I've made a little Christmas Coding book for everyone to enjoy! These challenges work perfectly on a wide range of computers including the Raspberry Pi!
Showing posts with label Raspberry Pi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raspberry Pi. Show all posts
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Getting Started With Computing Resources
Primary
For Primary I'd recommend the Barefoot computing resources and either making disposable robots such as what you can make with Raspberry Pi or using robots such as Dash and Dot which you are more robust. There's plenty of options on the market, so have a look around. I'd make the decision in Vietnam when you know what you are doing.
For primary coding, I'd recommend Scratch as the go to tool if they're on Computers. Otherwise, Hopscotch, Scratch Junior and the new Swift coding for iPads (64 bit only)
Secondary
For Secondary you should do Python for iGCSE and A-level or Java for IB. I've included a list of resources to help you get started. I'd also recommend getting a good book for Python and as you are in the UK, I'd recommend checking them out at the library and see which you'd get along with. Java is generally considered more difficult than Python so I'd be careful about introducing it at Key Stage 3. Some have managed it at year 9 with some good frameworks. I've made a versal course that introduces the basics to year 8 for Python. https://versal.com/c/
General Resources
Hodder Key Stage 3
For a complete UK Key Stage 3 curriculum, this series is very useful:
(Interest disclosure: I am one of the authors)
Barefoot computing (primary)
Great site for students beginning to code
UK Computer Science Curriculum
Dash & Dot Robotics
Apple's resources
Code To Learn
Scratch Based with some good resources
Code.org
Great organisation for beginner coders. I find it a little too on the rails in some parts.
Raspberry Pi Curriculum resources
Great for physical computing, but also a lot of good Python materials
Tynker
A very nicely packaged curriculum
Code Club Projects
Some nice projects here for Python
Please feel free to add other resources in the comments.... I'm sure all will be appreciated!
Sunday, 11 February 2018
Python Challenges Major Update
A part of the reason for doing this is that Awesome Table are now charging for anything above 1,000 views per month and the fees are more than I can afford for what is a free site. Its a great tool, but I can't afford to spend on something I give away for free...
So I used this opportunity to update the site and rethink how it works. Initially I wanted to replace Awesome Table with some custom written javascript. (You can see this on the AS page) but I soon realised that this was a good opportunity to hand curate the important challenges and make them more engaging. So both the iGCSE and A2 pages have been written by hand to give them a more individual flavour.
To make my life simpler, I now simply publish the master list of challenges directly from Google Sheets, it may not be quite as nice, but its quick, simple and Google aren't likely to charge me for the service in the near future.
Despite these challenges, the Website now feels more mature with hand curated challenges that really engage students and the A2 pages in particular have benefited from some new challenges created by my students. I was very pleased to see the work that Jonathan and Sam have done on Prolog and Object Oriented challenges.
I hope you enjoy the new version of the site and please contribute by making comments below and sharing your thoughts!
The link is: http://pythonchallenges.weebly.com/
Saturday, 8 October 2016
Python for iGCSE & A-level
Sometimes you just wish you could find that perfect Website to help teach something. Over the last year or so I've been busy collating and compiling Python links, so I thought it was about time I shared them with you all! There's a lot of high quality resources here, but also some which whilst not perfect have the seed of an idea that can be useful!
Have you found any Python Websites? Please comment below.
Have you found any Python Websites? Please comment below.
