Hi Helen, Conrad, Ytian and Harry! :-P
I'll be in touch! N. On 17/02/16 12:50, Helen Sherwood-Taylor wrote: > I could do Southampton. > > On 17 February 2016 at 12:07, Conrad Ho <con...@pythonanywhere.com> wrote: >> I can do London + if Harry goes somewhere I could also tag along. >> >> Conrad >> >> >> On 02/17-11:33, xtian wrote: >>> >>> I'm keen too! I can only really do London though, sorry. >>> >>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 11:25 Harry Percival <harry.perci...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> Conrad Ho >> con...@pythonanywhere.com >> >> PythonAnywhere: Develop Python in your browser >> <http://pythonanywhere.com/> >> >> PythonAnywhere LLP >> 17a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RD, UK >> VAT No.: GB 893 5643 79 >> Registered in England and Wales as company number OC378414. >> Registered address: 28 Ely Place, 3rd Floor, London EC1N 6TD, UK >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > >
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