Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2014)/April 5th project instructor outlines

Both projects we'll use were created by Jessica McKellar and live on GitHub:


 * https://github.com/jesstess/Wordplay
 * https://github.com/jesstess/ColorWall

They are instructor-led, following roughly these outlines:

Wordplay

 * 1) Review relevant material from lecture (e.g. for loops)
 * 2) Go over words1.py through words6.py as a class
 * 3) Demo scrabble_cheater.py
 * 4) Have students explore other interesting word properties or play with scrabble_cheater.py (BPW has had people start Words With Friends games and cheat using the script)

ColorWall

 * 1) Review relevant material from lecture (e.g. dictionaries)
 * 2) Go over SolidColorTest and DictionaryTest in effects.py as a class
 * 3) Have students implement RainbowTest</tt>

If people finish (3) early, have them tweak existing effects or write a new one. Example tweaks including:


 * changing the hue bounds in Twinkle</tt>
 * change the math in Checkerboards</tt>
 * write and customize (e.g. colors) your own message in Message</tt>