[python-uk] Educator-Developer forum

Nigel Kendrick nigel.kendrick at gmail.com
Tue Sep 20 05:40:14 EDT 2016


Hi Leo,

Count me in.

There was talk of setting up a STEM-oriented community on
https://www.stem.org.uk/ but I can't see any developments on that front
(yet?)

Nigel Kendrick
STEM Ambassador.

On 20 September 2016 at 09:16, Leo Huckvale <leohuckvale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>  At the "Adopt a Teacher/Developer" session at PyCon UK last weekend, I
> and a couple of other developers met with a teacher who suggested building
> a forum/portal/Q&A site for educators and developers to interact. The main
> aims of this would be to provide somewhere:
>
> - where educators could go and ask questions from developers (at *any*
> level, without fear, and preferably at short notice)
> - to continue "ed-dev" dialogue from PyCon throughout the year
> - to build a community around teaching Python in schools
>
>  It was suggested to me that this might fit somewhere under the PSF
> mantle, and that there are already plans afoot to build an education site
> there.
>
>  One of our number is currently setting up an Askbot site, so we can get a
> few developers and educators on board and see how it goes.
>
>  Please get in touch if you have any comments or know of any similar
> projects, or if you want to join in the fun as an educator or developer!
>
> Best regards,
> Leo Huckvale
>
>
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