From mauve at mauveweb.co.uk Thu Feb 4 20:07:18 2016 From: mauve at mauveweb.co.uk (Daniel Pope) Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 01:07:18 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? Message-ID: The 21st Pyweek competition is coming up at the end of the month, running from 00:00 UTC on 28th February to 00:00 UTC 6th March. Pyweek is a games programming contest in which you must write a game in Python, from scratch, in exactly one week. Games must be written around a theme that is up for voting in the week before the contest. The winning challenge theme is announced at the moment the contest starts. Participants can enter as individuals or teams, and there is one winner in each category based on votes from other entrants. The URL: https://www.pyweek.org/ Pyweek is open to everyone: Python novices, adepts or experts. Even people with no programming experience can contribute art, design, sound, music or story to a team project. For some, it might be your first complete end-to-end Python project. You can spend a few hours or all of the week; winning games have been written in a day. One of the most fun aspects of Pyweek is to diarise your progress and upload screenshots. Seeing other games develop, exchanging development war stories and celebrating successes is part of the fun. I would encourage you to consider taking part. Londonites: London Python Dojo regulars have entered a team in the competition a couple of times before, but to my knowledge the last time was several years ago. Since then I've won the individual competition a couple of times, but never the team competition. I think it's time the London Python community stood up to the challenge and took that team trophy home*! Because we're a city of talented, creative, witty Pythonistas. Who's with me?! * There is no trophy. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tartley at tartley.com Thu Feb 4 21:24:10 2016 From: tartley at tartley.com (Jonathan Hartley) Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:24:10 -0600 Subject: [python-uk] Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 2016-02-04 19:07, Daniel Pope wrote: > The 21st Pyweek competition is coming up at the end of the month, > running from 00:00 UTC on 28th February to 00:00 UTC 6th March. Pyweek > is a games programming contest in which you must write a game in > Python, from scratch, in exactly one week. Games must be written > around a theme that is up for voting in the week before the contest. > The winning challenge theme is announced at the moment the contest > starts. Participants can enter as individuals or teams, and there is > one winner in each category based on votes from other entrants. > > The URL: https://www.pyweek.org/ [1] > > Pyweek is open to everyone: Python novices, adepts or experts. Even > people with no programming experience can contribute art, design, > sound, music or story to a team project. For some, it might be your > first complete end-to-end Python project. > > You can spend a few hours or all of the week; winning games have been > written in a day. One of the most fun aspects of Pyweek is to diarise > your progress and upload screenshots. Seeing other games develop, > exchanging development war stories and celebrating successes is part > of the fun. > > I would encourage you to consider taking part. > > Londonites: London Python Dojo regulars have entered a team in the > competition a couple of times before, but to my knowledge the last > time was several years ago. Since then I've won the individual > competition a couple of times, but never the team competition. I think > it's time the London Python community stood up to the challenge and > took that team trophy home*! Because we're a city of talented, > creative, witty Pythonistas. Who's with me?! > > * There is no trophy. > > > Links: > ------ > [1] https://www.pyweek.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk Even if I don't get to contribute to an entry, I for one will be checking in to cheer from the sidelines! Jonathan -- Jonathan Hartley tartley at tartley.com +1 507-513-1101 From jon+python-uk at unequivocal.co.uk Thu Feb 4 21:43:43 2016 From: jon+python-uk at unequivocal.co.uk (Jon Ribbens) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 02:43:43 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20160205024343.GG13723@unequivocal.co.uk> On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 01:07:18AM +0000, Daniel Pope wrote: > Londonites: London Python Dojo regulars have entered a team in the > competition a couple of times before, but to my knowledge the last time > was several years ago. Since then I've won the individual competition a > couple of times, but never the team competition. I think it's time the > London Python community stood up to the challenge and took that team > trophy home*! Because we're a city of talented, creative, witty > Pythonistas. Who's with me?! I can help with anything that doesn't involve gameplay or graphics. From rowan.hargreaves at gmail.com Fri Feb 5 01:02:33 2016 From: rowan.hargreaves at gmail.com (Rowan Hargreaves) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 06:02:33 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Python North East meet up 10/02/16 Message-ID: The next Python North East meet up will take place on Wed 10th Feb in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Tom Merritt-Smith will be explaining how to use NumPy and cellular automata to 'data-bend' images and audio. Sign up: https://attending.io/events/pyne-feb-2016-game-of-life-in-numpy http://pythonnortheast.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/PythonNorthEast -- Rowan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, S From andreprado88 at gmail.com Fri Feb 5 05:32:16 2016 From: andreprado88 at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?QW5kcsOpIFByYWRv?=) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 10:32:16 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Last night's dojo (fowl play) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for sharing! Our group was the group 5 and the code is available on dan's repo https://github.com/lordmauve/nofu On 5 February 2016 at 10:26, SW wrote: > Good morning, > For those interested in where to obtain Turkey (the daily tasks tracking > tool) from after last night's talk on it: > https://github.com/geokala/turkey > > Our (group 1's) quiz app (which as some noted might be /loosely/ related > to turkey *cough*) is also available on https://github.com/geokala/quizify > It's actually working now. The lesson is not to keep multiple copies of > the same file in different locations. Also, use absolute imports, and > don't use urllib directly. > > Additionally, if anyone was interested in a job working on Cloudify > (open source orchestration tool)- most likely working from home, ping me > a mail off list (happy to answer any questions on what it's like to work > on as well). > > Thanks, > S > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -- Atenciosamente/Regards Andr? Castelan Prado -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From m at funkyhat.org Fri Feb 5 06:41:55 2016 From: m at funkyhat.org (Matt Wheeler) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 11:41:55 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Last night's dojo (fowl play) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Team 2's (almost working (or working perfectly, depending on your viewpoint)) is at https://github.com/funkyHat/totallylegit Disclaimer: we don't actually think anyone should be deported based on their answers to arbitrary questions (or even which country happened to issue their passport), unless they think "Justin Beber" wrote London Calling. On 5 February 2016 at 10:32, Andr? Prado wrote: > Thanks for sharing! Our group was the group 5 and the code is available on > dan's repo > > https://github.com/lordmauve/nofu > > On 5 February 2016 at 10:26, SW wrote: >> >> Good morning, >> For those interested in where to obtain Turkey (the daily tasks tracking >> tool) from after last night's talk on it: >> https://github.com/geokala/turkey >> >> Our (group 1's) quiz app (which as some noted might be /loosely/ related >> to turkey *cough*) is also available on https://github.com/geokala/quizify >> It's actually working now. The lesson is not to keep multiple copies of >> the same file in different locations. Also, use absolute imports, and >> don't use urllib directly. >> >> Additionally, if anyone was interested in a job working on Cloudify >> (open source orchestration tool)- most likely working from home, ping me >> a mail off list (happy to answer any questions on what it's like to work >> on as well). >> >> Thanks, >> S >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > > > -- > Atenciosamente/Regards > Andr? Castelan Prado > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -- Matt Wheeler http://funkyh.at From ntoll at ntoll.org Fri Feb 5 06:55:15 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 11:55:15 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Last night's dojo (fowl play) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56B48DA3.6000109@ntoll.org> Loving the commit messages in there.... ;-) N. On 05/02/16 11:41, Matt Wheeler wrote: > Team 2's (almost working (or working perfectly, depending on your > viewpoint)) is at https://github.com/funkyHat/totallylegit > > > Disclaimer: we don't actually think anyone should be deported based on > their answers to arbitrary questions (or even which country happened > to issue their passport), unless they think "Justin Beber" wrote > London Calling. > > On 5 February 2016 at 10:32, Andr? Prado wrote: >> Thanks for sharing! Our group was the group 5 and the code is available on >> dan's repo >> >> https://github.com/lordmauve/nofu >> >> On 5 February 2016 at 10:26, SW wrote: >>> >>> Good morning, >>> For those interested in where to obtain Turkey (the daily tasks tracking >>> tool) from after last night's talk on it: >>> https://github.com/geokala/turkey >>> >>> Our (group 1's) quiz app (which as some noted might be /loosely/ related >>> to turkey *cough*) is also available on https://github.com/geokala/quizify >>> It's actually working now. The lesson is not to keep multiple copies of >>> the same file in different locations. Also, use absolute imports, and >>> don't use urllib directly. >>> >>> Additionally, if anyone was interested in a job working on Cloudify >>> (open source orchestration tool)- most likely working from home, ping me >>> a mail off list (happy to answer any questions on what it's like to work >>> on as well). