Education

How I teach Python with open source tools

Don Watkins — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

How I teach Python with open source tools Don Watkins Fri, 04/21/2023 - 03:00

Teaching Python to others is easy with these open source tools and techniques.

I love to teach Python. I start by beginning where the learner begins. My first question is, "How would you like to learn Python?" They usually answer, "What's Python?" That's…

Write a cute program with Emojicode

cherrybomb — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Write a cute program with Emojicode cherrybomb Sat, 04/01/2023 - 03:00

This fun open source language is seriously perfect for learning to code.

In this article, I'll cover the greatest coding language to learn how to make anything! It's called Emojicode. Created in 2014 by Theo Belaire, Emojicode is an open source…

Measure pi with a Raspberry Pi

Jim Hall — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Measure pi with a Raspberry Pi Jim Hall Fri, 03/31/2023 - 03:00

Produce a near-perfect circle with your Raspberry Pi.

March 14th is celebrated around the world as Pi Day. Many people celebrate Pi Day by measuring pi with objects found around the house. I wanted to do something similar for…

The open source way of raising a family

rnetser1 — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

The open source way of raising a family rnetser1 Wed, 03/29/2023 - 03:00

Start an open culture with those closest to you, and take it with you everywhere you go.

As a rebellious teenager in the 80s, "because I said so" was a phrase I heard all too often at home. I wasn't really a rebel. I just wanted to be heard and seen as a person…

Calculate pi by counting pixels

Jim Hall — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Calculate pi by counting pixels Jim Hall Tue, 03/14/2023 - 03:00

Happy Pi Day! Does counting pixels get you the circumference of a circle?

For Pi Day this year, I wanted to write a program to calculate pi by drawing a circle in FreeDOS graphics mode, then counting pixels to estimate the circumference. I naively…

How Wikipedia helps keep the internet open

srish_aka_tux — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000

How Wikipedia helps keep the internet open srish_aka_tux Mon, 03/06/2023 - 03:00

Wikipedia embodies the spirit of the original vision of the internet, and you can be a part of it.

Wikipedia is one of the most significant open source software projects, in part because it's a lot bigger than you may realize. And yet anyone can contribute content, and…

A trivia vending machine made with a Raspberry Pi

pshapiro — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000

A trivia vending machine made with a Raspberry Pi pshapiro Fri, 03/03/2023 - 03:00

Using a Raspberry Pi to replace the coin box on a food vending machine is a stroke of genius.

As an educator working at a public library, I keep my eyes peeled for interesting uses of the Raspberry Pi. From where I sit, the Trivia Vending Machine project out of Dallas…

Parallel and distributed computing with Raspberry Pi clusters

visimpscot2 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Parallel and distributed computing with Raspberry Pi clusters visimpscot2 Thu, 03/02/2023 - 03:00

This academic experiment using Raspberry Pi clusters introduces parallel and distributed computing (PDC) concepts to distance learning students.

Since the Raspberry Pi's launch, creators have based countless computer science education projects on the humble pocket-sized system on a chip. These have included many…

Count magical bunnies with LibreOffice Calc

Jim Hall — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Count magical bunnies with LibreOffice Calc Jim Hall Wed, 01/25/2023 - 03:00

Follow along with this LibreOffice Calc tutorial to perform the Fibonacci Sequence calculation.

I love working with spreadsheets, and my favorite spreadsheet application is LibreOffice Calc. A spreadsheet is a grid of cells where each column is represented by letters and…

Unlock academic research with this open source open access tool for librarians

jmpearce — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Unlock academic research with this open source open access tool for librarians jmpearce Sat, 01/07/2023 - 03:00

Aperta-accessum is an open source open access (OA) harvester that enables institutional library's stewardship of OA knowledge on a mass scale.

I have always liked librarians. Since ancient Greece, long before the first open source code was shared, librarians have been championing the democratization of knowledge…