On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Vern Ceder <vce...@canterburyschool.org>wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I just wanted to report that Steve Holden and the PSF have made good on > their pledge to support outreach to education in a very concrete and > generous way. The PSF has voted to give me a grant of $500 to help cover my > travel to the National Educational Computing Conference this June to give a > presentation on Python in the K12 curriculum (with Jeff Elkner, if the stars > align just right). > Great! Thanks Steve (if you're reading!) > > I've been traveling to NECC to make this pitch to teachers from across the > country for the past 3 years, so getting a little outside funding is a > welcome relief to my headmaster and definite boon to my travel budget. > > My sincere thanks to Steve and the PSF for their support and especially to > those (like Kirby) who spoke up on my behalf. > Yes, thanks Kirby and congratulations on being elected a member of the PSF. > > I think the message that Steve wants to get out is that the PSF is willing > to devote some resources to furthering the connection between Python and the > education world, but they need us to come forward with the projects. In > connection with our proposed PyCon presence I'd really like to start > building both a list of our various efforts to spread the word about Python > in education and a tradition of announcing all of those efforts, possibly on > this forum. > Please, let us know how it goes at the NECC. André > > Cheers, > Vern > -- > This time for sure! > -Bullwinkle J. Moose > ----------------------------- > Vern Ceder, Director of Technology > Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 > vce...@canterburyschool.org; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >
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