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> S >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk at python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Atenciosamente/Regards >> Andr? Castelan Prado >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Prado wrote: > >> Thanks for sharing! Our group was the group 5 and the code is available > on > >> dan's repo > >> > >> https://github.com/lordmauve/nofu > >> > >> On 5 February 2016 at 10:26, SW wrote: > >>> > >>> Good morning, > >>> For those interested in where to obtain Turkey (the daily tasks > tracking > >>> tool) from after last night's talk on it: > >>> https://github.com/geokala/turkey > >>> > >>> Our (group 1's) quiz app (which as some noted might be /loosely/ > related > >>> to turkey *cough*) is also available on > https://github.com/geokala/quizify > >>> It's actually working now. The lesson is not to keep multiple copies of > >>> the same file in different locations. Also, use absolute imports, and > >>> don't use urllib directly. > >>> > >>> Additionally, if anyone was interested in a job working on Cloudify > >>> (open source orchestration tool)- most likely working from home, ping > me > >>> a mail off list (happy to answer any questions on what it's like to > work > >>> on as well). > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> S > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> python-uk mailing list > >>> python-uk at python.org > >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Atenciosamente/Regards > >> Andr? Castelan Prado > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> python-uk mailing list > >> python-uk at python.org > >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dmoisset at machinalis.com Sat Feb 6 18:53:27 2016 From: dmoisset at machinalis.com (Daniel Moisset) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 23:53:27 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 1:07 AM, Daniel Pope wrote: > > Londonites: London Python Dojo regulars have entered a team in the > competition a couple of times before, but to my knowledge the last time was > several years ago. Since then I've won the individual competition a couple > of times, but never the team competition. I think it's time the London > Python community stood up to the challenge and took that team trophy home*! > Because we're a city of talented, creative, witty Pythonistas. Who's with > me?! > I haven't participated in pyweek since... like 2008, but I'm interested! Should we follow up in private? D. -- Daniel F. Moisset - Technical Leader www.machinalis.com Skype: @dmoisset -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nick.a.sarbicki at gmail.com Sun Feb 7 02:56:40 2016 From: nick.a.sarbicki at gmail.com (Nick Sarbicki) Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 07:56:40 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Looks awesome! I'll get involved if I have any time that week :-). On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, 01:16 Daniel Pope wrote: > The 21st Pyweek competition is coming up at the end of the month, running > from 00:00 UTC on 28th February to 00:00 UTC 6th March. Pyweek is a games > programming contest in which you must write a game in Python, from scratch, > in exactly one week. Games must be written around a theme that is up for > voting in the week before the contest. The winning challenge theme is > announced at the moment the contest starts. Participants can enter as > individuals or teams, and there is one winner in each category based on > votes from other entrants. > > The URL: https://www.pyweek.org/ > > Pyweek is open to everyone: Python novices, adepts or experts. Even people > with no programming experience can contribute art, design, sound, music or > story to a team project. For some, it might be your first complete > end-to-end Python project. > > You can spend a few hours or all of the week; winning games have been > written in a day. One of the most fun aspects of Pyweek is to diarise your > progress and upload screenshots. Seeing other games develop, exchanging > development war stories and celebrating successes is part of the fun. > > I would encourage you to consider taking part. > > Londonites: London Python Dojo regulars have entered a team in the > competition a couple of times before, but to my knowledge the last time was > several years ago. Since then I've won the individual competition a couple > of times, but never the team competition. I think it's time the London > Python community stood up to the challenge and took that team trophy home*! > Because we're a city of talented, creative, witty Pythonistas. Who's with > me?! > > * There is no trophy. > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Participants can enter as >> individuals or teams, and there is one winner in each category based on >> votes from other entrants. >> >> The URL: https://www.pyweek.org/ >> >> Pyweek is open to everyone: Python novices, adepts or experts. Even >> people with no programming experience can contribute art, design, sound, >> music or story to a team project. For some, it might be your first complete >> end-to-end Python project. >> >> You can spend a few hours or all of the week; winning games have been >> written in a day. One of the most fun aspects of Pyweek is to diarise your >> progress and upload screenshots. Seeing other games develop, exchanging >> development war stories and celebrating successes is part of the fun. >> >> I would encourage you to consider taking part. >> >> Londonites: London Python Dojo regulars have entered a team in the >> competition a couple of times before, but to my knowledge the last time was >> several years ago. Since then I've won the individual competition a couple >> of times, but never the team competition. I think it's time the London >> Python community stood up to the challenge and took that team trophy home*! >> Because we're a city of talented, creative, witty Pythonistas. Who's with >> me?! >> >> * There is no trophy. >> > _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drake at lifein2d.co.uk Tue Feb 9 12:09:33 2016 From: drake at lifein2d.co.uk (Connor Shearwood) Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:09:33 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Count me in :) On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 at 17:00 wrote: > Send python-uk mailing list submissions to > python-uk at python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > python-uk-request at python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > python-uk-owner at python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of python-uk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? (Daniel Pope) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:02:05 +0000 > From: Daniel Pope > To: UK Python Users > Subject: Re: [python-uk] Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? > Message-ID: > < > CAGAAuhNug9FxL7ztu49X8oVzd-TZdoF2FREa+w566n7+vt3O2w at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thanks, everyone. Any other takers? > > Team, let's take this chat off-list. > > On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 07:58 Nick Sarbicki wrote: > > > Looks awesome! I'll get involved if I have any time that week :-). > > > > On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, 01:16 Daniel Pope wrote: > > > >> The 21st Pyweek competition is coming up at the end of the month, > running > >> from 00:00 UTC on 28th February to 00:00 UTC 6th March. Pyweek is a > games > >> programming contest in which you must write a game in Python, from > scratch, > >> in exactly one week. Games must be written around a theme that is up for > >> voting in the week before the contest. The winning challenge theme is > >> announced at the moment the contest starts. Participants can enter as > >> individuals or teams, and there is one winner in each category based on > >> votes from other entrants. > >> > >> The URL: https://www.pyweek.org/ > >> > >> Pyweek is open to everyone: Python novices, adepts or experts. Even > >> people with no programming experience can contribute art, design, sound, > >> music or story to a team project. For some, it might be your first > complete > >> end-to-end Python project. > >> > >> You can spend a few hours or all of the week; winning games have been > >> written in a day. One of the most fun aspects of Pyweek is to diarise > your > >> progress and upload screenshots. Seeing other games develop, exchanging > >> development war stories and celebrating successes is part of the fun. > >> > >> I would encourage you to consider taking part. > >> > >> Londonites: London Python Dojo regulars have entered a team in the > >> competition a couple of times before, but to my knowledge the last time > was > >> several years ago. Since then I've won the individual competition a > couple > >> of times, but never the team competition. I think it's time the London > >> Python community stood up to the challenge and took that team trophy > home*! > >> Because we're a city of talented, creative, witty Pythonistas. 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URL: From walker_s at hotmail.co.uk Wed Feb 10 06:36:49 2016 From: walker_s at hotmail.co.uk (SW) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:36:49 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Build Something- London, 17th Feb Message-ID: Good morning all, It's that time again- the next session is Wednesday 17th Feb. Join us for an evening of progress(?) on open source projects. http://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/228396073/ Hoping to see you there! Thanks, S From andreprado88 at gmail.com Wed Feb 10 16:22:58 2016 From: andreprado88 at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?QW5kcsOpIFByYWRv?=) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:22:58 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Count me in as well! On 9 February 2016 at 17:09, Connor Shearwood wrote: > Count me in :) > > On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 at 17:00 wrote: > >> Send python-uk mailing list submissions to >> python-uk at python.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> python-uk-request at python.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> python-uk-owner at python.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of python-uk digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? (Daniel Pope) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:02:05 +0000 >> From: Daniel Pope >> To: UK Python Users >> Subject: Re: [python-uk] Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team? >> Message-ID: >> < >> CAGAAuhNug9FxL7ztu49X8oVzd-TZdoF2FREa+w566n7+vt3O2w at mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> >> Thanks, everyone. Any other takers? >> >> Team, let's take this chat off-list. >> >> On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 07:58 Nick Sarbicki wrote: >> >> > Looks awesome! I'll get involved if I have any time that week :-). >> > >> > On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, 01:16 Daniel Pope wrote: >> > >> >> The 21st Pyweek competition is coming up at the end of the month, >> running >> >> from 00:00 UTC on 28th February to 00:00 UTC 6th March. Pyweek is a >> games >> >> programming contest in which you must write a game in Python, from >> scratch, >> >> in exactly one week. Games must be written around a theme that is up >> for >> >> voting in the week before the contest. The winning challenge theme is >> >> announced at the moment the contest starts. Participants can enter as >> >> individuals or teams, and there is one winner in each category based on >> >> votes from other entrants. >> >> >> >> The URL: https://www.pyweek.org/ >> >> >> >> Pyweek is open to everyone: Python novices, adepts or experts. Even >> >> people with no programming experience can contribute art, design, >> sound, >> >> music or story to a team project. For some, it might be your first >> complete >> >> end-to-end Python project. >> >> >> >> You can spend a few hours or all of the week; winning games have been >> >> written in a day. One of the most fun aspects of Pyweek is to diarise >> your >> >> progress and upload screenshots. Seeing other games develop, exchanging >> >> development war stories and celebrating successes is part of the fun. >> >> >> >> I would encourage you to consider taking part. >> >> >> >> Londonites: London Python Dojo regulars have entered a team in the >> >> competition a couple of times before, but to my knowledge the last >> time was >> >> several years ago. Since then I've won the individual competition a >> couple >> >> of times, but never the team competition. I think it's time the London >> >> Python community stood up to the challenge and took that team trophy >> home*! >> >> Because we're a city of talented, creative, witty Pythonistas. 