[Chicago] ChiPy November 2016 Meeting: Python Education

[Randy Baxley]

I wish I could be there.  I will likely be teaching high school students
web dev and python this summer but have never gotten django to work for me

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Joe Jasinski <joe.jasinski at gmail.com> wrote:

> ChiPy,
>
> This month we have a great meeting planned.  Our theme this month is
> Python education, so some of our talks will be focused around that.
>
> *When:*
> Thursday November 10th
> 6:00pm:  doors open; food arrives
> 7:00pm:  Talks Start promptly at 7
>
>
> *How:*You can rsvp at chipy.org or via our Meetup
> <https://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/events/235068428/> group.
>
> *Where:*
> Coding Dojo
> 213 W Institute Pl #207 Chicago, IL 60610
>
> *What:*
>
>
>    - *Migrating django application data*
>    (0:25:00 Minutes)
>    By: Eevel Weezel
>    Discussion of common problems migrating Django application databases,
>    particularly when switching DBMS.
>    - *Introducing Python in an after school setting*
>    (0:15:00 Minutes)
>    By: Kenneth Wade
>    I've lead a couple once-a-week, 10-week apprenticeships that allow
>    5th-8th grade students to explore the basics of Python through an
>    interactive shell at their elementary school. The students primarily use
>    lab computers, but they are also exposed to general command-line concepts
>    through the use of several customized Linux laptops. In this talk I will
>    discuss my goals for the students, the concepts that I introduce, how I
>    interact with the students, some of the challenges that arise (for myself
>    and the students), and some tips that may be helpful to other volunteers.
>    - *Module the Month: Turtle*
>    (0:10:00 Minutes)
>    By: Chris Foresman
>    In keeping with the education theme, I thought I would give a talk on
>    the Turtle module in Python, which is more or less a clone of Logo.
>
>
>
> Thanks always to all our Platinum sponsors, especially: Braintree,
> Imaginary Landscape, and Telnyx.
>
> Please be aware of our code of conduct http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/
>
> See you there!
>
> --
> Joe J. Jasinski
> www.joejasinski.com
>
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