STEAM Workshops with JupyterHub and Binder

PyCon 2018 Education Summit

Inspiration for using Python, Jupyter notebooks, JupyterHub and Binder for STEAM workshops for middle school and high school students.

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1. 
 STEAM Workshops with Binder and JupyterHub Carol Willing @WillingCarol PyCon 2018
2. Joy Wonder Fun
3. https://speakerdeck.com/willingc
4. https://okgosandbox.org https://playfullearninglab.org
5. https://okgosandbox.org https://playfullearninglab.org
6. Headline Slide Sub-headline https://github.com/pysplash/workshop-music
7. What is Cognitive Science? Anthropology Linguistics Education AI Psychology Philosophy Neuroscience
8. Learning results from what a student does and thinks and only what the student does and thinks. Herbert A. Simon
9. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn. Herbert A. Simon Credit: http://bostonpythonworkshop.com/
10. A workshop about Learning Python Imagine
11. Why learn Python? Attribution: Raspberry Pi Foundation
12. Where should I start? 129,932 projects https://pypi.org/
13. Will I be able to learn ____________? Doubt Fear Alone http://pgbovine.net/publications/conversational-programmers-learning-failures_CHI-2018.pdf
14. How will I learn...? X Peaceful and confident (most days)
15. Language
16. Python - The Beginning the most important lesson I learned was about sharing – Guido van Rossum http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2016/04/kings-day-speech.html
17. Designed for Learning In reality, programming languages are how programmers express and communicate ideas — and the audience for those ideas is other programmers, not computers. http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2016/04/kings-day-speech.html – Guido van Rossum
18. Python 3 https://github.com/jakevdp/WhirlwindTourOfPython https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4w4wKveVo4 f-strings
19. Scratch to Python 3 Joshua Lowe EduBlocks
20. Mu https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/turtle.html Python 3 code editor for learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrblTJnAnPw https://codewith.mu
21. Visualize Get live help pythontutor.com Philip Guo (UCSD Cognitive Science)
22. @WillingCarol Learn Python is designed for your success.
23. Am I qualified? Maybe
24. @WillingCarol "bottom-up" "top-down" Effective Learning
25. 
 Learning conceptually driven experiences lifetime "top-down"
26. 
 Learning "bottom-up" data driven five senses now
27. Jupyter
28. Notebooks engage learners http://web.mit.edu/music21/
29. JupyterLab Try it on Binder. next-generation web-based user interface for Project Jupyter Special thanks to Jessica Forde.
30. @WillingCarol HUB A JUPYTER NOTEBOOK FOR EVERYONE
31. @WillingCarol JupyterHub: Deploy with Kubernetes https://zero-to-jupyterhub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
32. JupyterHub for Teaching https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/openGraph/wid/1_k6uwj8g1 https://atg.fas.harvard.edu/news/seas-computing-and-academic-technology-fas-launch-jupyterhub-canvas-integration • Exploration and experimentation http://pyvideo.org/scipy-2016/labs-in-the-wild-teaching- signal-processing-using-wearables-jupyter-notebooks- scipy-2016.html • Physical media with wearables and electronics • Real world, self-directed projects Teaching Signal Processing using Wearables and Jupyter Notebooks Dr. Demba Ba
33. Binder https://blog.jupyter.org/binder-2-0-a-tech-guide-2017-fd40515a3a84 https://elifesciences.org/labs/8653a61d/introducing-binder-2-0-share-your- interactive-research-environment https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01322-9 mybinder.org
34. Build your own BinderHub https://binderhub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
35. Vision, Tools, Community
36. Life cycle of a workshop Content Tools Delivery Feedback Iterate
37. Anatomy of a teaching notebook http://adamrule.com/files/papers/chi_2018_computational_notebooks_final_web.pdf https://blog.jupyter.org/we-analyzed-1-million-jupyter-notebooks-now-you-can-too- guest-post-8116a964b536 Structure and design • Adam Rule et al. • analyzed 1 million notebooks • design opportunities
38. QuantEcon • multiple languages • lectures, notebooks, and more Comprehensive Course https://lectures.quantecon.org https://medium.com/quantecon-blog/code-testing-our-lectures-16bebac5ac1d https://quantecon.org/news-item/quantecon-py-v0-3-8-released
39. Introduction to Mechanical Vibration (Jason Moore & Kenneth Lyons) Remix high quality content http://www.moorepants.info/blog/introducing-resonance.html
40. Introduction to Mechanical Vibration (Jason Moore & Kenneth Lyons) Interactive Open Access http://www.moorepants.info/blog/introducing-resonance.html
41. https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/willingc/pydy-tutorial-human-standing/master https://github.com/pydy/pydy-tutorial-human-standing
42. Serendipity Explore interests • Gallery of interesting notebooks • http://ipython-books.github.io • GitHub trending notebooks search • pyvideo.org tutorial and talk videos • https://www.safaribooksonline.com/oriole/regex-golf-with-peter-norvig
43. • citizen science • standards based • grade specific • https://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans • https://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/analyze- running-numbers California Academy of Science Remix open source content
44. Music • Music theory - music21 -Myke Cuthbert • Digital signal processing - Allen Downey • Cyrille Rossant - Synthesizer Example • Magenta - Google • RISE - Damian Avila Jupyter, open source, workshops https://github.com/pysplash/workshop-music
45. Humans = community
46. Workshops and clubs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYS_kng_OQw https://thinmint.sdgirlscouts.org/newsletters/Connections/2015/201501.html She doesn't tell you how you are supposed to get there. She asks you the right questions and leads you to the solution. - Meera Kota On mentors:
47. DjangoGirls and PyLadies Outreach
48. Teaching Teachers Picademy
49. Building helpful community What is CircuitPython? - Adafruit Learning Center
50. @WillingCarol Immerse yourself
51. • San Diego Python • Demba Ba • OKGO and Anne-Marie Thomas • Jason Moore • QuanEcon • Project Jupyter team and community • Photo credits and links on individual slides Attributions and recognition
52. Questions Steering Council, Project Jupyter Core Developer, Project Jupyter Software Engineer, Cal Poly SLO Fellow, Python Software Foundation Core Developer, CPython Geek in Residence, Fab Lab San Diego Carol Willing @willingcarol