[Edu-sig] Python in education - looking forward

[Vern Ceder]

Andy,

I thought of that issue myself. Of course it depends on how much prep 
work the submitter is willing to do, and whether they want to recruit 
someone who is attending to "represent" them in person. I would hope 
that we also ultimately put everything submitted onto a wiki page linked 
from the edu-sig home page as well.

Obviously not a perfect solution, but still, it's something.

Cheers,
Vern

Andrew Harrington wrote:
> All sounds good Vern - consistent with our plans for the edu-sig page.  
> I'm not sure what is best for those who cannot attend - how much better 
> an unattended poster is that an entry on a wiki page off of edu-sig.
> 
> Andy
> 
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Vern Ceder <vceder at canterburyschool.org 
> <mailto:vceder at canterburyschool.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi everyone,
> 
>     As Kirby mentioned a couple of days ago (sorry about the late
>     follow-up), he and I have been kicking around some ideas with Steve
>     Holden. In his PyCon talk as the head of the PSF, Steve mentioned
>     that he felt outreach to the education community was key for
>     Python's long-term development, and he is willing put the support of
>     the PSF (monetary and otherwise) behind the idea.
> 
>     So this past week we talked over the need to carry forward the
>     momentum we always feel after meeting at PyCon, as well as the need
>     to break down the isolation that some of feel, and include those who
>     can't make it to PyCon.
> 
>     Steve's idea was to have a poster session at PyCon to spotlight
>     Python in Education over the previous year, and I agreed to do what
>     I could to move this forward. As we thought about it, we saw it
>     being a display area at PyCon where we could share success stories,
>     whether they were posters, slide shows, software demos, whatever.
>     Submissions would be invited (and welcomed) whether the submitter
>     could actually attend PyCon or not.
> 
>     To my mind this has several benefits: first, all of us can keep this
>     venue in the back of our minds as we go about what we do, and save
>     the best bits for sharing with the whole Python community; secondly,
>     having those success stories and projects before the whole community
>     would raise the profile of education and probably gain us not only
>     support, but helpers with good ideas; finally, the dialog that
>     emerges could help guide the PSF as it considers supporting and
>     encouraging projects relating to education.
> 
>     We might also submit a "The Year in Python Education" summary talk
>     for presentation in the regular PyCon program as a way to tie things
>     together, in addition to encouraging PyCon talks and lightning talks.
> 
>     So if you've made it this far (sorry for the length of this) I'd be
>     interested any reactions before I start pestering the python-org
>     list about it.
> 
>     Any thoughts? Any support? Any questions? Any objections?
> 
>     Cheers,
>     Vern
> 
>     -- 
>     This time for sure!
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This time for sure!
    -Bullwinkle J. Moose
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Vern Ceder, Director of Technology
Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804
vceder at canterburyschool.org; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137