From olemis at gmail.com  Tue Jul  5 15:57:55 2016
From: olemis at gmail.com (Olemis Lang)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 14:57:55 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] Fwd: [scipyla2017] SciPyLA 2017 in Havana, Cuba
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On 6/30/16, Jacqueline Kazil <jackiekazil at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is so amazing! I will definitely share in Pyladies networks!
>
> Eeeeeek! So exciting!!??

Thanks Jackie !
We'll need all kind of help with distributing this news but , please ,
make sure to add a reference to the following two Facebook and Twitter
posts .

https://twitter.com/olemislc/status/748327060590850049
https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/posts/620627351425173

Cheers

[...]

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Featured article:

From jackiekazil at gmail.com  Tue Jul  5 16:28:48 2016
From: jackiekazil at gmail.com (Jacqueline Kazil)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 23:28:48 +0300
Subject: [Python-cuba] Fwd: [scipyla2017] SciPyLA 2017 in Havana, Cuba
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Done!

On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 10:57 PM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/30/16, Jacqueline Kazil <jackiekazil at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is so amazing! I will definitely share in Pyladies networks!
> >
> > Eeeeeek! So exciting!!??
>
> Thanks Jackie !
> We'll need all kind of help with distributing this news but , please ,
> make sure to add a reference to the following two Facebook and Twitter
> posts .
>
> https://twitter.com/olemislc/status/748327060590850049
> https://www.facebook.com/TheCubanTech/posts/620627351425173
>
> Cheers
>
> [...]
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Olemis - @olemislc
>
> Apache? Bloodhound contributor
> http://issues.apache.org/bloodhound
> http://blood-hound.net
>
> Brython committer
> http://brython.info
> http://github.com/brython-dev/brython
>
> SciPy Latin America - Cuban Ambassador
> Chairman of SciPy LA 2017
>
> Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/
> Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/
>
> Featured article:
>



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From olemis at gmail.com  Mon Jul 11 15:51:33 2016
From: olemis at gmail.com (Olemis Lang)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:51:33 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] [RFC] Community-driven platform for running
 workshops to teach Python programming
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On 5/23/16, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
[...]
>> a decentralized open source and collaborative platform to run
>> workshops to teach Python programming . Do you know of anything
>> similar ?
>>
[...]
>
> I've been polling edu-sig (@python.org) with similar questions, having had
> three+ years with an in-house asynchronous so-called Nano, which allowed
> Python students to submit programs and quiz answers for evaluation to
> human evaluators (called mentors).
>

In this case a notorious difference consists in the fact that
evaluation is automated . I'm not sure of whether that matters when it
comes to your thought below .

> When every quiz submission is also an opportunity to ask specific questions
> requiring customized sometimes researched answers, you're at one end of
> the spectrum.  Everything robo-graded where the machine evaluates in
> mere milliseconds, serving millions, is at the other end of said spectrum.
>

So this is what  was talking about . What I'm looking for is more
close to the fully automated grading scenario , but with eventual
possibity of being complemented by in person support/mentoring .

> Providing one-on-one coaching through mentor services is not practical in a
> real time tutorial or workshop setting.  Even with a one-to-one ratio (not
> common), a difficult bug will not yield to scrutiny immediately, and some
> concepts (such as 'yield' in Python) take time to digest.

+1

[...]
>
> The robo-grading parlor
> is useful to students who also have access to live humans, but
> over-reliance
> on robo-grading is not going to benefit students beyond a certain level.
>

... but I guess it may be deployed to the masses as a first contention
approach .

> What Nano did for us is organize student submissions in queues, time
> stamped, but returnable in any order.  Our rule was three business days
> max for any turnaround, with the average quite a bit less, sometimes
> just hours or even minutes.  Sorting by project meant evaluating many
> solutions to the same problem and that could be a more productive order
> for a mentor, ditto quizzes.  Students could ask for clarification and more
> background, and expect considered answers -- just not in real time.
>
> I've also done real time workshops over the web, and that's a different
> animal.

yeah , I'd consider that a bit off-topic indeed .

[...]
>
> A potential pitfall is either/or thinking and imagining some contest
> between
> all these modes where in fact such a contest does not exist. They're all
> with us to stay.  That being said, finding the right mix or sweet spot is
> in
> itself a skill and I think we're still in the initial experimental phase of
> finding
> out how client-server technology is going to change our learning
> strategies.
>

I might agree or not , but I'm definitely looking for one (such)
imperfect instance resembling workshoppers + NodeSchool .

[...]
> I'd be interested to find out about
> more mentor-centric solutions especially (the robo-grader systems already
> seem to be doing pretty well).
>

I know of robo-graders but found nothing similar to NodeSchool
workshoppers [1]_ implemented in Python .

.. [1] http://nodeschool.io/building-workshops.html

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From kirby.urner at gmail.com  Mon Jul 11 16:36:58 2016
From: kirby.urner at gmail.com (kirby urner)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:36:58 -0700
Subject: [Python-cuba] [RFC] Community-driven platform for running
 workshops to teach Python programming
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On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:

<< SNIP >>


> > I'd be interested to find out about
> > more mentor-centric solutions especially (the robo-grader systems already
> > seem to be doing pretty well).
> >
>
> I know of robo-graders but found nothing similar to NodeSchool
> workshoppers [1]_ implemented in Python .
>
> .. [1] http://nodeschool.io/building-workshops.html
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Olemis - @olemislc
>


I share your interest.  One of the most impressive robograded curricula
I've come across is freecodecamp.org

The source code is BSD Clause-3 whatever that means (not GPL I guess):

https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/FreeCodeCamp

but even so, it's not in Python.

