[Baypiggies] Python course for non-programmer

[Carl Karsten]

wesley chun wrote:
>> I've tried but I just get so distracted when reading tutorials online
>> or any of the many Python books I own... I need a sit down and listen
>> to an instructor course that'll teach me what I need in an immersing
>> way.... does anyone know where a non-programmer can get such training?
> 
> 
> donna,
> 
> this is a good question.  on the flip side, i've developed what i
> think is a really good course called "Introduction to Programming".
> there is a "(using Python)" at the end, but i feel that it is not as
> much about Python as it is about programming in general.
> 
> the problem is that i've had no venue in order to deliver the course.
> it's not something that i can just go and market, you know?  how do
> you contact or reach non-programmers to tell them about a programming
> class?  i can't very send anything to the mailing list or CLP, so most
> technical folks *are* programmers!  so although i am ready to teach
> such a course, i have yet to find a way to deliver it.
> 
> just go to the website below, and click "Python Training".  look for
> the "Intro to Programming using Python" class and click once more to
> get a course description.  maybe if i can find a place to announce
> this to, i can actually hold this 2-day course!!
> 
> in a dilemma,
> -- wesley


wesley and all,

Assuming wesley does figure out how to do the course,  what do you think the 
value would be of a CD that was one big (or a bunch of small) AVI file format 
that had 3 'tracks' - audio, video of presenter, and a 1024x768 no loss version 
of whatever was sent to the overhead?

I need a few 'talks' lined up to justify purchasing a $300 vga->usb thingy plus 
the trouble to figure out how to make it all work.  the local (chicago) user 
group is an obvious choice.

It 'can' be done using software installed on the presenters laptop, but that 
causes just enough problems to warrant an external solution.  If it works as 
hoped, it will be used at PyCon08 where there just isn't time to do the software 
thing on 100 different laptops.

basically, all I am asking for at this time is to be kept informed if you plan 
on doing something.  at that point I can figure out what my plans are and we can 
work something out.

Carl K