I met @ntoll at an event in India. It was refreshing to see his passion for teaching kids about programming and python. I would have loved to be there, but I don't reside in the UK. Nevertheless, just replying to wish you guys all the best.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > [Forwarding an email from python-uk in the hope that UK-based > Pythonistas might see it here who don't hang out there...] > > From: Nicholas H.Tollervey <nt...@ntoll.org> > Reply-To: UK Python Users <python...@python.org> > To: UK Python Users <python...@python.org> > > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav KPIT Technologies, Pune. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
