Scripting in your I 3 U (or course) (Perl or Python or Ruby or …) Mark D. LeBlanc Wheaton College Norton, MA GCGGCGACCACCTTATATGGTTCAGCAGGCCAA GCCTTATAAAAAGGCGGGCGGCTTCGCGAGGAC TTGGCGGCGACCACCTTATATGGTTCAGCAGGC CAAGCCTTATAAAAAGGCGGGCGGCTTCGCGAG GACTTGGCGGCGACCACCTTATATGGTTCAGCA GGCCAAGCCTTATAAAAAGGCGGGCGGCTTCGC GAGGACTTG

Learning Goals Students are empowered to view computer programming (scripting, software) less as a “black box” and more as “I can do this!” Students discover the close association of problem solving and their creative juices Students appreciate the power of finding (fuzzy) patterns across or between very large data sets Faculty consider the computational possibilities

Let’s play … Will Shortz’ “Puzzle Master” challenges readers with word puzzles #38 Vowel Play There’s a well-known old puzzle to name words that contains the vowels A, E, I, O, and U in order. What are they?

4 teaching research Context for Use

Infuse: one + time (e.g., insilico lab) Do on your own Invite a colleague to join you (e.g. Lois/Duane, Williams) Link two courses: meet three + times e.g. Genetics and Algorithms courses Team-teaching e.g. BIO/COMP “DNA” (Wheaton) e.g. BIOL/CMPU 353 – “Bioinformatics” (Jodi/Marc, Vassar) e.g. CS/BIO 552 “TBA” (Eliot, Harvey Mudd) Context for Use (Teaching)

Independent Study Honors student REU, summer research group Context for Use (Research)

Let’s play … #178 Lois Picks Up the Pies What word did Lois say when she realized that she forgot to call the pie lady?

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