v much up for this. London easiest for me but I'm sure I can wrangle some time off if you need someone to trek up the country somewhere...
On 17 February 2016 at 10:49, Zeth <theol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Put me down for Birmingham of course, probably can do Nottingham and > some of the Northern ones if needed. > > Best Wishes, > Zeth > > On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey <nt...@ntoll.org> > wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > python-uk mailing list > > python-uk@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -- ------------------------------ Harry J.W. Percival ------------------------------ Twitter: @hjwp Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 Skype: harry.percival
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