Hi, Tim --- Tim Wilson <wilson@chemsun.chem.umn.edu> wrote:
If you were going to create a Web site for a high school science department (the coolest such Web site every conceived :-), how would you utilize Zope?
The Zope Portal Toolkit will be really useful for this, methinks. As much as possible, everything should be collaborative. The students should be able to submit things for the main page and possibly have areas where they can put their own things. What kinds of things? - Science-related news (your own custom science weblog) - Links to cool, relevant websites (eg http://www.howstuffworks.com) - Results from group experiments - Photos, etc. from previous classes (If you have a digital camera, it would be easy to get pictures to put up there) You can also put up some tools for helping the students calculate things that might be useful in their experiments. (There may already be some Javascript tools out there, or you can easily create these in Zope using DTML or python). Have fun! Kevin _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Kevin Dangoor wrote:
The Zope Portal Toolkit will be really useful for this, methinks.
I agree. I've viewed the demo, and it looks great! I'm especially interested the possibility of have user logins. That would allow students to see a science dept. site tailored to the course(s) in which they're enrolled.
As much as possible, everything should be collaborative. The students should be able to submit things for the main page and possibly have areas where they can put their own things.
I've been thinking about taking an entire semester with one of my 9th grade courses and creating a complete, multimedia Web site devoted to the atom. It seems like Zope could do this.
What kinds of things?
- Science-related news (your own custom science weblog) - Links to cool, relevant websites (eg http://www.howstuffworks.com) - Results from group experiments - Photos, etc. from previous classes
I like all of these ideas. In addition, I've been planning to create an announcements listserv for interested students and parents, put our curriculum materials online, and provide course calendars. I'd like to make it possible for each teacher to create a "What we did in class today" page that students who missed class can check. This should be easy in Zope judging by what I've seen so far. Is it possible to create a space for each student on the server where students can submit homework electronically?
You can also put up some tools for helping the students calculate things that might be useful in their experiments.
I like this too. As I learn Python, I try to make all of my programs applicable to science calculations and such. For example, one of my first ones was for calculating the resistance of a resistor based on its colored bands. My next one will be calculating the molecular weight of a compound based on its formula (e.g., Al2(SO4)3). Thanks for the suggestions. I'd love to hear more. -Tim -- Timothy D. Wilson "A little song, a little dance, University of MN, chem. dept. a little seltzer down your wilson@chem.umn.edu pants." -Chuckles the Clown Phone: (612) 625-9828 as eulogized by Ted Baxter
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