<p>I have a 2 hour Python Syntax talk, which is really abou 150 things to enter at the python prompt, with a few things to say about each. </p>
<p>When is the event? What is th AV plan? </p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 8, 2010 11:49 AM, "Brad Allen" <<a href="mailto:bradallen137@gmail.com">bradallen137@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><p><font color="#500050">On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Jeremy Dunck <<a href="mailto:jdunck@gmail.com">jdunck@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:...</font></p>> ...<br>
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> I see that was Greg Lindstrom. Do we have any materials he'd prepared<br>
> for that?<br>
<br>
No, he didn't have a chance to prepare any Python 101 materials. He<br>
had prepared for "So you just took Python 101; what next?", and I<br>
asked him if he also do the Python 101. He said he could do it if we<br>
couldn't find any other volunteers, but later, some major work-related<br>
issues came up and he had bow out due to lack of time to prepare. It's<br>
my fault for setting the CFPs date so late (July 15), and asking him<br>
at what amounted to the last minute.<br>
<br>
>Are there common 101 materials available from the PSF or<br>
> similar?<br>
<br>
I don't know. There are plenty of online Python tutorials which could<br>
be mined for source material (for example, see<br>
<a href="http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html" target="_blank">http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html</a> ) Anyone want to volunteer to<br>
research that and help assemble the appropriate materials?<br>
<br>
Right now we don't have enough volunteers involved to make this a<br>
success, so anyone willing to help should step forward.<br>
<br>
If you are willing to help with this, add your name as an instructor<br>
or a lab assistant on this wiki page:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://pytexas.org/PyTexas2010Python101" target="_blank">http://pytexas.org/PyTexas2010Python101</a><br>
<br>
I will try to rearrange the schedule so that Python 101 instructors<br>
and lab assistants don't have to miss the talks they are interested in<br>
(that probably means pushing the Rackspace OpenStack talks later...but<br>
let me know and I'll work with you on that).<br>
<br>
> How many 101 people are expected?<br>
<br>
Arthur answered that earlier in this thread, saying it's expected to<br>
be about 1/3 of attendees who are either beginners or have no Python<br>
experience. However, we don't know how many students will register at<br>
the last minute. We've sent out email announcements to profs asking<br>
them to notify students when they arrive from summer vacation, and<br>
we're planning to distribute flyers next weekend at Baylor.<br>
<br>
To help nail this down, I'll encourage people to start putting their<br>
names down on the wiki for the presentations they plan to attend.<br>
<br>
> Where are the results of that survey? Sorry I've only been sporadicly<br>
> paying attention to PyTexas.<br>
<br>
The survey results are here:<br>
<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=y_2bGUGjyJn9S3p2J1v0luoC16liVIRYiAzwnR3gwyPO8_3d" target="_blank">http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=y_2bGUGjyJn9S3p2J1v0luoC16liVIRYiAzwnR3gwyPO8_3d</a><br>
<br>
Arthur's survey analysis is here:<br>
<a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AscL5At5nr5FdFJXaTdnS2sxZl9hTDNZX2ZFOHpsbmc&output=html" target="_blank">https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AscL5At5nr5FdFJXaTdnS2sxZl9hTDNZX2ZFOHpsbmc&output=html</a><br>
<p><font color="#500050"><br><br>>> One idea for making this work would be to develop a strategy for<br>>> pairing up the students wit...</font></p>> This fits closely with a way of teaching I've been thinking about, but<br>
> I agree the laptop coverage could be an issue.<br>
<br>
Use of a pair programming approach could help resolve that. We could<br>
bring some old PCs running Linux to help with that, if we can find<br>
wireless adapters.<br>
<br>
We have from 8am-10am on the schedule before any classes and<br>
presentations start, which should give people time to get situated and<br>
hopefully during that time we can also make sure everyone has a<br>
computer, network access, Python installed, etc.<br>
<br>
> What about a start-of-class quiz to figure out who is more experienced<br>
> of the group and have that person lead a pair of greener people?<br>
<br>
I don't know if a written quiz will make sense in the chaos of<br>
preparatory setup. Probably an informal hand raising will do the job.<br>
<br>
> Don't need full coverage that way, and I think small groups of 2 or 3<br>
> would still be useful for collaborating.<br>
<br>
Sure, I agree.<br>
<br>
> One problem with this is that there will be a bunch of bootstrapping<br>
> issues that can't be waited on -- installing and intro to REPL is one<br>
> of them. I think front-of-class instruction for the starting stuff<br>
> that can't be deferred would still be useful, with follow-on support<br>
> for people that got lost in that intro. Otherwise I think the idea is<br>
> pretty good. Perhaps an add-on would be if people are able to teach a<br>
> topic, they safety-pin that ribbon to their shirt. Less waving, more<br>
> hailing.<br>
<br>
Yes, that sounds great...I'm having visions of our more experienced<br>
attendees covered in dozens of multi-colored ribbons and possibly<br>
medals. Maybe we can also come up with special stackable hats, with<br>
each color or pattern corresponding to an area of expertise. Whoever<br>
leads this session can do it however they want as far as I'm concerned<br>
:-)<br>
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