PythonWebTools
Sorting
- The Bubble Sort — Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures
- Bubble Sort In Python
- The Insertion Sort — Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures
- Insertion Sort In Python
- Bubble Sort
- www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2011/cs1301_fall/codesamples/sorts.py
- Lesson 2: Bubble Sort - Worksheet - Visualising Sorting with Python | Raspberry Pi Learning Resources
- Lesson 3: Insertion Sort - Worksheet - Visualising Sorting with Python | Raspberry Pi Learning Resources
- Lesson 3: Insertion Sort - Lesson Plan - Visualising Sorting with Python | Raspberry Pi Learning Resources
- Lessons - Visualising Sorting with Python | Raspberry Pi Learning Resources
- Miniconda — Conda
- Anaconda 2.5.0 Package List — Continuum documentation
- Download Anaconda now! | Continuum
- Compare sorting algorithms' performance - Rosetta Code
- Sorting algorithms/Insertion sort - Rosetta Code
- Sorting algorithms/Bubble sort - Rosetta Code
- The Quick Sort — Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures
- Overview of quicksort | Quick sort | Khan Academy
- Sorting Algorithm Animations
- bubble sort on Scratch
- Bubble Sort - GeeksQuiz
- SparkNotes: Bubble Sort: Bubble Sort Problems
tkinter
- Introduction to Tkinter
- GUI Programming with Python: Labels in Tkinter
- Dialog Windows ::: An Introduction to Tkinter ::: www.effbot.org
- An Introduction to Tkinter (Work in Progress)
- Simple GUI Programming | Using Python
- TkDocs - Tk Tutorial
Challenge Sites
- Practice Python
- Python-programming-exercises/100+ Python challenging programming exercises.txt at master · zhiwehu/Python-programming-exercises
- Where can I find programming puzzles and challenges? - Programmers Stack Exchange
- [2015-11-23] Challenge # 242 [easy] Funny plant : dailyprogrammer
- Coderbyte | Practice programming and prepare for coding bootcamps and job interviews
- Prolog Problems - Prolog Site
- LessThanDot - Forum - View forum - Programmer Puzzles
- For learning, refreshing, or just for fun!
- Algorithmist
Installers
- Welcome to PyInstaller official website
- compilation - Create a single executable from a Python project - Stack Overflow
- py2app - Create standalone Mac OS X applications with Python — py2app 0.9 documentation
- How to create Windows executable (.exe) from Python script
- From a Python script to a portable Mac application with py2app
- Creating an Executable from a Python Script | Matt Borgerson
Lists
- Learn Python The Hard Way
- Python Lists
- 3.2. Introducing Lists
- Python Lists and Tuples | Python Central
- Find the Average, Min, Max and Mode of a List in Python
- List Manipulation in Python
Strings
FIle Management
- Python3 Tutorial: File Management
- Python File I/O - Python3 Tutorial
- File handling — Python for you and me 0.3.alpha1 documentation
- Reading from a file
- Python 101: Reading and Writing CSV Files « The Mouse Vs. The Python
- Reading and Writing Files in Python
- Chapter 8 – Reading and Writing Files | Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
- OpenTechSchool – Working With Text Files
- 13. Files — How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python 3
- Files
- Python Cookbook
- Reading and writing text files in Python - Python - Snipplr Social Snippet Repository
- OpenTechSchool – Working with Strings
- Files - Dive Into Python 3
- 7. Input and Output — Python 3.5.1 documentation
- Python Files I/O
- File Handling in Python
Object oriented
- Programming Concepts: Object-oriented programming (OOP) - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
- Object-Oriented Programming | Unit 1: Software Engineering | Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science I | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | MIT OpenCourseWare
- An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2) - Rice University | Coursera
- Improve Your Python: Python Classes and Object Oriented Programming
- Object oriented programming in Python
- Object Oriented Programming · A Byte of Python
- Quickly Learn Object Oriented Programming - Learning web development | MDN
- 1.13. Object-Oriented Programming in Python: Defining Classes — Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures
- Chapter 11. Object-Oriented Programming
- Python/Classes - Wikiversity
SQLLite
- A thorough guide to SQLite database operations in Python
- SQLite Python tutorial
- SQLite Python Tutorial
- SQLiteStudio - Downloads
- Welcome to SQL | SQL basics | Khan Academy
- GIS Skills Ladders 2017 - Google Docs
General
- Installing Pygame for Python 3 on OS X — English
