[Edu-sig] Suggested metrics for measuring our success

[Wes Turner]

Personally, I recommend the Rosalind exercises because they're
multidisciplinary and they teach algorithms of the natural world:

http://rosalind.info/problems/locations/

A "How to ``conda install jupyterlab nbgrader``" would be a great onramp to
working Python into #k12cs and beyond.

On Saturday, May 12, 2018, Wes Turner <wes.turner at gmail.com> wrote:

> - [ ] We should add a link to the edu-sig mailing list to the
> awesome-python-in-education README:
>
> https://github.com/quobit/awesome-python-in-education
>
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
>
> https://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/
>
> https://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Dorg.python#query:%
> 20list%3Aorg.python.edu-sig (variety, count)
>
> - [ ] We should choose a hashtag.
>   - There's a project named #edupy; they might not mind
>   - (other ideas welcome)
>
> - [ ] We should cc the list admin to get this list upgraded to mailman3
> (with a footer link to just the mailing list post please) so that we have
> searchable archives.
>
> - [ ] We should have some stats regarding the unbelievable growth in
> Python for education in a page that we can reference
>
> On Saturday, May 12, 2018, Jeff Elkner <jeff at elkner.net> wrote:
>
>> Dear Education Pythonistas,
>>
>> I'd like to suggest two useful metrics for measuring the effectiveness of
>> our list:
>> 1. Variety of posters.
>> 2. Number of conversations.
>>
>> Our Community Code of Conduct commits us to conducting ourselves in a
>> welcoming and respectful way, and what better measure of how well we are
>> doing than the diversity of different folks who post on this list?
>>
>> If Edu-sig is about building and nurturing our python in education
>> community, what better way to measure how well we are doing than by the
>> number of posts that turn into conversational threads?
>>
>> I occasionally receive emails from teachers asking about good resources
>> for teaching CS with Python.  This year I am going to try asking them to
>> join this mailing list and to post their question on it, and commit to
>> providing the best response I can here.
>>
>> Jeff Elkner
>>
>> Let's work together to create a just and sustainable world!
>>
>>
>>
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