[Edu-sig] Getting more involved with education and the PSF...

[Chalmer Lowe]

It has taken a while, but I am finally getting settled into my new job and
my new home, after a major relocation from the east coast to the pacific.

I am now in a much better position to pick up this conversation and start
moving forward with next year's Python Education Summit and working with
the community to advance python education.

I still have much to do to get the house fully habitable for the family, so
don't expect any mad dashes right off the bat, but I certainly want to
re-energize the conversation, make plans and begin execution.

chalmer


On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:15 PM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I agree, not a problem at all, to include a full spectrum of outreach /
> initiatives,
> to K-12 (or the equivalent in other namespaces / systems) and beyond.
>
> In terms of the website, I think the edu-sig home page is a good place to
> start:
> https://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/edu-sig
>
> I notice when I'm at the maillist info page and click on edu-sig home page,
> prominent at the top, I do NOT actually go to the above page, but to a
> SIGs-in-general page:
>
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
> --->  https://www.python.org/community/sigs
>
> This is clearly broken, and a test of our new administrative muscles would
> be
> to get that fixed, I would think.
>
> On the home page itself I find at least one dead end link, e.g. under
> Miscellaneous
>
> Software Carpentry <http://swc.scipy.org/> by Greg Wilson is a course on
> software development
> skills for scientists and engineers.
>
> That's not working at all.  Maybe it just moved?
>
> Kirby
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Jeff Elkner <jeff at elkner.net> wrote:
>
>> Which has not been a problem at all.  Think of the big involvement
>> from the RIT folks in this year's PES.  It's a meritocracy, after all.
>>  The volunteers who step forward determine what gets done.
>>
>> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Jessica Nickel <jessanickel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Kirby,
>> >
>> > I agree, and think there definitely needs to be a focus on both college
>> and
>> > community-based education outreach as well.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:26 PM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sounds good to me, as long as we're clear that "promoting Python in
>> >> education" is in no way limited to K-12.  I'm a full time teacher of
>> Python
>> >> to adults and like to think edu-sig is the right venue for my kind of
>> >> chatter as well.  So far, I've felt that way.  K-12 is important and
>> >> welcome, but not the whole show.
>> >>
>> >> Kirby
>>
>>
>
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