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Alexandre B A Villares 🐍<p>Looking forward to listening to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gvwilson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gvwilson</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@yabellini" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yabellini</span></a></span> at <a href="https://pairprogramming.ed.ac.uk/winter-school-25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pairprogramming.ed.ac.uk/winte</span><span class="invisible">r-school-25/</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ComputingEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingEducation</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/PairProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PairProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/TheCarpentries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCarpentries</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/TeachTogetherTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeachTogetherTech</span></a></p>
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍<p>Can you solve this puzzle? Would you like me to make more of these?</p><p><a href="https://abav.lugaralgum.com/faded-parsons-visual/problem.html?name=130_olhos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abav.lugaralgum.com/faded-pars</span><span class="invisible">ons-visual/problem.html?name=130_olhos</span></a></p><p>I really need your support to keep going, if you can, donate any amount at: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5B4MZ78C9J724" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">paypal.com/donate/?hosted_butt</span><span class="invisible">on_id=5B4MZ78C9J724</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Processing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Processing</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/py5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>py5</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/CreativeCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCoding</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ComputingEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingEducation</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ParsonsProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParsonsProblems</span></a></p>
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍<p>Can you solve this puzzle? Would you like me to make more of these?</p><p><a href="https://abav.lugaralgum.com/faded-parsons-visual/problem.html?name=131_loop_simples2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abav.lugaralgum.com/faded-pars</span><span class="invisible">ons-visual/problem.html?name=131_loop_simples2</span></a></p><p>I really need your support to keep going, if you can, donate any amount at: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5B4MZ78C9J724" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">paypal.com/donate/?hosted_butt</span><span class="invisible">on_id=5B4MZ78C9J724</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Processing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Processing</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/py5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>py5</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/CreativeCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCoding</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ComputingEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingEducation</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ParsonsProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParsonsProblems</span></a></p>
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍<p>Hi people with access to computers with <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> </p><p>I have put together a new zip file with the portable version of <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ThonnyIDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThonnyIDE</span></a> + <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/py5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>py5</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/shapely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shapely</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/trimesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trimesh</span></a> and the <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/thonnypy5mode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thonnypy5mode</span></a> plugin pre-installed. I'd love to have some testers... it should work on most Windows 64-bit machines I think... </p><p>here-&gt; <a href="https://github.com/villares/thonny-portable-with-py5/releases/download/2024-07-04/thonny-414-with-py5-windows-portable.zip" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/villares/thonny-por</span><span class="invisible">table-with-py5/releases/download/2024-07-04/thonny-414-with-py5-windows-portable.zip</span></a></p><p>Unzip it and double-click on the thonny.exe file. Tip: use <a href="https://7-zip.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">7-zip.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> to unzip it, it is much faster than the native Windows extract tool. </p><p>If you are unfamiliar with py5, you could perhaps read <a href="https://abav.lugaralgum.com/como-instalar-py5/index-EN.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this</a>, which I will update with the new portable Thonny link at some point.</p><p>If you use other OSs, like MacOS or GNU/Linux, maybe you could help us make other student friendly bundles? DM me <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/CreativeCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCoding</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ComputingEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingEducation</span></a></p>
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍<p><a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ComputingEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pca.st/episode/e7b8f76b-2b98-4099-b678-69bcc394dc1e" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pca.st/episode/e7b8f76b-2b98-4</span><span class="invisible">099-b678-69bcc394dc1e</span></a></p>
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍<p>Would anyone know of an offline <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/blockly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blockly</span></a>-like editor for <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>, that is, something with blocks like <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/scratch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scratch</span></a>, but to run programs on a normal local Python interpreter? <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ComputingEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingEducation</span></a></p><p>Update: It seems that <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/blockpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blockpy</span></a> is based on <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/blockly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blockly</span></a>, but the later is more well known, so I edited this toot to make it more "findable". Also, I asked a question at the blockly email forum, let's see if someone answers...</p>
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍<p>The "intro to py5 and python tutorials" have coding challenges at the end of each of them, but there is no answer key. Would you like to help us contributing with this educational materials?</p><p><a href="https://py5coding.org/tutorials/intro_to_py5_and_python.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">py5coding.org/tutorials/intro_</span><span class="invisible">to_py5_and_python.html</span></a></p><p>We can discuss this at <a href="https://github.com/py5coding/py5book/issues/113#issuecomment-2076337804" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/py5coding/py5book/i</span><span class="invisible">ssues/113#issuecomment-2076337804</span></a></p><p>( These wonderful tutorials were mainly written by the great <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@lucky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lucky</span></a></span> you can read more about it at <a href="https://py5coding.org/tutorials/intro_to_py5_and_python_99_gsoc.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">py5coding.org/tutorials/intro_</span><span class="invisible">to_py5_and_python_99_gsoc.html</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Processing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Processing</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/py5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>py5</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ComputingEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingEducation</span></a></p>
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍Teaching introductory programming, Parsons Problems, Python + visual
Christopher Bull<p>Should Generative AI be used in software development education?</p><p>We interviewed a small sample of professional software developers to understand how they use Generative AI. Our pedagogical recommendations are available in an upcoming IEEE Software article, "Generative AI Assistants in Software Development Education":<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2023.3300574" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1109/MS.2023.330057</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GitHubCopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHubCopilot</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copilot</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Bard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bard</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Pedagogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pedagogy</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SoftwareDeveloper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareDeveloper</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ComputingEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingEducation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdTech</span></a></p>
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍<p>I decided to add a few posters I made for Processing Community Day Coimbra 2022 on Gumroad. You can buy the PDF and print them:</p><p><a href="https://villares.gumroad.com/l/pcd-coimbra-2022" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">villares.gumroad.com/l/pcd-coi</span><span class="invisible">mbra-2022</span></a></p><p>If you like my work you could support it with different options at <a href="https://villares.gumroad.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">villares.gumroad.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Processing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Processing</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/py5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>py5</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/generativeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeArt</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/OpenEducationalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenEducationalResources</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ComputingEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingEducation</span></a></p>
Toastie<p>Established in 1998, the BCS Lovelace Medal recognises people who have made exceptional contributions to either the understanding and advancement of computing, or to computing education.</p><p>The Lovelace Medal for Computing Education recognises contributions made in any educational setting, through practice, research, or policy. </p><p>Nominations for the 2023 Lovelace Medal open until Wed 10th May 2023. </p><p><a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/awards-and-competitions/lovelace-medal/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bcs.org/events/awards-and-comp</span><span class="invisible">etitions/lovelace-medal/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/adalovelace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adalovelace</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/lovelacemedal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lovelacemedal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/computingeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computingeducation</span></a></p>
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍<p>Via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@osantana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>osantana</span></a></span> these are outstanding publications for those into <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ComputingEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingEducation</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/ComputingPedagogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingPedagogy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/books/big_book_of_pedagogy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">helloworld.raspberrypi.org/boo</span><span class="invisible">ks/big_book_of_pedagogy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/books/big_book_of_computing_content" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">helloworld.raspberrypi.org/boo</span><span class="invisible">ks/big_book_of_computing_content</span></a></p>