Hi Chalmer, Glad to hear you're getting settled in a new environment. I know what you mean, except in my case it's probably cooler and wetter than yours. :-)
I'll send the occasional inquiries I get on edu summit matters on to you. Cheers, Naomi On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Chalmer Lowe <chalmer.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.ur...@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 <j...@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 <jessanic...@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.ur...@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 >>> >>> >> > -- Naomi Ceder https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about
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