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Presentation content can be at novice, intermediate or advanced level. Talks will run 30-40 min and hands-on tutorials will run 90-120 min. PyData presentations are a great way to share knowledge and experience. We welcome talks on know how tools are used, but discourage any proposals with the aim of selling a product. If you are interested in presenting a talk or tutorial, we encourage your submissions. To see the type of topics presented at previous PyData events, please look at our past conference sites at pydata.org or check out the videos on https://www.youtube.com/user/PyDataTV or vimeo.com/pydata. To submit a proposal: 1. Register on http://pydata.org/london2016/ 2. Create a speaker profile 3. Click on "Submit a new proposal" Conference ticket will be complimentary for speakers. Any questions can be directed to admin at pydata.org or myself. Proposals deadline is 29 February, 2016. We hope to hear from you! Best wishes, Cecilia From ntoll at ntoll.org Wed Feb 17 03:30:31 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:30:31 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) Message-ID: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Hi Folks, I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - please accept my sincere apologies. TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython related educational resources. These events would happen at university based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). The locations and proposed dates are as follows: London: 25th February Birmingham: 9th March Nottingham: 15th March Lancaster: 16th March Newcastle: 17th March Hertfordshire: 21st March Manchester: 23rd March Southampton: 23rd March It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the education of the next generation of programmers - your future colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and unambiguously good thing to do. If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of fun. Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start to coordinate things with CAS. I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. Best wishes, N. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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TJG From ntoll at ntoll.org Wed Feb 17 04:14:51 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:14:51 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C4399F.4000409@timgolden.me.uk> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> <56C4399F.4000409@timgolden.me.uk> Message-ID: <56C43A0B.5020004@ntoll.org> On 17/02/16 09:13, Tim Golden wrote: > I could travel to somewhere vaguely accessible from London. Do you have > specific locations? (Herts. is rather a big area, for example, and some > bits of it are closer to me than others). > You're a star! St Albans - it's at the University of Herts. N. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On 17/02/16 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Birmingham: 9th March Cheers Craig From sparks.m at gmail.com Wed Feb 17 04:22:13 2016 From: sparks.m at gmail.com (Michael) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:22:13 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: Nick, Please put me down for Lancaster and Manchester. BTW, did you mean for Manchester & Southampton to be on the same day? Manchester: 23rd March Southampton: 23rd March Michael On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers Rowan On 17 February 2016 at 09:22, Michael wrote: > Nick, > > > Please put me down for Lancaster and Manchester. > > BTW, did you mean for Manchester & Southampton to be on the same day? > > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > > Michael > > On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey > wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - >> please accept my sincere apologies. >> >> TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight >> meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not >> difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours >> of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to >> cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... >> >> Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass >> roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a >> series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the >> BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the >> seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a >> series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an >> exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. >> >> Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep >> subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most >> senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and >> what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. >> >> The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python >> developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython >> related educational resources. These events would happen at university >> based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC >> micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and >> demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and >> will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). >> >> The locations and proposed dates are as follows: >> >> London: 25th February >> Birmingham: 9th March >> Nottingham: 15th March >> Lancaster: 16th March >> Newcastle: 17th March >> Hertfordshire: 21st March >> Manchester: 23rd March >> Southampton: 23rd March >> >> It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an >> opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. >> >> Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need >> you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the >> education of the next generation of programmers - your future >> colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the >> next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. >> It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and >> unambiguously good thing to do. >> >> If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE >> PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable >> and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a >> difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of >> fun. >> >> Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? >> Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. >> >> If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start >> to coordinate things with CAS. >> >> I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover >> travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come >> about. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> N. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -- Rowan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mail at timgolden.me.uk Wed Feb 17 05:17:50 2016 From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:17:50 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Fwd: Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56C448CE.90704@timgolden.me.uk> [from python-list] From: Anubhav Yadav To: python-list at python.org I met @ntoll at an event in India. It was refreshing to see his passion for teaching kids about programming and python. I would have loved to be there, but I don't reside in the UK. Nevertheless, just replying to wish you guys all the best. On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Tim Golden wrote: > [Forwarding an email from python-uk in the hope that UK-based > Pythonistas might see it here who don't hang out there...] > > From: Nicholas H.Tollervey > Reply-To: UK Python Users > To: UK Python Users > > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav KPIT Technologies, Pune. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list From jon at wearefarm.com Wed Feb 17 05:19:51 2016 From: jon at wearefarm.com (Jon Atkinson) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:19:51 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: Happy to help out in Manchester. --Jon On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mail at timgolden.me.uk Wed Feb 17 05:22:06 2016 From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:22:06 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C43A0B.5020004@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> <56C4399F.4000409@timgolden.me.uk> <56C43A0B.5020004@ntoll.org> Message-ID: <56C449CE.9000109@timgolden.me.uk> On 17/02/2016 09:14, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > On 17/02/16 09:13, Tim Golden wrote: >> I could travel to somewhere vaguely accessible from London. Do you have >> specific locations? (Herts. is rather a big area, for example, and some >> bits of it are closer to me than others). >> > > You're a star! > > St Albans - it's at the University of Herts. I can almost certainly do that after work if no-one closer steps up. (But from their website, the University of Herts appears to be based in Hatfield. I can't find mention of a St Alban's campus). TJG From theology at gmail.com Wed Feb 17 05:49:22 2016 From: theology at gmail.com (Zeth) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:49:22 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: Hi Nick, Put me down for Birmingham of course, probably can do Nottingham and some of the Northern ones if needed. Best Wishes, Zeth On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > From harry.percival at gmail.com Wed Feb 17 06:24:54 2016 From: harry.percival at gmail.com (Harry Percival) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:24:54 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: v much up for this. London easiest for me but I'm sure I can wrangle some time off if you need someone to trek up the country somewhere... On 17 February 2016 at 10:49, Zeth wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Put me down for Birmingham of course, probably can do Nottingham and > some of the Northern ones if needed. > > Best Wishes, > Zeth > > On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey > wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > > please accept my sincere apologies. > > > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > > > London: 25th February > > Birmingham: 9th March > > Nottingham: 15th March > > Lancaster: 16th March > > Newcastle: 17th March > > Hertfordshire: 21st March > > Manchester: 23rd March > > Southampton: 23rd March > > > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get > involved. > > > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > > unambiguously good thing to do. > > > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > > fun. > > > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > > to coordinate things with CAS. > > > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come > about. