[Chicago] python workshops for beginners

[Brian Curtin]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:21 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
> I get nervous talking in front of people so I didn't say everything I
> had wanted to when I announced the workshop.
>
> If you check the wiki you can see the plans I am using from the Boston
> group. They have been vetted extensively with beginners and shown to
> work. I think it would be fun to have some exercises based on using
> the cta api, or the chicago data portal. I also think it would be fun
> to control a robot.
>
> If I make up an exercise, I would like help from the group to make it
> beginner friendly. The workshop is soon, so I don't know if we'd have
> anything in time for it, but maybe we'd have something useful for a
> future one.
>
> thanks
>
> Ps. encourage beginner friends to sign up. I want people who have
> never programmed but are curious about it to sign up. I think this is
> a really cool way to introduce people to programming.

http://lgilchrist.com/how-we-got-50-women-to-our-hackathon/ has some
great ideas and areas to consider when putting this event together.

The "be student-friendly" part is especially important with the number
of colleges we have in the area, but it may be a bit early since I can
never remember when everyone goes back to school.