Re: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 channel on freenode?

2018-05-15 Thread Kevin Cole
​And the discussion rages on at Reddit. ;-)​ https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/7k471o/zulip_vs_rocketchat_vs_mattermost_vs_riotim_slack/ -- *Kevin Cole* NOVA Web Development Co-Op http://novawebdevelopment.org/ Arlington, VA

Re: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 channel on freenode?

2018-05-14 Thread Sebastian Silva
I think each of those platforms caters to different sets of users. It all depends on who you want to talk with. I find that an IRC chat is nice to have for casual conversation. For instance, if we had a website we could embed the chatroom with the following iframe: http://webchat.freenode.net?c

Re: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 channel on freenode?

2018-05-13 Thread kirby urner
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 3:06 PM, A Jorge Garcia via Edu-sig < edu-sig@python.org> wrote: > > How about a Twitter hashtag? Great idea. What tag? I do a lot of networking on Twitter. Recent tweets: https://twitter.com/thekirbster/status/991153490612269056 https://twitter.com/thekirbster/status

Re: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 channel on freenode?

2018-05-13 Thread Wes Turner
#pythonK12 (without the dash) could be a hashtag, as well. There was a discussion on the python-dev list awhile ago about Slack, Gitter, Mattermost, and Zulip; which are all HTTP-based chat solutions with mobile clients and serverside logging. Python-dev chose to create a Zulip instance. Zulip wa

Re: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 channel on freenode?

2018-05-13 Thread Kevin Cole
On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 10:40 PM, Sebastian Silva wrote: > Hi, > > I'm in! Actually I've been at that IRC channel for the past couple of days > and haven't seen anyone come by. > ​By "that IRC channel" are you referring to ​​*#python-k12*?​ ​I think that's what Jeff meant by "what IRC channel"

Re: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 channel on freenode?

2018-05-13 Thread Sebastian Silva
Hi Jeff! On 13/05/18 06:16, Jeff Elkner wrote: > To which irc channel are you referring, Sebastian?  I didn't know > there was one? IRC channels are created ad-hoc simply by joining them (first to come is op). We can register the with channelops to have better control. I haven't officially regist

Re: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 channel on freenode?

2018-05-13 Thread Jeff Elkner
To which irc channel are you referring, Sebastian? I didn't know there was one? Let's work together to create a just and sustainable world! ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On May 12, 2018 10:40 PM, Sebastian Silva wrote: > Hi, > > I'm in! Actually I've been at that IRC channel for the past co

Re: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 channel on freenode?

2018-05-11 Thread kirby urner
>> Would anyone else here have an interest in such a channel? I'm game. Wondering if irc has a good Android app front end these days. Oh yeah, tons. Limechat is free client on Mac. Lotta folks using #Slack these days which allows embedding pix, going back to edit posts. But maybe need free a

Re: [Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 channel on freenode?

2018-05-10 Thread A Jorge Garcia via Edu-sig
How about a Twitter hashtag? ⁣Sent from BlueMail ​ On May 10, 2018, 5:21 PM, at 5:21 PM, Jeff Elkner wrote: >Dear edu-sig friends, > >We had an interesting discussion at the Education Summit today at >Pycon about ways to better engage folks between Pycons. > >As a public school teacher, I have a

[Edu-sig] What do folks think of creating a #python-k12 channel on freenode?

2018-05-10 Thread Jeff Elkner
Dear edu-sig friends, We had an interesting discussion at the Education Summit today at Pycon about ways to better engage folks between Pycons. As a public school teacher, I have a particular interest in python in k12 institutions, and in addition to posting more often on this list, I am consider