[Inpycon] Proposal for “Python in Education” day in PyCon India

vijay kumar vnbang2003 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 8 08:08:27 EST 2017


>
> > IMO, this will help both school and college students get exposure to the
> Python world and an opportunity for them to meet and interact with Python
> professionals. We can also plan to provide participation certificate and
> goodies to the students who participate to encourage them.
>
> I would really appreciate any information on whether something like this
> is already in place for kids attending the local meet ups? After initiating
> the kids in the age group of 8-14 to basics of Python using turtle graphics
> and the young coders tutorials (https://github.com/
> mechanicalgirl/young-coders-tutorial) I have been trying to get them
> involved in the local Python Pune meet ups.
> The kids are largely self-motivated which is why they come to the Pune
> makerspace, however, it would really help in long term engagement if we can
> give certificates/goodies. IMO if we target the local regional meet ups for
> an active education track, they will organically grow and play a larger
> part in the main conference.
>


It is a good idea to have an educational track in regional meet ups. I was
thinking of organizing workshops in schools prior to PyCon India to get
them on boarded. But using the local meet ups would be much helpful in
terms of regular meet ups.
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