[Edu-sig] Fwd: Joining my first SIG

Andre Roberge andre.roberge at gmail.com
Sun Oct 24 01:04:40 CEST 2010


Oops, used reply to user rather than to the whole list.

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From: Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Joining my first SIG
To: Zac Miller <zmiller at gsc.edu>


Welcome aboard Zac!

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Zac Miller <zmiller at gsc.edu> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I've just joined this SIG, my first, and looked over a few of the archived
> threads from last few months.  My name is Zac Miller and I am currently
> teaching Python programming to college and middle school level students.
>
> I am curious if there are many K12 educators involved in this SIG?  I am
> looking for people to discuss my student's progress with and it seems to be
> hard to find others using Python in this setting.
>

I know that there are a few at least, including some long time contributors
(Andy Judkis and Jeff Elkner for instance).  Hopefully they will chime in.


>
> I am also considering putting together a talk proposal for PyCon 2011.  So
> far my ideas for a talk would be a brief introduction of myself and my
> experiences learning and teaching Python in the past year.  I attended PyCon
> 2010 as student.  Beyond that brief introduction I would like to discuss the
> state of programming in K12 education in the state of Georgia, as much of it
> as I have been able to untangle, and ideas for improving it.
>
> There's usually a meeting organized for one evening by edu-sig people
during PyCon.   I don't know if I'll be going to Pycon this year, but I
would strongly encourage you to look up other edu-sig people at that
meeting.

André Roberge


> I've completed a few open record requests to the Georgia Department of
> Education pulling enrollment number for programming and computer science
> courses for the entire state.  What would make for an interested PyCon talk
> on K12 education involving Python?  Does anyone have similar data or a
> summary of programming education for another state they wouldn't mind
> sharing for me to use as comparison?  Anyone interested in doing a Panel
> proposal?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -J. Zachary Miller
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