Re: [Edu-sig] real advice to a real student (comments welcome)

2015-01-17 Thread David Handy
On Friday, January 16, 2015 10:47pm, kirby urner kirby.ur...@gmail.com said: On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Laura Creighton l...@openend.se wrote: Can you suggest your student watch this video? http://www.thersa.org/events/rsaanimate/animate/rsa-animate-drive It is Dan Pink's _The

Re: [Edu-sig] real advice to a real student (comments welcome)

2015-01-16 Thread kirby urner
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Laura Creighton l...@openend.se wrote: Can you suggest your student watch this video? http://www.thersa.org/events/rsaanimate/animate/rsa-animate-drive It is Dan Pink's _The Surprising Truth About what Motivates Us_ After he or she has done so, I have this

[Edu-sig] real advice to a real student (comments welcome)

2015-01-14 Thread kirby urner
Student (paraphrase): What else do I need to know besides Python to get a job in IT? Might some jobs involve telecommuting and not physically going anywhere? - My answer: Good questions. There are many walks of life for those with coding skills. If you were to attend the expo hall at

Re: [Edu-sig] real advice to a real student (comments welcome)

2015-01-14 Thread kirby urner
Followup with same student, not from China but planning to go there: === Interesting observations, thank you. At OST we see ourselves as a school, even though in the .com domain. Given what you say about other schools not availing of these newer / better tools: that works to our advantage, but