TDSB CS PD

This page contains information on the TDSB Computer Science Teacher PD class given by Erik Spence on 8 May 2015.

Description

This class will present some techniques for using Python to access publicly-accessible data, and demonstrate some Python packages which can be used for data visualization. In particular, visualization of Twitter data will be explored. Beginner-level Python programming experience will be assumed.

Preparing for the class

No teacher preparation for this class is required.

Lecture slides

The lecture slides for this class will be posted when they have been prepared.

Python

The Python distribution needed for the hands-on portion of this class will be provided on USB sticks, to assure that all required Python packages are available.

Teacher resources

Additional teacher resources are provided below.

UTS Teacher PD class

Given approximately monthly, the Teacher PD class has been an experiment in introducing and developing computational tools that teachers might bring to their classrooms. The website for the class can be found here.

Interactive tools

• Shodor's interactivate tools
• Gigaphysics
• Math and physics applets
• PhET interactive simulations
• Excelets

Other educator resources

• Shodor's MASTER Tools
• San Diego Supercomputer Center's TeacherTECH
• HPC University Resources for Computational Modeling
• NASA's educator resources
• Economic modelling resources
• Earthquake engineering resources
• Capitol University's computational science modules
• Quantitative Environmental Learning Project