to the creation of edu-sig, but unfortunately not (yet)
supporting Python, I am happy to announce the launch of Reeborg's World (
http://reeborg.ca) as the successor to RUR-PLE
(http://code.google.com/p/rur-ple) but adapted for the web ... and designed
to teach Javascript.  Eventually (soon?) there will be a Python version
(using either Brython or Skulpt).

Compared with RUR-PLE (inspired by Guido van Robot, itself inspired by
Karel the Robot)

Pros:
No installation required - available on the web
Much more teaching material
Test-Driven Learning: one can set up world with "goals" (end configuration)
that are automatically tested
Side and Top view of robot, based on user preference
Syntax analysis (and feedback) performed by JSHint
Often used user-defined functions (such as turn_right) can be saved by the
user in their "Library" and loaded automatically


Cons:
No highlighting of current instruction being executed
No graphical world builder  (could be added with a fair bit of work)
Only English lessons and interface (soon French will be added)
Not Python  (will be fixed! :-)

Cheers,

Andr?

P.S. Developers thrive on feedback and are always happy to implement
features sought by users.  ;-)
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From jurgis.pralgauskis at gmail.com  Tue Jun 11 16:31:47 2013
From: jurgis.pralgauskis at gmail.com (Jurgis Pralgauskis)
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:31:47 +0300
Subject: [Edu-sig] Reeborg's world
In-Reply-To: <CAGMu_=pwWtUmr3jaU2hFW9u7n=GuyLRbpkWNzZr_CvqGrw0e3g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAGMu_=pwWtUmr3jaU2hFW9u7n=GuyLRbpkWNzZr_CvqGrw0e3g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANDo6EwSdjpjCu=u9aq=ekAOxPNrSHXmV_pC9KvEqxDu1Qb7oQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

nice, reminded of http://www.code.org/learn/codehs

by the way, maybe browser debugger can be called (with eval or so) to
highlight current  instruction.. (as extra feature)


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com>wrote:

> In the spirit of the original CP4E (Computer programming for everybody)
> that lead to the creation of edu-sig, but unfortunately not (yet)
> supporting Python, I am happy to announce the launch of Reeborg's World (
> http://reeborg.ca) as the successor to RUR-PLE
> (http://code.google.com/p/rur-ple) but adapted for the web ... and
> designed to teach Javascript.  Eventually (soon?) there will be a Python
> version (using either Brython or Skulpt).
>
> Compared with RUR-PLE (inspired by Guido van Robot, itself inspired by
> Karel the Robot)
>
> Pros:
> No installation required - available on the web
> Much more teaching material
> Test-Driven Learning: one can set up world with "goals" (end
> configuration) that are automatically tested
> Side and Top view of robot, based on user preference
> Syntax analysis (and feedback) performed by JSHint
> Often used user-defined functions (such as turn_right) can be saved by the
> user in their "Library" and loaded automatically
>
>
> Cons:
> No highlighting of current instruction being executed
> No graphical world builder  (could be added with a fair bit of work)
> Only English lessons and interface (soon French will be added)
> Not Python  (will be fixed! :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andr?
>
> P.S. Developers thrive on feedback and are always happy to implement
> features sought by users.  ;-)
>
> _______________________________________________
> Edu-sig mailing list
> Edu-sig at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
>
>


-- 
Jurgis Pralgauskis
tel: 8-616 77613;
Don't worry, be happy and make things better ;)
http://galvosukykla.lt
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From missive at hotmail.com  Thu Jun 13 23:08:13 2013
From: missive at hotmail.com (Lee Harr)
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:38:13 +0430
Subject: [Edu-sig] [ANNC] pynguin-0.15 python turtle graphics application
Message-ID: <BLU168-W107F0A1A90A49CB70E9DBF3B1870@phx.gbl>

Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
? ? It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
? ? graphics display area.

It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
? ? some programming concepts to beginning programmers.


http://pynguin.googlecode.com/


This release makes major changes to the editor to enable
? ? line numbers and other improvements.


