myrmepropagandistJan 30

Trinket.io is shutting down.

I'm kind of bummed. It doesn't seem possible to spin up your own version on a local server so I need to decide what to do for fifth grade python programming by the end of the summer.

The head of IT put me on to trinket... I didn't like that it was an IDE in a browser. But It was clean.

Please don't tell me "just install linux on 300 chromebooks."

That would be nice, but it's not in my control. I could ask IT to add apps to the the chromebooks however.

Show threadMarc TriusJan 30

@futurebird you're not going to like this but maybe you can install something like Termux on those chromebooks and teach the students to use nvim 😜

Probably not, though. Learning Python AND a totally different way to edit text would be tough for most students, although for a few it might be great.

Show threadmyrmepropagandistJan 30

@alter_kaker

What I could use is an app, that is in the "google play store" that you can buy, or is free... with no ads (non-negotiable about the ads, this is for school)

That was kind of an all in one python compiler and text editor.

On mac, python is in the command line and I use "thony" or other IDEs to work with it (or terminal if I want to scare the children)

But what do you do on a got dang chromebook?

I don't need to run big programs. Just turtle and scripts.

Show threadmyrmepropagandist

@alter_kaker

I made the seniors in advanced CS use ONLY terminal for a whole week and got a "thank you" letter from one at college.

"everyone thinks I'm a hacker this is amazing"

Yes, it is that easy I suppose.

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Show threadkessler herd immunityJan 30
@futurebird @alter_kaker opened a terminal to check something out on the laptop of one of my club's linux newbies and he went "you're hacking!!!!!!"
Show threadmyrmepropagandistJan 30

@kirakira @alter_kaker

One of my sixth grade student **tattled on me** to the IT head because "she was hacking" (using terminal)

He just rolled around laughing for a full min.

Show threadThanasis KiniasJan 30
@futurebird
every so often my students will see me doing something in the terminal and be amazed—and it’s usually something very hackery like changing directory and opening a PDF
@kirakira @alter_kaker
Show threadMichael ReeseJan 30
@tkinias @futurebird @kirakira @alter_kaker whenever I give a seminar at a uni or talk at a (bio) conference I have an open terminal that I xrandr to set up the dual display, projected to everyone. You'd think with a room full of scientists (on Macs usually), they'd be less floored 🤷‍♀️
Show threadfraggleJan 30
@futurebird @alter_kaker I hope you showed them https://hackertyper.net/
Hacker Typer

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Show threadSolarbird Jan 30
@futurebird YAAAAS <3
Show threadWardenJan 30
@futurebird @alter_kaker We were the 'deploy girl' in college, cause we had terminal skills and could ssh into shit.
Was great, except for when everyone had stayed up in the first place to get the code written, and then we had to stay up an extra half hour or so for _everyone's_ grades.
Show threadShar(yna)Tran/Shark(aeopteryx)Jan 30
@futurebird lmao reminds me of 8th grade Keyboarding class. I finished my exercises and dropped into DOS bc I was bored. I didn't know how to do anything dangerous there, just basic navigation and dir lists and such, but that was enough to get some of the other kids asking if I was a hacker! 😂
Show threadAlien software, human hardwareJan 30
@futurebird @alter_kaker i was once called "hacker" because i touch type reasonably fast.
The bar **is** pretty low..