[Python-cuba] sharing Python with copyleft materials / indigenous schools

[Pablo Gabriel Celayes]

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Luciano Ramalho <luciano at ramalho.org>
wrote:

> In Brazil we've translated the Python tutorial do Portuguese, and I
> have some tips about how to do it if there is an effort to do the same
> in Spanish (actually, a Spanish translation may already exist, I did
> not look).
>
It exists indeed, the Python Argentina community did it some years ago:

http://docs.python.org.ar/tutorial/index.html



>
> Having at least part of the docs translated is *extremely* helpful.
> Most people in the Americas speak only their mother tongue. Those who
> also know a second language are a small minority.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Luciano
>
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:08 PM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > This article was posted by one of my co-workers to an internal company
> > discussion list.  It describes our market pretty well.
> >
> >
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/coding-classes-attract-college-grads-who-want-better-jobs
> >
> > I'm guessing South / Central America are no different from North America
> in
> > finding that programming skills are (A) marketable (in demand) and (B)
> > acquirable on-line.
> >
> > I've talked with Tati from Brazil quite a bit about what Python in
> > Portuguese from a distance learning source might look like.  This was a
> > theme of our school at OSCON last year:
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbyurner/sets/72157645488715488
> >
> > I'm guessing Cuba is well able to come up with indigenous schools that
> > answer this growing need i.e. I'm not suggesting off-shore solutions or
> > out-sourcing in any way, although one might argue that increasingly
> > geography is not what matters (where the racks are in the cloud is
> > immaterial).
> >
> > On the contrary, I would imagine a way to be useful would be to suggest
> ways
> > to share Python locally and effectively, and to also learn from many
> > in-place examples.  What distance learning solutions are emerging in Cuba
> > and neighboring regions?
> >
> > As a North American (Pacific side, almost in Canada) I'm very aware that
> > we're still working to figure it out -- how to use distance learning
> > technology most effective.
> >
> > I just was at a whole conference on this topic (USDLA in St. Louis MO)
> and
> > learned about some of the bold experiments different US states are
> trying.
> > They're not all the same!
> >
> > Creative Commons and copyleft in general is a way to save on curriculum
> > materials (the opening keynote was on this).  For example, I've put
> Python
> > materials on Wikieducator, a Wiki for teachers willing to open source
> their
> > materials.
> >
> > Example:  Here's a Creative Commons Wiki page I picked up from a previous
> > editor and fleshed out a lot more.
> >
> > http://wikieducator.org/PYTHON_TUTORIALS
> >
> > A Cuban Wiki with lots of Pythonistas contributing might be something
> > Python.org could either encourage and/or at least link to.
> >
> > Kirby Urner
> > Python Mentor
> > O'Reilly School of Technology
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
> --
> Luciano Ramalho
> |  Author of Fluent Python (O'Reilly, 2015)
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> |  Professor em: http://python.pro.br
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