Pynguin is tested with Python 3.3.1 and PyQt 4.10 and
? ? now requires QsciScintilla (tested with version 2.7.1)

Pynguin is released under GPLv3.


Changes in pynguin-0.15:
? ? Major change!
? ? ? ? - Now REQUIRES QsciScintilla!
? ? ? ? ? ? - included with PyQt4 on windows
? ? ? ? ? ? - .deb should pull in dependency automatically
? ? ? ? ? ? - other systems may require manual intervention

? ? Important fixes
? ? ? ? - writes out all document pages every time when saving
? ? ? ? ? ? - some pages could have been lost when changing between
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? single file method and file + directory method of
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? saving files

? ? Other fixes
? ? ? ? - fixed arc() with pen up
? ? ? ? - fixed loading pages with mixed defs and top-level code

? ? Pynguin API
? ? ? ? - added pie option to arc
? ? ? ? ? ? - draws pie wedges instead of just arcs
? ? ? ? ? ? - arc(radius, extent, pie=True)
? ? ? ? - added underline() method
? ? ? ? ? ? - pynguin.underline() # start underline for write()
? ? ? ? ? ? - pynguin.underline(False) # stop underline

? ? Canvas

? ? UI
? ? ? ? - loads .pyn file specified on command line
? ? ? ? - added ability to double-click open .pyn documents
? ? ? ? ? ? - tested on Ubuntu Linux only
? ? ? ? - shows better error message when there is a problem loading a file
? ? ? ? - saves/restores main window geometry/location

? ? Integrated Editor
? ? ? ? - Replaced editor with QsciScintilla text widget
? ? ? ? - Line numbers available now

? ? Integrated Console
? ? ? ? - Replaced QTextEdit with QsciScintilla text widget

? ? Examples
? ? ? ? - added fraction example to demonstrate arc(..., pie=True)
? ? ? ? ? ? - also demonstrates underline() 		 	   		  

From andre.roberge at gmail.com  Thu Jun 27 16:17:27 2013
From: andre.roberge at gmail.com (Andre Roberge)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:17:27 -0300
Subject: [Edu-sig] Use of "badges" to encourage learning
Message-ID: <CAGMu_=qEKLv+S=CQ7d+Mki5=GBR=C_Ytbtw5wVEMVFTptkEvcQ@mail.gmail.com>

There seems to be a trend on various websites to award users "badges" to
keep track of progress.  Other than the rationale that "everyone is doing
it this days so it must serve a purpose", do any of the edu-sig readers
have experience with using "badges" or similar tricks to encourage learning
when it comes to programming beginners?
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From kirby.urner at gmail.com  Thu Jun 27 19:56:00 2013
From: kirby.urner at gmail.com (kirby urner)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:56:00 -0700
Subject: [Edu-sig] Use of "badges" to encourage learning
In-Reply-To: <CAGMu_=qEKLv+S=CQ7d+Mki5=GBR=C_Ytbtw5wVEMVFTptkEvcQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAGMu_=qEKLv+S=CQ7d+Mki5=GBR=C_Ytbtw5wVEMVFTptkEvcQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPJgG3RQ2NykWaYqsQVEGddJ=yYecAogETcbCb15L9dvtTSuoA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com>wrote:
There seems to be a trend on various websites to award users "badges" to
keep track of progress.  Other than the rationale that "everyone is doing
it this days so it must serve a purpose", do any of the edu-sig readers
have experience with using "badges" or similar tricks to encourage learning
when it comes to programming beginners?
______________________________
>
>

We discussed it at work recently, the sociology of badges.

Mozilla is into badges.

http://openbadges.org/

Having recently attended an Eagle Scout induction ceremony, I was reminded
of the importance of badges within scouting.

As a reminder that badges are earned in technical areas, I link to this
picture from the ceremony program:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbyurner/9003955894/in/set-72157634062648346/lightbox/

Once you factor in GPS / GIS as a kind of computing, the overlap with
existing scouting badges is way more than just Robotics or Electronics.

