This can help get you started, I will see if I can send you more.<br> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/rgesthuizen/python">http://www.diigo.com/user/rgesthuizen/python</a><br><br>We had an amazing time in class this year, examining and modifying the python code from ANUGA, a hydrodynamic package developed by Geoscience Australia for 3D tsunami modelling on coastal villages etc. Enjoy :-)<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Victor Rajewski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:victor.rajewski@jmss.vic.edu.au">victor.rajewski@jmss.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Folks,<div><br></div><div>We're planning on using python extensively through our VCE IT curriculum; I'm trying to get some pointers from people who have taught it (or other languages) in high school before. In particular, positive or negative feedback about any textbooks - we have a few (paid and free) in mind, but would like to hear any experiences.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I want to use a decent IDE - does anyone have any recommendations? At the moment PyCharm is looking nice. </div><div><br></div><div>Has anyone tried using a version control system (e.g. cvs, subversion, mercurial) with students of this age? I never even got taught that at uni, but it strikes me as a very useful tool to have some early introduction to - many students our year 10 class this year 'lost' lots of interesting work by saving 'over the top' of previous edits, without any versioning. Or would learning a system like this, at this stage, be too much overhead and overload? Integration of a VCS into the IDE would be a necessity to make making revisions easy.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br clear="all">Victor Rajewski<br>IT Manager<br>John Monash Science School<br>+61 3 9902 9828<br>
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