science of well being

 

https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being

https://missing.csail.mit.edu/

https://exercism.io/

flow charts software for education

Sent by JD

Raptor ( http://raptor.martincarlisle.com/ )

Runs on Windows. There is apparently a version for Ubuntu Linux that

doesn't have all the features. May be runnable on a Mac using Wine or

other Windows emulation software. No support for iOS. Can do

object-oriented flowcharting and can generate Java code. Doesn't appear

to have the graphical capabilities of Visual Logic.

Flowgorithm ( http://www.flowgorithm.org/ )

Runs on Windows. Will generate code in a number of high-level languages,

but can execute directly from the flowchart like Visual Logic.

LARP ( http://larp.marcolavoie.ca/en/default.htm )

Runs on Windows. Looks to be more of a pseudocode-type language, but

generates flowcharts.

None of the above appears to be runnable on iOS devices (we discussed

the desirability of being able to run on iPads). So far, the only

similar product I have found that runs on iOS is Hopscotch:

https://www.gethopscotch.com/

It is intended to give kids exposure to coding concepts. I'm not sure if

it can do all the same things as Visual Logic. Does anyone else have

experience with it?

biological topics for computer science courses (in progress)

Coalescent simulation
Agent based simulation, infectious disease
Colony growth on agar plate
Gene networks. Graph model
phylogeny and evolutionary tree. Linked list
String: sequence analysis
OOP: genbank file, ORF, start and stop signals.
Arrays: genes and their lengths