[Python-cuba] sharing Python with copyleft materials / indigenous schools

[Luciano Ramalho]

In Brazil we've translated the Python tutorial do Portuguese, and I
have some tips about how to do it if there is an effort to do the same
in Spanish (actually, a Spanish translation may already exist, I did
not look).

Having at least part of the docs translated is *extremely* helpful.
Most people in the Americas speak only their mother tongue. Those who
also know a second language are a small minority.

Cheers,

Luciano


On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:08 PM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This article was posted by one of my co-workers to an internal company
> discussion list.  It describes our market pretty well.
>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/coding-classes-attract-college-grads-who-want-better-jobs
>
> I'm guessing South / Central America are no different from North America in
> finding that programming skills are (A) marketable (in demand) and (B)
> acquirable on-line.
>
> I've talked with Tati from Brazil quite a bit about what Python in
> Portuguese from a distance learning source might look like.  This was a
> theme of our school at OSCON last year:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbyurner/sets/72157645488715488
>
> I'm guessing Cuba is well able to come up with indigenous schools that
> answer this growing need i.e. I'm not suggesting off-shore solutions or
> out-sourcing in any way, although one might argue that increasingly
> geography is not what matters (where the racks are in the cloud is
> immaterial).
>
> On the contrary, I would imagine a way to be useful would be to suggest ways
> to share Python locally and effectively, and to also learn from many
> in-place examples.  What distance learning solutions are emerging in Cuba
> and neighboring regions?
>
> As a North American (Pacific side, almost in Canada) I'm very aware that
> we're still working to figure it out -- how to use distance learning
> technology most effective.
>
> I just was at a whole conference on this topic (USDLA in St. Louis MO) and
> learned about some of the bold experiments different US states are trying.
> They're not all the same!
>
> Creative Commons and copyleft in general is a way to save on curriculum
> materials (the opening keynote was on this).  For example, I've put Python
> materials on Wikieducator, a Wiki for teachers willing to open source their
> materials.
>
> Example:  Here's a Creative Commons Wiki page I picked up from a previous
> editor and fleshed out a lot more.
>
> http://wikieducator.org/PYTHON_TUTORIALS
>
> A Cuban Wiki with lots of Pythonistas contributing might be something
> Python.org could either encourage and/or at least link to.
>
> Kirby Urner
> Python Mentor
> O'Reilly School of Technology
>
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