Columbus Python Workshop 1/Saturday project instructor outlines

The projects live on GitHub:
 * https://github.com/jesstess/TwitterAPI
 * https://github.com/jesstess/Wordplay
 * https://github.com/jesstess/ColorWall

They are instructor-led, following roughly these outlines:

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

If people finish (3) early, have them tweak existing effects or write a new one. Example tweaks including:
 * changing the hue bounds in Twinkle
 * change the math in Checkerboards
 * write and customize (e.g. colors) your own message in Message

Twitter

 * 1) Review relevant material from lecture (e.g. modules and imports)
 * 2) Go over search and trendingTopics</tt> in twitter_functions.py</tt> as a class
 * 3) Have students implement userTweets

If people finish (3) early, have them implement trendingTweets</tt> or customize the display of individual tweets displayed by search</tt> (e.g. display the sender).

Wordplay

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

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