[Edu-sig] Looking for a course syllabus exemplars for a high school year-long course in Python/Javascript

[roberto]

thanks Kirby,
I just misunderstood

Roberto


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Clint Johns <clint.m.johns at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thank you all for the great resources!!!
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:10 AM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:03 AM, roberto <roberto03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Sorry, I couldn't find it, would you past the link to the textbook?
>>> I sifted through your post but couldn't find it.
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Roberto --
>>
>> What I meant was, 'Mathematics for the Digital Age...'
>> (which you already know about) is an excellent
>> textbook, and I mentioned it in that thread.  I wonder
>> if you were thinking a meant some *other* book.
>>
>> Quoting from the thread I linked to:
>>
>> """
>> Clearly, at one end of the spectrum we have books like 'Mathematics for
>> the
>> Digital Age and Programming in Python' (used at Phillips / Andover, a
>> college prep high school, by the authors).
>>
>> At the other end of the spectrum we have textbooks showing
>> little-to-no-awareness of the doors one could be opening in high school,
>> to
>> the prospective CS major. We can score them accordingly, and what I'm
>> looking for is criteria.
>>
>> A high school math course should open as many doors as practical and being
>> CS-friendly in this day and age is an important criterion. I'm telling
>> parents what they can look for, even if teachers don't seem to care. Look
>> for examples of functions that are non-numeric in nature.
>> """
>>
>> http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=9391791
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mathfuture/GszzTxcxEoE
>>
>> Kirby
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:59 AM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> An excellent textbook, mentioned (by me) recently in this ongoing
>>>> thread:
>>>>
>>>> http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2620194
>>>>
>>>> Kirby
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:54 PM, roberto <roberto03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> wow, I didn't know that, thanks for sharing
>>>>>
>>>>> Roberto
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Litvin <litvin at skylit.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Roberto,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for recommending our *Math and Python* book, but your
>>>>>> amazon link is to the old edition.
>>>>>> The current edition is at
>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Digital-Age-Programming-Python/dp/0982477546, also available at
>>>>>> www.skylit.com.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary Litvin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Roberto
>>>
>>
>>
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Roberto
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