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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:44:41 JST myrmepropagandist

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   I'm going to mostly teach them in python. Our "final project" will be building a class of objects for vectors. I think this will work well since math teachers already know all about vectors.

   I will emphasize that looking up how to do things when programming is normal. I don't expect them to be able to "cold code" most of them can already read and write pseudo code for things like iteration and functions.

   There is just a small gap when it comes to classes, and seeing code as a tool.

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:44:42 JST myrmepropagandist

     Today I completed my planning for my summer course for math teachers "Computer Science for Math Teachers"

     But I'd love to know of any additional topics I ought to include. Main goal is to get the rest of the math faculty comfortable enough with code that they use it in a natural way as one of many problem solving techniques and teach this to our students.

     When my lesson plans have a CS component other math teachers often skip it just because they don't feel comfortable.

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