[Edu-sig] Open space @ PyCon

Sun May 27 17:07:58 EDT 2018

Hi! I think I'm doing this right - we will find out.

Things I was in charge of and updates!

1) teacher training at pyohio. It is too late to get this added, due to
venue space restrictions. Let's plan ourt the next few conferences to
target at our next meet.

2) speaking of meets, what days usually work best for people? Please reply
with the days you have available evenings. Will likely set something up for
830pmEST. If you are in a time zone this wouldn't work for give a shout and
we'll adapt as we go.
As a recap, we should meet monthly to continue momentum.

3) I have officially joined a board of advisors for an Akron high school
tech track. I am happy to share how that goes as it progresses, and be a
resource to emulate what Akron is doing in other locales. This is a bit of
an experiment here, spearheaded by United Way, so here's hoping it is a
demonstrable success. Would love to keep this and similar things (like
TEALS) as consistent discussion items in our meets.

Next steps on the above (from my perspective):
1) reach out to regional python confs about adding teacher trainings
2) lay groundwork for what a teacher training at a conf would look like

Great meeting you all, looking forward to making some moves.

Rae

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> From: Jacqueline Kazil <jackiekazil at gmail.com>
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> *Hello everyone! At PyCon 2018, I hosted a PSF + Educators space to propose
> the question of what can the PSF do for educators. That session turned into
> a general discussion on things the community can do. These are the
> takeaways.Being worked on. These are things that people are working on
> after the discussion. Not sure who is working on what though. Please
> identify yourselves on the list if others want to reach you! 1. Use edu-sig
> as the jumping off point for communication2. Jackie will bring back notes
> from conversation to the PSF board to both inform and discuss
> possibilities3. Educating Teachers ---1. Adding teaching training for
> regional conferences -- although it is short notice, this is first being
> tried for PyOhio2. Can we do educators track?  Maybe not make the summit on
> the day before, Workshop day & talk day?4. Create talking points / Press
> packet1. Starting locally to converse with people and find out the needs
> for a curriculum 1. Akron, OH is restructuring curriculum.5. PyEducators
> created -- https://github.com/ehmatthes/pyeducators
> <https://github.com/ehmatthes/pyeducators> 6. Create an inventory of
> resources - This will not be the end all be all, but a jumping off point
> for curation. It has to start somewhere thought. - K-5, 6-8, 9-12, and
> Adult & Setting: Class, Library, after school- List of organizations,
> people, etc- List of books- ^^ Will be explored by a student in Library
> Science as an independent study- I *believe* this is under PyEducators, but
> I am uncertainNot being worked on. These are things that came up in
> discussion that are not explicitly being worked on at this time. If you
> would like to help lead one of these things, please speak up. Also, please
> note, that just because it was discussed it doesn't mean it will ever
> happen, so let's not bike shed these points please. - ?Can the PSF have an
> educational resources page? We all don?t know what is out there.?- ?We can
> connect technology folks with teachers.?- https://software-carpentry.org/
> <https://software-carpentry.org/> <-- ?We get the most requests for
> Python,
> but our lessons need love.?- Should we have a lobby arm? - Get rid of IDLE.
> Add Mu. Can the PSF get Mu in standard library?- Python booth at teacher
> conferences- Get a full-time educator on PSF staff, paid for a grant just
> to support thisPlease let me know if I missed anything. I am sure I did.
> Also, let me know if my notes don't make sense.*
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> -Jackie
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> From: Kevin Cole <kevin.cole at novawebdevelopment.org>
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> This is an old, incomplete and probably obsolete list that I would
> occasionally send out to people who asked.? Also Rami Chowdhury et al had a
> Hackpad / Etherpad that listed more resources. Formerly at
> https://pythondc.hackpad.com/ but I don't know if it made the leap to
> Dropbox Paper or was archived anywhere, or just disappeared into the
> aether.
> ?
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> From: Kevin Cole <dc.loco at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [DCPython] Intro Python Courses/Tutoring
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> Hi,
>
> A few resources (several aimed at a very young audience):
>
>    - The official *Python Tutorial* (2.7 edition and 3.2 edition)
>    http://docs.python.org/tutorial/
>    http://docs.python.org/py3k/tutorial/
>    - *Snake Wrangling for Kids* (free ebook)
>    by Jason R. Briggs
>    http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids/
>    - *Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python* (free ebook)
>    by Al Sweigart
>    http://inventwithpython.com/
>    - The *Python Bibliotheca*
>    by Jeff Elkner
>    http://www.openbookproject.net/pybiblio/
>    - *PyGame*
>    http://www.pygame.org/
>    - *Python for Fun*
>    by Chris Meyers
>    http://openbookproject.net/py4fun/
>    - *How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python*
>    by Jeffrey Elkner, Allen B. Downey, and Chris Meyers
>    http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/
>
>
> HacDC ran an *Introduction to Python* course a while back:
> http://wiki.hacdc.org/index.php/Introduction_to_Python
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