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > N. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > python-uk mailing list > > python-uk at python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -- ------------------------------ Harry J.W. Percival ------------------------------ Twitter: @hjwp Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 Skype: harry.percival -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From xtian at babbageclunk.com Wed Feb 17 06:33:05 2016 From: xtian at babbageclunk.com (xtian) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:33:05 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: I'm keen too! I can only really do London though, sorry. On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 11:25 Harry Percival wrote: > v much up for this. London easiest for me but I'm sure I can wrangle some > time off if you need someone to trek up the country somewhere... > > On 17 February 2016 at 10:49, Zeth wrote: > >> Hi Nick, >> >> Put me down for Birmingham of course, probably can do Nottingham and >> some of the Northern ones if needed. >> >> Best Wishes, >> Zeth >> >> On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey >> wrote: >> > Hi Folks, >> > >> > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - >> > please accept my sincere apologies. >> > >> > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight >> > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not >> > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours >> > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to >> > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... >> > >> > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a >> grass >> > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a >> > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the >> > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the >> > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a >> > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an >> > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. >> > >> > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep >> > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most >> > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and >> > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. >> > >> > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python >> > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython >> > related educational resources. These events would happen at university >> > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC >> > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and >> > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and >> > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). >> > >> > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: >> > >> > London: 25th February >> > Birmingham: 9th March >> > Nottingham: 15th March >> > Lancaster: 16th March >> > Newcastle: 17th March >> > Hertfordshire: 21st March >> > Manchester: 23rd March >> > Southampton: 23rd March >> > >> > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an >> > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get >> involved. >> > >> > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need >> > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the >> > education of the next generation of programmers - your future >> > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the >> > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. >> > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and >> > unambiguously good thing to do. >> > >> > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE >> > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable >> > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a >> > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of >> > fun. >> > >> > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? >> > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. >> > >> > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start >> > to coordinate things with CAS. >> > >> > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover >> > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come >> about. >> > >> > Best wishes, >> > >> > N. >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > python-uk mailing list >> > python-uk at python.org >> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------ > Harry J.W. 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URL: From m at funkyhat.org Wed Feb 17 07:16:06 2016 From: m at funkyhat.org (Matt Wheeler) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:16:06 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: I could do On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > London: 25th February and/or > Hertfordshire: 21st March (Covering travel costs for Hertfordshire would be nice but not essential :)) Cheers -- Matt Wheeler http://funkyh.at From conrad at pythonanywhere.com Wed Feb 17 07:07:13 2016 From: conrad at pythonanywhere.com (Conrad Ho) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:07:13 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: <20160217120713.GA77705@noobs-MBP.config> I can do London + if Harry goes somewhere I could also tag along. Conrad On 02/17-11:33, xtian wrote: >I'm keen too! I can only really do London though, sorry. > >On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 11:25 Harry Percival wrote: > >> v much up for this. London easiest for me but I'm sure I can wrangle some >> time off if you need someone to trek up the country somewhere... >> >> On 17 February 2016 at 10:49, Zeth wrote: >> >>> Hi Nick, >>> >>> Put me down for Birmingham of course, probably can do Nottingham and >>> some of the Northern ones if needed. >>> >>> Best Wishes, >>> Zeth >>> >>> On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey >>> wrote: >>> > Hi Folks, >>> > >>> > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - >>> > please accept my sincere apologies. >>> > >>> > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight >>> > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not >>> > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours >>> > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to >>> > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... >>> > >>> > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a >>> grass >>> > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a >>> > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the >>> > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the >>> > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a >>> > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an >>> > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. >>> > >>> > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep >>> > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most >>> > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and >>> > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. >>> > >>> > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python >>> > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython >>> > related educational resources. These events would happen at university >>> > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC >>> > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and >>> > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and >>> > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). >>> > >>> > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: >>> > >>> > London: 25th February >>> > Birmingham: 9th March >>> > Nottingham: 15th March >>> > Lancaster: 16th March >>> > Newcastle: 17th March >>> > Hertfordshire: 21st March >>> > Manchester: 23rd March >>> > Southampton: 23rd March >>> > >>> > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an >>> > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get >>> involved. >>> > >>> > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need >>> > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the >>> > education of the next generation of programmers - your future >>> > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the >>> > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. >>> > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and >>> > unambiguously good thing to do. >>> > >>> > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE >>> > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable >>> > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a >>> > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of >>> > fun. >>> > >>> > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? >>> > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. >>> > >>> > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start >>> > to coordinate things with CAS. >>> > >>> > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover >>> > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come >>> about. >>> > >>> > Best wishes, >>> > >>> > N. >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > python-uk mailing list >>> > python-uk at python.org >>> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk at python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------ >> Harry J.W. Percival >> ------------------------------ >> Twitter: @hjwp >> Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 >> Skype: harry.percival >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> >_______________________________________________ >python-uk mailing list >python-uk at python.org >https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk -- Conrad Ho conrad at pythonanywhere.com PythonAnywhere: Develop Python in your browser PythonAnywhere LLP 17a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RD, UK VAT No.: GB 893 5643 79 Registered in England and Wales as company number OC378414. Registered address: 28 Ely Place, 3rd Floor, London EC1N 6TD, UK From helen at codepixies.co.uk Wed Feb 17 07:50:41 2016 From: helen at codepixies.co.uk (Helen Sherwood-Taylor) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:50:41 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <20160217120713.GA77705@noobs-MBP.config> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> <20160217120713.GA77705@noobs-MBP.config> Message-ID: I could do Southampton. On 17 February 2016 at 12:07, Conrad Ho