[Chicago] python workshops for beginners

[sheila miguez]

I get nervous talking in front of people so I didn't say everything I
had wanted to when I announced the workshop.

If you check the wiki you can see the plans I am using from the Boston
group. They have been vetted extensively with beginners and shown to
work. I think it would be fun to have some exercises based on using
the cta api, or the chicago data portal. I also think it would be fun
to control a robot.

If I make up an exercise, I would like help from the group to make it
beginner friendly. The workshop is soon, so I don't know if we'd have
anything in time for it, but maybe we'd have something useful for a
future one.

thanks

Ps. encourage beginner friends to sign up. I want people who have
never programmed but are curious about it to sign up. I think this is
a really cool way to introduce people to programming.

-- 
sheila