[Chicago] ChiPy Call for December 10th Speakers

[Naomi Ceder]

HI,

I would be happy to give a talk on Micropython on the micro:bit. Proposal
follows:

*Meet Mary the micro:bit*

You may have heard of the BBC micro:bit - a tiny (2" x 2.5") ARM based
single board computer that every 11 year old in Britain will be receiving
in a few months. (And if you haven't, well, as for everything else, start
with Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Bit>.) Even better, the
micro:bit runs Python 3 (MicroPython, to be exact).

The Python Software Foundation is a partner in the project, thanks largely
to the heroic work of my friend Nicholas Tollervey. (see
http://ntoll.org/article/story-micropython-on-microbit for more)

The micro:bit will be released in the UK some time around February, and
should be available commercially shortly after that. Even though the
micro:bit has't been officially released yet, a few have made their way out
the door ("fallen off the truck" as we used to say). And I helped Nicholas
cook up the idea of sending 5 of them on a world tour
<http://microworldtour.github.io/>. (Disclosure: yes, this was partly
selfish - I knew it was the only way I was going to get my hands on one.)
So I happen to have one these precious few devices in the wild.

I'd be happy to give a 30-45 minute talk about the background of the
micro:bit and getting Python on it, about the teaching implications, the
development done so far, and what's needed for the future, as well as the
world tour that several of the devices are on. There would also be a live
demo of the device.

Cheers,
Naomi Ceder

On 30 November 2015 at 23:38, Joe Jasinski <joe.jasinski at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> ChiPy is looking for speakers for the December 10th Meeting.  ChiPy is
> eager to hear talks from both new and veteran speakers.  If you are looking
> to get involved in the Python community, this is a great opportunity to
> share your Python-related knowledge.
>
> Talk lengths are flexible and typically range between 10 and 45 minutes
> (which includes time for questions).  As ChiPy is a Python-group, we ask
> that the talks be Python-related.
>
> If you'd like to submit a topic, please send your talk idea to this list.
>  We'll also need you to fill out the talk proposal form so we can get
> your talk on the schedule.
> http://www.chipy.org/meetings/topics/propose
>
> Let me know if you have any questions, and hope to hear from you soon!
>
> If you'd like to attend the next meeting, you can rsvp at chipy.org or
> via our Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/> group.
>
> Joe
>
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Naomi Ceder
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