[Pythonedu-wg] How can you help Python in education today?

[Daniel Pope]

I've been distracted by orchestration frameworks and blogging and reading
about the horror show that is Brexit, but I hope to get back to edubundle
soonish. Also a new release of pgzero is long overdue.

On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 at 19:28 Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org> wrote:

> Amen Sister! You tell 'em how it is Carrie Anne. ;-)
>
> Stuff is in the pipeline for a dedicated site about Python in education.
> More on this *very* soon (including somewhere to go look, poke it with a
> stick and easy-to-follow instructions for how to contribute).
>
> As someone involved in Mu, I can't reiterate enough how important it is
> that we get feedback. There will be a new release over this weekend, and
> it'll be the final micro:bit only release. From now on, I intend making
> this a generic Python editor that'll work well with projects like
> PyGameZero, NetworkZero and so on.
>
> If you're interested, here's a sneak peak of what to expect in the next
> release:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my_MkYRoXQ8
>
> N.
>
> On 12/07/16 18:52, Carrie Anne Philbin wrote:
> > I've been distracted lately by all of the work that the micro-python
> > group have been doing to support the BBC micro:bit. Work that continues
> > and needs your support.
> >
> > 1. Work is continuing on Mu the learner focused Python IDE. The team
> > would really appreciate your thoughts and feedback, especially if you
> > work with young people or those new to Python. You can do so here, on
> > another thread or on the Microbit-Python mailing list.
> >
> > 2. Support for teachers/learners. If you need support learning python or
> > teaching with python then why not start a thread here? A wonderful
> > Python community person will help you out. This is a really quick and
> > simply way that members can get involved. They want to help you!
> >
> > 3. Lesson plans, tutorials/resources. Have you written any that you want
> > to share with others? Then share them here with a new thread. Spread the
> > love!
> >
> > 4. Documentation. Recently CodeBoom wrote a really good blog post about
> > the lack of good documentation for python modules that are used in
> > education. Could educators on this list, collate their most used modules
> > that need documenting for those wanting to get started with them. Could
> > others help with this?
> >
> > 5. Education bundle. Dan Pope started a thread sharing his progress on
> > this. Can you provide feedback, ideas, suggestions, a pat on the back,
> > testing opportunities in the future?
> >
> > The moral here is do not let this WG die! Everyone always asks me "how
> > can I get involved?" Educators share your success, failures and
> > frustrations. Community members share your ideas, solutions and
> good-will.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Carrie Anne.
> >
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