Given we now have in Portland a "Code Scouts" (codescouts.org) and given
"Bar Camp" and "Foo Camp" have always used this "camp" metaphor, I think
there's a undercurrent whereby badges would be carried forward within the
geek community, within open source especially because that's where you find
a lot of interest in ethics, codes of conduct etc. -- similar, again, to
scouting.

That's in the mode of a sociological analysis.

As a distance education company (oreillyschool.com), our collective thought
seemed to be that any advantages to our students have to do with the weight
badges would or would not have with prospective employers, and that,
culturally speaking, badges haven't mattered at that interface.

"Rank" on the other hand, has some bearing.  Like when you become an Eagle
Scout, you may get letters from quite a number of organizations who somehow
arrange to get that mailing list (I found this out talking to one of the
dads, who joked about his son's getting letters from the Illuminati).

"Rank" is more what you get with larger chunks of work.

I'd say badges are a more like internal local variables that might well be
further adapted within a code learning setting.  They're somewhat esoteric
and help with bonding.  Stamps in one's passport have a similar status.  In
a less formal sense, T-shirts and other swag play this role of signifying
"I was there" or "I am aware of this technology".

However it doesn't logically follow that academic institutions should
embrace the badge system, since they already have their own systems of
"credits"  and a credentialing system based on diplomas and certificates,
schools supported (as student, as faculty, as alum) and so on.

"Job title" has a more "rank" smell (I guess there's a pun there) and in
writing a resume or c.v., the listing of details under each job may have a
"badge like" quality.  That's where you show off your particular blend of
Kung Fu (see below).  Then there's the military itself -- of course -- with
a kind of badging historically embroidered directly into the uniform, along
with rank.

http://www.vanguardmil.com/  (ribbons, patches, decorations...)

Geeks go with name tag paraphernalia, other swag, stickers on the laptop
also important.  Tattoos?

geekytattoos.com

paulmullins.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/geek-ink-geek-tattoos-and-consumer-culture

I predict a further blending of aesthetics along this interface, but with a
more Chinese / martial arts flavor (more "Asiafied").

The idea of white, yellow, brown and black belt has some currency, along
with the thought that each person cultivates a blend of practices, stays in
shape in different ways (a different blend of Chi's and Fu's ("cheese and
foos")).  Entered into evidence:  chifoo.org

CHI:
http://www.odditycentral.com/videos/old-chinese-man-moves-objects-with-qi-chi-energy.html
(chi relates to energy or vital force)

FU:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_guardian_lions
(aka Fu Dog or Foo Dog -- as in "what blend of foo dog are you?" or "what
temple do you guard?" (i.e. what worthy lineage do you serve / protect?))

The martial arts approach provides a good blend of "school" and "rank" and
is consistent with a Pacific Rim economy (including Silicon Valley and
Forest) that sees itself as pioneering in high technology.

Kirby
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From clint.m.johns at gmail.com  Thu Jun 27 19:59:43 2013
From: clint.m.johns at gmail.com (Clint Johns)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:59:43 -0700
Subject: [Edu-sig] Use of "badges" to encourage learning
In-Reply-To: <CAPJgG3RQ2NykWaYqsQVEGddJ=yYecAogETcbCb15L9dvtTSuoA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAGMu_=qEKLv+S=CQ7d+Mki5=GBR=C_Ytbtw5wVEMVFTptkEvcQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAPJgG3RQ2NykWaYqsQVEGddJ=yYecAogETcbCb15L9dvtTSuoA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAMvTW5QH1OeeY056TkqMbuXNuOwihFb0ZnNMy2pytOM4VsL1_w@mail.gmail.com>

Hacker Scouts in Oakland, CA uses badges too, and is a blending of Scouting
and the Make Movement, and uses badges.

http://hacker-scouts.org/

Boy Scouts also recently launched a STEM program with new badges:
http://www.scouting.org/stem.aspx