- (the eff-bot guide to) The Standard Python Library
- inventwithpython.com/chapters/
- Dive Into Python
- CHeckio
- Dive Into Python
- Learn Python The Hard Way
- Code Like a Pythonista: Idiomatic Python
- codecademy-exercise-answers/Python/Functions at master · BugraBalci/codecademy-exercise-answers · GitHub
- Courses | Grok Learning
- Program Arcade Games With Python And Pygame
- Assignments — Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures
- Pygame Zero, a zero-boilerplate game framework for education | Mauveweb
- GlowScript IDE
- Python Programming Tutorials
- Creating a Pygame window | Peter's Website
- Python from Scratch: Object Oriented Programming - Envato Tuts+ Code Article
- Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python 3/Intro to Object Oriented Programming in Python 3 - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
- Python Object Oriented
- 4. Object Oriented Programming — Python Practice Book
- CS005x Course Info | edX
- Google's Python Class | Google for Education | Google Developers
- GUI Programming with Python | DevDungeon
- Python Tutor - Visualize Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, C, and C++ code execution
- Nerd Paradise : PyGame Basics Tutorial
- Python Programming Language | Eduporium
- Tutorials Basic - PyGame Tutorials
- The Top 10 Pygame Tutorials | The “Invent with Python” Blog
- Automate the Boring Stuff with Python | Practical Programming for Total Beginners
- Program Arcade Games With Python And Pygame
- Teaching Computer Programming to High School students: An introductory course using Python as the high level language
- Learn Python The Hard Way
- Runestone Interactive
- Downloads - Leon Zhang
- Hands-on Python Tutorial — Hands-on Python Tutorial for Python 3.1
- Berkeley - EE61A - Computer Science (Python 3) - Spr 2012 - YouTube
- CAS Community | Keystage 2 and 3 Python: "From beginners to bonkers"
- A Byte of Python
- Trevor Appleton: Writing Pong using Python and Pygame
- Beginning Game Programming for Teens with Python - Ray Wenderlich
- Writing a game in Python with Pygame. Part I - Eli Bendersky's website
- “I Need Practice Programming”: 49 Ideas for Game Clones to Code | The “Invent with Python” Blog
- Pygame [The Python Game Book]
- An Introduction to Classes and Inheritance (in Python) - Jessica Hamrick
- Welcome to Pygame Zero — Pygame Zero 1.1 documentation
- pygame / pygame / Downloads — Bitbucket
- Pygame tutorial #3: mouse events | Keeping it Small and Simple
- 18. Recursion — How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python 3
- Python Programming Tutorials
- Python + PyGame Install | Skelly Kiernan's Blog
- Python Programming Tutorials
- Learn Python - Free Interactive Python Tutorial
- Using Tkinter | Using Python
- OpenGameArt.org
- Examples of applications written in Python
- Introduction to GUI programming with tkinter — Object-Oriented Programming in Python 1 documentation
- 20 Python libraries you can’t live without | Python Tips
- Practice Python
- Learning Python Programming Language Through Video Lectures - good coders code, great coders reuse
- 46 Simple Python Exercises
- Basic Python Exercises | Google for Education | Google Developers
- www.cheat-sheets.org/saved-copy/python-cheat-sheet-v1.pdf
- Core Python - DZone - Refcardz
- Cheat Sheet: Writing Python 2-3 compatible code — Python-Future documentation
- GCSE Computing Python Programming Resources
- BeginnersGuide/Programmers - Python Wiki
- Untitled
- Building a basic GUI application in Python with Tkinter and wxWidgets
- TkDocs - Tk Tutorial - A First (Real) Example
- Hello, Again
- Intro to programming with Python and Tkinter - Python Wiki
- Introduction to Programming Using Python 3
- Binary Search
- Python Programming Tutorials
- Tkinter tutorial
- Zero to Hero with Python | Code Geek
- Zero to Hero with Python - YouTube
- omarshammas/pyPoker-Texas-HoldEm: Python implementation of Texas HoldEm Poker
- Python School
- Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.
- FrontPage - py2exe.org
- The Best Way to Learn Python - Envato Tuts+ Code Article
- Python: Get Today’s Current Date and Time
- PythonByteSize - Home
- SoloLearn: Largest community of mobile code learners
- Python – Programming Language
- Introduction to Programming Using Python 3
- Tutorials/Basic logic gates – Official Minecraft Wiki
- University Subject References 2016-17 - Google Docs
- how to declare a 2D array in python
- Python - Multi-Dimensional Arrays or Matrices
- Writing a pyglet application — pyglet v1.2.4
- EduPython
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