Some of the roboschools teach Python or use Python, but that doesn't mean
their back ends are either open or in Python.

I look forward to learning what you find, will let you know what I come
across.

Kirby
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From betsy at python.org  Wed Jul 13 11:57:07 2016
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:57:07 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: Monthly Report for PSF July Board
 Meeting
Message-ID: <CAKMnukoHLVQxUopxFubKppHwfaYL61cOZV5hR+j1HSUiiZQEeA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi WGs!

It's that time again - Please submit your brief working group report before
Tuesday, July 26 so that I can add it to the agenda.

Best,

Betsy

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From olemis at gmail.com  Sun Jul 17 13:39:33 2016
From: olemis at gmail.com (Olemis Lang)
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:39:33 -0500
Subject: [Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: Monthly Report for PSF July Board
 Meeting
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On 7/13/16, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org> wrote:
> Hi WGs!
>
> It's that time again - Please submit your brief working group report before
> Tuesday, July 26 so that I can add it to the agenda.
>

The report , afaict

* SciPyLA 2017
  - Announcement of the conference next year in Cuba [1]_
    * Distribution in Cuba (pending full report by
      Abel Meneses, Chair of the Academic Program Committee)
    * +3K people interested [9]_
  - Plecaholder landing page for the event [2]_
  - Anticipated call for papers released [3]_ [4]_
  - Design of the visual identity of the conference [5]_
    + Two iterations
    + Might need minor adjustments
  - Two candidate magazines for publishing conf papers
    + Selection process in progress
  - Preparing for diffusion via Google+
* Starting preparation for 1st PyCon Cuba 2017
* In a podcast [6]_ recorded by Cachivache Media [7]_ we,
  the organizers of Encuentros Sociales de Desarrolladores [8]_ ,
  mentioned the articles published in the PSF blog about
  David Mertz visit to attend 10th ESD and CubaConf 2016 .
  - Thanks Mary Ann !

.. [1] https://facebook.com/TheCubanTech/posts/620627351425173

.. [2] https://scipyla.org/conf/2017

.. [3] https://facebook.com/TheCubanTech/posts/626084820879426

.. [4] https://twitter.com/TheCubanTech/status/752952669967220736

.. [5] https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.628247303996511.1073741831.602391173248791&type=3

.. [6] https://cachivachemedia.com/podcast-esd-6e8a41fc8329#.698ebjem1

.. [7] https://twitter.com/CachivacheMedia

.. [8] http://esdcuba.co

.. [9] https://twitter.com/TheCubanTech/status/750826157600182272

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From kirby.urner at gmail.com  Sun Jul 17 18:07:41 2016
From: kirby.urner at gmail.com (kirby urner)
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:07:41 -0700
Subject: [Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: Monthly Report for PSF July Board
 Meeting
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On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/13/16, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org> wrote:
> > Hi WGs!
> >
> > It's that time again - Please submit your brief working group report
> before
> > Tuesday, July 26 so that I can add it to the agenda.
> >
>
> The report , afaict
>
>

Excellent report.  I could not have been this detailed by a long shot, from
my angle. [1]

I'd add, at the risk of sharing old news, that Guido mentioned in his
keynote at Portland
Pycon about his interest in going to a Pycon in Cuba next year.  Everything
dovetails.

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-cuba/2016-June/000226.html

https://youtu.be/YgtL4S7Hrwo?t=41m25s

The whole talk is well worth watching, though my URL advances the playhead
to the end.

I learned we could overload @ as an operator in 3.6.

Shows my attention had wandered, that I didn't know that.

Kirby
@thekirbster
@4DsolutionsPDX

[1]  Meanwhile, in Puerto Rico...

http://controlroom.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-last-colony-movie-review.html
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104069875247835885163
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From betsy at python.org  Mon Jul 18 12:21:57 2016
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:21:57 -0700
Subject: [Python-cuba] ACTION NEEDED: Monthly Report for PSF July Board
 Meeting
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Thank you for the excellent report! You have all been very busy :-).

Betsy

On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 3:07 PM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 7/13/16, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org> wrote:
>> > Hi WGs!
>> >
>> > It's that time again - Please submit your brief working group report
>> before
>> > Tuesday, July 26 so that I can add it to the agenda.
>> >
>>
>> The report , afaict
>>
>>
>
> Excellent report.  I could not have been this detailed by a long shot,
> from my angle. [1]
>
> I'd add, at the risk of sharing old news, that Guido mentioned in his
> keynote at Portland
> Pycon about his interest in going to a Pycon in Cuba next year.
> Everything dovetails.
>
> https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-cuba/2016-June/000226.html
>
> https://youtu.be/YgtL4S7Hrwo?t=41m25s
>
> The whole talk is well worth watching, though my URL advances the playhead
> to the end.
>
> I learned we could overload @ as an operator in 3.6.
>
> Shows my attention had wandered, that I didn't know that.
>
> Kirby
> @thekirbster
> @4DsolutionsPDX
>
> [1]  Meanwhile, in Puerto Rico...
>
> http://controlroom.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-last-colony-movie-review.html
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104069875247835885163
>
>
>
>
>


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Python Software Foundation
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