On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:56 AM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com>wrote:
> There seems to be a trend on various websites to award users "badges" to
> keep track of progress.  Other than the rationale that "everyone is doing
> it this days so it must serve a purpose", do any of the edu-sig readers
> have experience with using "badges" or similar tricks to encourage learning
> when it comes to programming beginners?
> ______________________________
>>
>>
>
> We discussed it at work recently, the sociology of badges.
>
> Mozilla is into badges.
>
> http://openbadges.org/
>
> Having recently attended an Eagle Scout induction ceremony, I was reminded
> of the importance of badges within scouting.
>
> As a reminder that badges are earned in technical areas, I link to this
> picture from the ceremony program:
>
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbyurner/9003955894/in/set-72157634062648346/lightbox/
>
> Once you factor in GPS / GIS as a kind of computing, the overlap with
> existing scouting badges is way more than just Robotics or Electronics.
>
> Given we now have in Portland a "Code Scouts" (codescouts.org) and given
> "Bar Camp" and "Foo Camp" have always used this "camp" metaphor, I think
> there's a undercurrent whereby badges would be carried forward within the
> geek community, within open source especially because that's where you find
> a lot of interest in ethics, codes of conduct etc. -- similar, again, to
> scouting.
>
> That's in the mode of a sociological analysis.
>
> As a distance education company (oreillyschool.com), our collective
> thought seemed to be that any advantages to our students have to do with
> the weight badges would or would not have with prospective employers, and
> that, culturally speaking, badges haven't mattered at that interface.
>
> "Rank" on the other hand, has some bearing.  Like when you become an Eagle
> Scout, you may get letters from quite a number of organizations who somehow
> arrange to get that mailing list (I found this out talking to one of the
> dads, who joked about his son's getting letters from the Illuminati).
>
> "Rank" is more what you get with larger chunks of work.
>
> I'd say badges are a more like internal local variables that might well be
> further adapted within a code learning setting.  They're somewhat esoteric
> and help with bonding.  Stamps in one's passport have a similar status.  In
> a less formal sense, T-shirts and other swag play this role of signifying
> "I was there" or "I am aware of this technology".
>
> However it doesn't logically follow that academic institutions should
> embrace the badge system, since they already have their own systems of
> "credits"  and a credentialing system based on diplomas and certificates,
> schools supported (as student, as faculty, as alum) and so on.
>
> "Job title" has a more "rank" smell (I guess there's a pun there) and in
> writing a resume or c.v., the listing of details under each job may have a
> "badge like" quality.  That's where you show off your particular blend of
> Kung Fu (see below).  Then there's the military itself -- of course -- with
> a kind of badging historically embroidered directly into the uniform, along
> with rank.
>
> http://www.vanguardmil.com/  (ribbons, patches, decorations...)
>
> Geeks go with name tag paraphernalia, other swag, stickers on the laptop
> also important.  Tattoos?
>
> geekytattoos.com
>
>
> paulmullins.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/geek-ink-geek-tattoos-and-consumer-culture
>
> I predict a further blending of aesthetics along this interface, but with
> a more Chinese / martial arts flavor (more "Asiafied").
>
> The idea of white, yellow, brown and black belt has some currency, along
> with the thought that each person cultivates a blend of practices, stays in
> shape in different ways (a different blend of Chi's and Fu's ("cheese and
> foos")).  Entered into evidence:  chifoo.org
>
> CHI:
>
> http://www.odditycentral.com/videos/old-chinese-man-moves-objects-with-qi-chi-energy.html
> (chi relates to energy or vital force)
>
> FU:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_guardian_lions
> (aka Fu Dog or Foo Dog -- as in "what blend of foo dog are you?" or "what
> temple do you guard?" (i.e. what worthy lineage do you serve / protect?))
>
> The martial arts approach provides a good blend of "school" and "rank" and
> is consistent with a Pacific Rim economy (including Silicon Valley and
> Forest) that sees itself as pioneering in high technology.
>
> Kirby
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From lac at openend.se  Thu Jun 27 22:08:56 2013
From: lac at openend.se (Laura Creighton)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:08:56 +0200
Subject: [Edu-sig] Use of "badges" to encourage learning
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	27 Jun 2013 11:17:27 -0300."
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You have to be really careful with this.  The overwhelming evidence is that,
most of the time, rewarding people for good performance makes them perform
poorly.

see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

If your badge system ends up as a reward system, then you will end up with
the same problems.

Laura