[Edu-sig] Getting more involved with education and the PSF...

[Naomi Ceder]

Hi Chalmer,

Glad to hear you're getting settled in a new environment. I know what you
mean, except in my case it's probably cooler and wetter than yours. :-)

I'll send the occasional inquiries I get on edu summit matters on to you.

Cheers,
Naomi


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Chalmer Lowe <chalmer.lowe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It has taken a while, but I am finally getting settled into my new job and
> my new home, after a major relocation from the east coast to the pacific.
>
> I am now in a much better position to pick up this conversation and start
> moving forward with next year's Python Education Summit and working with
> the community to advance python education.
>
> I still have much to do to get the house fully habitable for the family,
> so don't expect any mad dashes right off the bat, but I certainly want to
> re-energize the conversation, make plans and begin execution.
>
> chalmer
>
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:15 PM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I agree, not a problem at all, to include a full spectrum of outreach /
>> initiatives,
>> to K-12 (or the equivalent in other namespaces / systems) and beyond.
>>
>> In terms of the website, I think the edu-sig home page is a good place to
>> start:
>> https://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/edu-sig
>>
>> I notice when I'm at the maillist info page and click on edu-sig home
>> page,
>> prominent at the top, I do NOT actually go to the above page, but to a
>> SIGs-in-general page:
>>
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
>> --->  https://www.python.org/community/sigs
>>
>> This is clearly broken, and a test of our new administrative muscles
>> would be
>> to get that fixed, I would think.
>>
>> On the home page itself I find at least one dead end link, e.g. under
>> Miscellaneous
>>
>> Software Carpentry <http://swc.scipy.org/> by Greg Wilson is a course on
>> software development
>> skills for scientists and engineers.
>>
>> That's not working at all.  Maybe it just moved?
>>
>> Kirby
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Jeff Elkner <jeff at elkner.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Which has not been a problem at all.  Think of the big involvement
>>> from the RIT folks in this year's PES.  It's a meritocracy, after all.
>>>  The volunteers who step forward determine what gets done.
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Jessica Nickel <jessanickel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Kirby,
>>> >
>>> > I agree, and think there definitely needs to be a focus on both
>>> college and
>>> > community-based education outreach as well.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:26 PM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Sounds good to me, as long as we're clear that "promoting Python in
>>> >> education" is in no way limited to K-12.  I'm a full time teacher of
>>> Python
>>> >> to adults and like to think edu-sig is the right venue for my kind of
>>> >> chatter as well.  So far, I've felt that way.  K-12 is important and
>>> >> welcome, but not the whole show.
>>> >>
>>> >> Kirby
>>>
>>>
>>
>


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Naomi Ceder
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