wrote: > I can do London + if Harry goes somewhere I could also tag along. > > Conrad > > > On 02/17-11:33, xtian wrote: >> >> I'm keen too! I can only really do London though, sorry. >> >> On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 11:25 Harry Percival >> wrote: >> >>> v much up for this. London easiest for me but I'm sure I can wrangle >>> some >>> time off if you need someone to trek up the country somewhere... >>> >>> On 17 February 2016 at 10:49, Zeth wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Nick, >>>> >>>> Put me down for Birmingham of course, probably can do Nottingham and >>>> some of the Northern ones if needed. >>>> >>>> Best Wishes, >>>> Zeth >>>> >>>> On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey >>>> wrote: >>>> > Hi Folks, >>>> > >>>> > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - >>>> > please accept my sincere apologies. >>>> > >>>> > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight >>>> > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not >>>> > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours >>>> > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to >>>> > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... >>>> > >>>> > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a >>>> grass >>>> > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a >>>> > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the >>>> > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the >>>> > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during >>>> > a >>>> > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an >>>> > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. >>>> > >>>> > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep >>>> > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most >>>> > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and >>>> > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. >>>> > >>>> > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python >>>> > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through >>>> > MicroPython >>>> > related educational resources. These events would happen at university >>>> > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC >>>> > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and >>>> > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and >>>> > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). >>>> > >>>> > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: >>>> > >>>> > London: 25th February >>>> > Birmingham: 9th March >>>> > Nottingham: 15th March >>>> > Lancaster: 16th March >>>> > Newcastle: 17th March >>>> > Hertfordshire: 21st March >>>> > Manchester: 23rd March >>>> > Southampton: 23rd March >>>> > >>>> > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an >>>> > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get >>>> involved. >>>> > >>>> > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? >>>> > Need >>>> > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the >>>> > education of the next generation of programmers - your future >>>> > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the >>>> > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master >>>> > Teachers. >>>> > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and >>>> > unambiguously good thing to do. >>>> > >>>> > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE >>>> > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is >>>> > invaluable >>>> > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a >>>> > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot >>>> > of >>>> > fun. >>>> > >>>> > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step >>>> > up? >>>> > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. >>>> > >>>> > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can >>>> > start >>>> > to coordinate things with CAS. >>>> > >>>> > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover >>>> > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come >>>> about. >>>> > >>>> > Best wishes, >>>> > >>>> > N. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > python-uk mailing list >>>> > python-uk at python.org >>>> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> python-uk mailing list >>>> python-uk at python.org >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------ >>> Harry J.W. Percival >>> ------------------------------ >>> Twitter: @hjwp >>> Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 >>> Skype: harry.percival >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk at python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>> > >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > > -- > Conrad Ho > conrad at pythonanywhere.com > > PythonAnywhere: Develop Python in your browser > > > PythonAnywhere LLP > 17a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RD, UK > VAT No.: GB 893 5643 79 > Registered in England and Wales as company number OC378414. > Registered address: 28 Ely Place, 3rd Floor, London EC1N 6TD, UK > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk -- Helen Sherwood-Taylor Code Pixies - software and web development helen at codepixies.co.uk http://codepixies.co.uk/ From mail at timgolden.me.uk Wed Feb 17 08:13:10 2016 From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:13:10 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C43B76.40400@timgolden.me.uk> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> <56C43B76.40400@timgolden.me.uk> Message-ID: <56C471E6.1000201@timgolden.me.uk> On 17/02/2016 09:20, Tim Golden wrote: > On 17/02/2016 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: >> Hi Folks, > > [... forwarded to the main python-list ...] [Also added to planetpython.org (on the next refresh) via my blog] TJG From ntoll at ntoll.org Wed Feb 17 08:13:47 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:13:47 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C449CE.9000109@timgolden.me.uk> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> <56C4399F.4000409@timgolden.me.uk> <56C43A0B.5020004@ntoll.org> <56C449CE.9000109@timgolden.me.uk> Message-ID: <56C4720B.8060508@ntoll.org> On 17/02/16 10:22, Tim Golden wrote: > I can almost certainly do that after work if no-one closer steps up. > (But from their website, the University of Herts appears to be based in > Hatfield. I can't find mention of a St Alban's campus). > Ahh... my mistake. N. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From ntoll at ntoll.org Wed Feb 17 08:15:20 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:15:20 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: <56C47268.7080103@ntoll.org> Hi Folks, This thread just goes to show what an amazing bunch of people you all are. I have been and will continue to get in touch "out of band" from this thread. Put simply, the next steps are: * Me: coordinate with CAS * Me: send you a micro:bit to play with * You: attend the event and help master teachers. Hooray for the UK's awesome Python community. N. On 17/02/16 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From ntoll at ntoll.org Wed Feb 17 08:26:52 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:26:52 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: <56C4751C.7090105@ntoll.org> Hello Folks, Many many thanks for the awesome response. The next steps are... * Me: coordinate with CAS * Me: send you a micro:bit to play with * You: attend the event and help master teachers. I'll be in touch "out of band" from this thread to sort out the details. Yay for the UK's Python community being made up of such wonderful people. N. On 17/02/16 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From ntoll at ntoll.org Wed Feb 17 08:29:08 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:29:08 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> <20160217120713.GA77705@noobs-MBP.config> Message-ID: <56C475A4.3080504@ntoll.org> Hi Helen, Conrad, Ytian and Harry! :-P I'll be in touch! N. On 17/02/16 12:50, Helen Sherwood-Taylor wrote: > I could do Southampton. > > On 17 February 2016 at 12:07, Conrad Ho wrote: >> I can do London + if Harry goes somewhere I could also tag along. >> >> Conrad >> >> >> On 02/17-11:33, xtian wrote: >>> >>> I'm keen too! I can only really do London though, sorry. >>> >>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 11:25 Harry Percival >>> wrote: >>> >>>> v much up for this. London easiest for me but I'm sure I can wrangle >>>> some >>>> time off if you need someone to trek up the country somewhere... >>>> >>>> On 17 February 2016 at 10:49, Zeth wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Nick, >>>>> >>>>> Put me down for Birmingham of course, probably can do Nottingham and >>>>> some of the Northern ones if needed. >>>>> >>>>> Best Wishes, >>>>> Zeth >>>>> >>>>> On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi Folks, >>>>>> >>>>>> I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - >>>>>> please accept my sincere apologies. >>>>>> >>>>>> TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight >>>>>> meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not >>>>>> difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours >>>>>> of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to >>>>>> cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... >>>>>> >>>>>> Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a >>>>> grass >>>>>> roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a >>>>>> series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the >>>>>> BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the >>>>>> seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during >>>>>> a >>>>>> series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an >>>>>> exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. >>>>>> >>>>>> Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep >>>>>> subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most >>>>>> senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and >>>>>> what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. >>>>>> >>>>>> The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python >>>>>> developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through >>>>>> MicroPython >>>>>> related educational resources. These events would happen at university >>>>>> based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC >>>>>> micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and >>>>>> demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and >>>>>> will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). >>>>>> >>>>>> The locations and proposed dates are as follows: >>>>>> >>>>>> London: 25th February >>>>>> Birmingham: 9th March >>>>>> Nottingham: 15th March >>>>>> Lancaster: 16th March >>>>>> Newcastle: 17th March >>>>>> Hertfordshire: 21st March >>>>>> Manchester: 23rd March >>>>>> Southampton: 23rd March >>>>>> >>>>>> It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an >>>>>> opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get >>>>> involved. >>>>>> >>>>>> Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? >>>>>> Need >>>>>> you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the >>>>>> education of the next generation of programmers - your future >>>>>> colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the >>>>>> next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master >>>>>> Teachers. >>>>>> It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and >>>>>> unambiguously good thing to do. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE >>>>>> PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is >>>>>> invaluable >>>>>> and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a >>>>>> difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot >>>>>> of >>>>>> fun. >>>>>> >>>>>> Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step >>>>>> up? >>>>>> Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. >>>>>> >>>>>> If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can >>>>>> start >>>>>> to coordinate things with CAS. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover >>>>>> travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come >>>>> about. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best wishes, >>>>>> >>>>>> N. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> python-uk mailing list >>>>>> python-uk at python.org >>>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> python-uk mailing list >>>>> python-uk at python.org >>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> Harry J.W. Percival >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> Twitter: @hjwp >>>> Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 >>>> Skype: harry.percival >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> python-uk mailing list >>>> python-uk at python.org >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk at python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> >> >> >> -- >> Conrad Ho >> conrad at pythonanywhere.com >> >> PythonAnywhere: Develop Python in your browser >> >> >> PythonAnywhere LLP >> 17a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RD, UK >> VAT No.: GB 893 5643 79 >> Registered in England and Wales as company number OC378414. >> Registered address: 28 Ely Place, 3rd Floor, London EC1N 6TD, UK >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The next steps are... > > * Me: coordinate with CAS > * Me: send you a micro:bit to play with > * You: attend the event and help master teachers. > > I'll be in touch "out of band" from this thread to sort out the details. > > Yay for the UK's Python community being made up of such wonderful people. > > N. > > On 17/02/16 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - >> please accept my sincere apologies. >> >> TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight >> meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not >> difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours >> of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to >> cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... >> >> Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass >> roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a >> series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the >> BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the >> seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a >> series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an >> exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. >> >> Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep >> subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most >> senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and >> what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. >> >> The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python >> developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython >> related educational resources. These events would happen at university >> based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC >> micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and >> demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and >> will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). >> >> The locations and proposed dates are as follows: >> >> London: 25th February >> Birmingham: 9th March >> Nottingham: 15th March >> Lancaster: 16th March >> Newcastle: 17th March >> Hertfordshire: 21st March >> Manchester: 23rd March >> Southampton: 23rd March >> >> It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an >> opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. >> >> Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need >> you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the >> education of the next generation of programmers - your future >> colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the >> next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. >> It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and >> unambiguously good thing to do. >> >> If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE >> PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable >> and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a >> difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of >> fun. >> >> Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? >> Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. >> >> If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start >> to coordinate things with CAS. >> >> I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover >> travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> N. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From meh at elliott-hunter.co.uk Wed Feb 17 09:34:00 2016 From: meh at elliott-hunter.co.uk (meh) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:34:00 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: <56C484D8.5080907@elliott-hunter.co.uk> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joao at silvaneves.org Wed Feb 17 10:16:30 2016 From: joao at silvaneves.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o_Miguel_Neves?=) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:16:30 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: <1E5A88D7-A30F-42A3-B09E-48AB7C152742@silvaneves.org> Available for London. Good luck, Jo?o On 17 February 2016 08:30:31 GMT+00:00, "Nicholas H.Tollervey" wrote: >Hi Folks, > >I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - >please accept my sincere apologies. > >TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight >meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not >difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours >of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to >cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > >Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a >grass >roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a >series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the >BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the >seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a >series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an >exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > >Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep >subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most >senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and >what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > >The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python >developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through >MicroPython >related educational resources. These events would happen at university >based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC >micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and >demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and >will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > >The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > >London: 25th February >Birmingham: 9th March >Nottingham: 15th March >Lancaster: 16th March >Newcastle: 17th March >Hertfordshire: 21st March >Manchester: 23rd March >Southampton: 23rd March > >It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an >opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get >involved. > >Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? >Need >you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the >education of the next generation of programmers - your future >colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the >next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master >Teachers. >It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and >unambiguously good thing to do. > >If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE >PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is >invaluable >and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a >difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot >of >fun. > >Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step >up? >Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > >If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start >to coordinate things with CAS. > >I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover >travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come >about. > >Best wishes, > >N. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >python-uk mailing list >python-uk at python.org >https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.g.metcalfe at gmail.com Wed Feb 17 12:12:26 2016 From: j.g.metcalfe at gmail.com (Joe Metcalfe) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:12:26 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 150, Issue 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Nick, I'd be interested in helping but based in Swindon now. Do-able for me would probably be Birmingham or Southampton. Yours, Joe Metcalfe On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 9:18 AM, wrote: > Send python-uk mailing list submissions to > python-uk at python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > python-uk-request at python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > python-uk-owner at python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of python-uk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Call for Proposal for PyData London Conference (6-8 May 2016) > (Cecilia Liao) > 2. URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) > (Nicholas H.Tollervey) > 3. Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... > :-) (Tim Golden) > 4. Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... > :-) (Nicholas H.Tollervey) > 5. Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... > :-) (Glenn Rogers) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:38:54 +0000 > From: Cecilia Liao > To: UK Python Users > Subject: [python-uk] Call for Proposal for PyData London Conference > (6-8 May 2016) > Message-ID: <56C388DE.9010705 at yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi all, > > I am one of the volunteer organisers for the PyData London series of > meetups and conferences. Proposals are now being accepted for PyData > London Conference 2016, taking place on 6-8 May (1-day tutorial, 2-day > conference). If you work in data science, we would love to hear from you! > > The event brings together everyone from the data science community to > discuss new techniques and tools for management, analytics and > visualisation of data. PyData welcomes presentations focusing on Python > as well as other languages used in data science (e.g. R, Julia, etc.). > Presentation content can be at novice, intermediate or advanced level. > Talks will run 30-40 min and hands-on tutorials will run 90-120 min. > > PyData presentations are a great way to share knowledge and experience. > We welcome talks on know how tools are used, but discourage any > proposals with the aim of selling a product. If you are interested in > presenting a talk or tutorial, we encourage your submissions. To see the > type of topics presented at previous PyData events, please look at our > past conference sites at pydata.org or check out the videos on > https://www.youtube.com/user/PyDataTV or vimeo.com/pydata. > > To submit a proposal: > 1. Register on http://pydata.org/london2016/ > 2. Create a speaker profile > 3. Click on "Submit a new proposal" > > Conference ticket will be complimentary for speakers. Any questions can > be directed to admin at pydata.org or myself. Proposals deadline is 29 > February, 2016. > > We hope to hear from you! > > Best wishes, > Cecilia > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:30:31 +0000 > From: "Nicholas H.Tollervey" > To: UK Python Users > Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration > please... :-) > Message-ID: <56C42FA7.8000806 at ntoll.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 473 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-uk/attachments/20160217/37577137/attachment-0001.sig > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:13:03 +0000 > From: Tim Golden > To: UK Python Users > Subject: Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration > please... :-) > Message-ID: <56C4399F.4000409 at timgolden.me.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > On 17/02/2016 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > > London: 25th February > > Birmingham: 9th March > > Nottingham: 15th March > > Lancaster: 16th March > > Newcastle: 17th March > > Hertfordshire: 21st March > > Manchester: 23rd March > > Southampton: 23rd March > > I'm happy to help in London but I imagine that's where most of your help > will come from. > > I could travel to somewhere vaguely accessible from London. Do you have > specific locations? (Herts. is rather a big area, for example, and some > bits of it are closer to me than others). > > TJG > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:14:51 +0000 > From: "Nicholas H.Tollervey" > To: python-uk at python.org > Subject: Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration > please... :-) > Message-ID: <56C43A0B.5020004 at ntoll.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > On 17/02/16 09:13, Tim Golden wrote: > > I could travel to somewhere vaguely accessible from London. Do you have > > specific locations? (Herts. is rather a big area, for example, and some > > bits of it are closer to me than others). > > > > You're a star! > > St Albans - it's at the University of Herts. > > N. > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 473 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-uk/attachments/20160217/5e6374db/attachment-0001.sig > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:18:42 +0000 > From: Glenn Rogers > To: UK Python Users > Subject: Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration > please... :-) > Message-ID: > < > CACuqbfhZhefo254SZvNbrv28F5TLgKpAwYE64YiCt55bHPqYoA at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Southampton would be ok for me (or as equally bad as London!). > > Should be fun. > > Glenn > On 17 Feb 2016 08:31, "Nicholas H.Tollervey" wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > > please accept my sincere apologies. > > > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > > > London: 25th February > > Birmingham: 9th March > > Nottingham: 15th March > > Lancaster: 16th March > > Newcastle: 17th March > > Hertfordshire: 21st March > > Manchester: 23rd March > > Southampton: 23rd March > > > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get > involved. > > > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > > unambiguously good thing to do. > > > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > > fun. > > > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > > to coordinate things with CAS. > > > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come > about. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > N. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > python-uk mailing list > > python-uk at python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-uk/attachments/20160217/6c7a20e0/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > ------------------------------ > > End of python-uk Digest, Vol 150, Issue 9 > ***************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gadgetsteve at hotmail.com Wed Feb 17 12:40:31 2016 From: gadgetsteve at hotmail.com (Steve (Gadget) Barnes) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:40:31 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: On 17/02/2016 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > I think that this is a marvellous idea and a great response so far but have a bit of a moan to voice. Is it computers, python, teachers or Education that don't reach the West of England - If there were sessions at Bristol, (almost next door), Exeter (an hour down the road), or even Plymouth at a push I would be jumping forward to volunteer but it seems that the West Country is very under-represented. Keep up the good work but please look West. -- Steve (Gadget) Barnes Any opinions in this message are my personal opinions and do not reflect those of my employer. From cgbarnwell at gmail.com Wed Feb 17 13:00:25 2016 From: cgbarnwell at gmail.com (Charles Barnwell) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:00:25 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: Sign me up for Birmingham please Nick. Charles. On 17 Feb 2016 08:30, "Nicholas H.Tollervey" wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ntoll at ntoll.org Wed Feb 17 14:27:06 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 19:27:06 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: <56C4C98A.8050104@ntoll.org> Hi Steve, The initial list of locations came from CAS. The major centre in the West country is Plymouth. Unfortunately, no-one from that centre expressed an interest. However, if you can get together a group of Pythonistas and a suggested location I can prompt CAS again. CAS are being very supportive, but as a grass-roots movement they can only work with those who "step up" as it were. Interested? N. On 17/02/16 17:40, Steve (Gadget) Barnes wrote: > > > On 17/02/2016 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - >> please accept my sincere apologies. >> >> TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight >> meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not >> difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours >> of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to >> cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... >> >> Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass >> roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a >> series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the >> BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the >> seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a >> series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an >> exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. >> >> Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep >> subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most >> senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and >> what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. >> >> The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python >> developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython >> related educational resources. These events would happen at university >> based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC >> micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and >> demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and >> will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). >> >> The locations and proposed dates are as follows: >> >> London: 25th February >> Birmingham: 9th March >> Nottingham: 15th March >> Lancaster: 16th March >> Newcastle: 17th March >> Hertfordshire: 21st March >> Manchester: 23rd March >> Southampton: 23rd March >> >> It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an >> opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. >> > > I think that this is a marvellous idea and a great response so far but > have a bit of a moan to voice. > Is it computers, python, teachers or Education that don't reach the West > of England - If there were sessions at Bristol, (almost next door), > Exeter (an hour down the road), or even Plymouth at a push I would be > jumping forward to volunteer but it seems that the West Country is very > under-represented. > > Keep up the good work but please look West. > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From ed.hartley at gmail.com Wed Feb 17 15:21:21 2016 From: ed.hartley at gmail.com (Edward Hartley) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:21:21 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C475A4.3080504@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> <20160217120713.GA77705@noobs-MBP.config> <56C475A4.3080504@ntoll.org> Message-ID: <41DBB9DE-8F19-4911-9377-8EAE94161E43@gmail.com> Hi I've not seen what the commitment is but I can do something in the risibly named northern powerhouse corridor between Manchester and York dependent on contract commitments. 47 years programming 17 Python. Best Ed > On 17 Feb 2016, at 13:29, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > > Hi Helen, Conrad, Ytian and Harry! > > :-P > > I'll be in touch! > > N. > >> On 17/02/16 12:50, Helen Sherwood-Taylor wrote: >> I could do Southampton. >> >>> On 17 February 2016 at 12:07, Conrad Ho wrote: >>> I can do London + if Harry goes somewhere I could also tag along. >>> >>> Conrad >>> >>> >>>> On 02/17-11:33, xtian wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm keen too! I can only really do London though, sorry. >>>> >>>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 11:25 Harry Percival >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> v much up for this. London easiest for me but I'm sure I can wrangle >>>>> some >>>>> time off if you need someone to trek up the country somewhere... >>>>> >>>>>> On 17 February 2016 at 10:49, Zeth wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Nick, >>>>>> >>>>>> Put me down for Birmingham of course, probably can do Nottingham and >>>>>> some of the Northern ones if needed. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best Wishes, >>>>>> Zeth >>>>>> >>>>>> On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Folks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - >>>>>>> please accept my sincere apologies. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight >>>>>>> meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not >>>>>>> difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours >>>>>>> of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to >>>>>>> cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a >>>>>> grass >>>>>>> roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a >>>>>>> series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the >>>>>>> BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the >>>>>>> seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an >>>>>>> exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep >>>>>>> subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most >>>>>>> senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and >>>>>>> what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python >>>>>>> developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through >>>>>>> MicroPython >>>>>>> related educational resources. These events would happen at university >>>>>>> based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC >>>>>>> micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and >>>>>>> demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and >>>>>>> will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The locations and proposed dates are as follows: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> London: 25th February >>>>>>> Birmingham: 9th March >>>>>>> Nottingham: 15th March >>>>>>> Lancaster: 16th March >>>>>>> Newcastle: 17th March >>>>>>> Hertfordshire: 21st March >>>>>>> Manchester: 23rd March >>>>>>> Southampton: 23rd March >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an >>>>>>> opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get >>>>>> involved. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? >>>>>>> Need >>>>>>> you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the >>>>>>> education of the next generation of programmers - your future >>>>>>> colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the >>>>>>> next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master >>>>>>> Teachers. >>>>>>> It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and >>>>>>> unambiguously good thing to do. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE >>>>>>> PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is >>>>>>> invaluable >>>>>>> and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a >>>>>>> difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> fun. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step >>>>>>> up? >>>>>>> Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can >>>>>>> start >>>>>>> to coordinate things with CAS. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover >>>>>>> travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come >>>>>> about. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best wishes, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> N. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> python-uk mailing list >>>>>>> python-uk at python.org >>>>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> python-uk mailing list >>>>>> python-uk at python.org >>>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> Harry J.W. Percival >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> Twitter: @hjwp >>>>> Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 >>>>> Skype: harry.percival >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> python-uk mailing list >>>>> python-uk at python.org >>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> python-uk mailing list >>>> python-uk at python.org >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Conrad Ho >>> conrad at pythonanywhere.com >>> >>> PythonAnywhere: Develop Python in your browser >>> >>> >>> PythonAnywhere LLP >>> 17a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RD, UK >>> VAT No.: GB 893 5643 79 >>> Registered in England and Wales as company number OC378414. >>> Registered address: 28 Ely Place, 3rd Floor, London EC1N 6TD, UK >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk at python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk From ian.longmore1 at btinternet.com Wed Feb 17 15:29:47 2016 From: ian.longmore1 at btinternet.com (The Longmores) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:29:47 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) Message-ID: <66D39AAC-121C-4A13-8AED-A288AD4291F0@btinternet.com> Hi Nicholas, I have been a python developer for several years and I would be interested in volunteering for your event in Birmingham on 9th March. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards Jill Longmore Sent from my iPad From breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk Wed Feb 17 15:56:57 2016 From: breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk (Mark Lawrence) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:56:57 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) In-Reply-To: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> References: <56C42FA7.8000806@ntoll.org> Message-ID: On 17/02/2016 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > Southampton: 23rd March > I can do this, I'm also part of the code club initiative. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence From ford99 at ntlworld.com Sun Feb 21 15:37:12 2016 From: ford99 at ntlworld.com (Oracles Java Dev Newsletter) Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 21:37:12 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] Fw: new important message Message-ID: <00005fa4678a$77633658$0bee8da1$@ntlworld.com> Hello! New message, please read Oracles Java Dev Newsletter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leonaso43 at googlemail.com Sun Feb 21 20:26:27 2016 From: leonaso43 at googlemail.com (Leona So) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 01:26:27 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Fwd: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) Manchester: 23rd March Message-ID: Dear Sir/Madam, I have seen the CAS email from Python user group (Manchester) and thought I may be able to get involved. I am a college tutor at The Manchester College, volunteer for the IET Manchester (and currently the chair for the Young Professionals Network) and also the organiser of Django Girls Manchester . I have an interest in Python programming and attend Python Northwest user group regularly. I would be happy to get involved depending on the skills needed for the workshop, along with others from the user group who also expressed an interest in our last meet up group. What is required and level of skills needed to support the workshop? It would also be a good opportunity to let the teachers aware of Django Girls Manchester and also Code Up Manchester which I am supporting regularly. Thanks and I look forward to hear from you soon. Regards, Leona -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ntoll at ntoll.org Wed Feb 24 10:03:33 2016 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey) Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:03:33 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Tomorrow's London micro:bit / teacher mentoring Message-ID: <56CDC645.3050508@ntoll.org> Hi Folks, I arrived back from California yesterday and I'm slowly getting through my emails and I've prodded the CAS people. The quick take away is that the session scheduled for tomorrow doesn't require developers. It's turned into a bunch of teachers working out what they'd like to learn about the micro:bit. The upshot is that there will be several mentoring opportunities over the spring but the London crowd are organising themselves. I've been quite overwhelmed with the response - both in terms of the volume of emails I've had and the awesomeness of the UK's Python community. Rest assured, I'm on it and I'll ping out emails for the different centres as soon as I have more details. Best wishes, Nicholas. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk Wed Feb 24 15:38:33 2016 From: tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk (Tony Ibbs) Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:38:33 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Next Cambridge Python meeting: Tue 1st Mar 2016 Message-ID: <2B54BCF8-C528-46EF-A4A7-93435B641952@tibsnjoan.co.uk> As it says on our Google group: Anvil (www.anvil.works) is an IDE designed to make it easier for novice programmers to build web apps. You can design pages with a drag-n-drop GUI builder, and write your app logic in Python (server and client-side). Anvil comes with straightforward bindings for services like Google Sheets, Google Drive and Stripe - the goal is to be able to put together a working app, easily and quickly. Meredydd Luff, one of the authors, will lead an informal workshop. He will also be around to discuss programming usability, API design and how he implemented continuations in the Skulpt Python-to-Javascript compiler. Bring your laptop, and let's see what we can build in an evening! This meeting will be held at the Department of Engineering (that should link to a map), in room LR4, which is just off the foyer - it's the same room we used in January. Meetings after that will be: ? Tuesday 5th April 2016 - Compiling B with Python (http://www.meetup.com/CamPUG/events/227894378/) ? Tuesday 3rd May - to be determined ? Tuesday 7th June - to be determined Please note that we are also now on meetup.com, at http://www.meetup.com/CamPUG/. If possible, please RSVP there for meetings so we have an idea of numbers. As an incentive, there's much more detail about each meeting there Tweeting may occur at https://twitter.com/campython Tibs From info at whywouldwe.com Fri Feb 26 20:37:40 2016 From: info at whywouldwe.com (info at whywouldwe.com) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 04:37:40 +0300 Subject: [python-uk] Fw: new important message Message-ID: <0000f142fc96$07f25855$bf71d9e2$@whywouldwe.com> Hello! New message, please read info at whywouldwe.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ghayoun at gmail.com Mon Feb 29 06:01:43 2016 From: ghayoun at gmail.com (Gautier HAYOUN) Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:01:43 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Special London Python Code Dojo this Thursday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, Apologies for the late announcement, we were busy *packing* this month's dojo with cool stuff! Damien George will come to show us his work on MicroPython for the ESP8266, we are returning to Marks and Spencer Digital with a "Franglais" theme food and drinks and we have a cool book from O'Reilly to give away. This is all happening this Thursday the 3rd of March from 6:30 onwards. Check out all the exciting details and register at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-7-episode-7-tickets-22365980249 All programming abilities welcome, we have diverse attendants ranging from beginners to core Python contributors! The event address : M&S Digital 10 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LG See you at the Dojo! Gautier -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: