On Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 6:59 AM Jason Blum <jason.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello! > > I've been toying with the idea of recruiting mentors to commit to one hour > a week to moderate a channel on https://gitter.im/ or > https://discordapp.com/ or even IRC, specifically geared towards > supporting kids working through https://codecademy.com/, > https://trinket.io/ or https://twilio.com/quest or any of dozens of other > amazing coding tutorials out there. > > With so many kids home now, seems like the perfect time kick something off. > > But I wanted to bounce the idea off folks. Does it already exist? Would > you be able to participate? > > I envision a directory listing hour by hour who is moderating the hour and > tagging any specializations (#Python, #Repl.it, #Arduino, etc.), but with > the understanding that all general tech support is provided, even if only > to steer questions towards the right resource on the web. Same IRC > etiquette rules would apply. Sample interactions: > > kid: How do I get python installed on my dad's laptop: > moderator: Hi #kid well I assume your dad is ok with this? I find > https://installpython3.com/ pretty well maintained. > https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html > kid: I'm stuck on this line of code [then pastes in 50 lines of code] > moderator: Hi @kid ah cool, Ill try to point you in the right direction, > but first lemme introduce you to https://dpaste.org/ > Fenced code blocks in Markdown get syntax-highlighted with many systems: ```python import this # etc ``` Pull Request reviews support line-by-line commenting and optional revision right granting: https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/requesting-a-pull-request-review https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/project/merge_requests/ GitHub Classroom runs CI tests for student assignments: https://classroom.github.com/ For learning git branching (for pull requests), https://learngitbranching.js.org/ is excellent and interactive Notebooks on Colab can be shared as editable and support comments https://colab.research.google.com/ Notebooks on CoCalc have a (collaborative) time slider replay, chat, course assignments, nbgrader, … https://cocalc.com/doc/ > kid: How do I [whatever]? > moderator: Hi @kid! I dunno, but I've been doing this for 20 years and > have yet to encounter a problem someone else didn't solve. Lemme help you > research it a little. Let's start with [StackOverflow, PyVideo, Google, > ReadTheDocs, DjangoPackages, PyPi, etc] > https://reddit.com/r/learnpython has moderators Phrasing the question for search is maybe the most useful skill for learning and professionally doing programming: - find the docs and bookmark them - find the source and bookmark it - list every possible word for the thing you're describing - try adding "double quotes" around certain terms and error messages - exclude with minus: -"this or that" > Bottom line is just to keep younger coders from giving up, by giving them > an introduction to how vast and awesome this community is. This would not > be just another coding site and not open-ended tech support, but rather a > chat-based gateway to what's already out there. > Asynchronous and logged scales. https://reddit.com/r/learnpython Well-designed tutorials don't require much searching for answers from people on the interwebs. https://github.com/quobit/awesome-python-in-education > > Does such a thing already exist? Would you sign up one hour a week to > mentor? How do we eject violations of https://www.python.org/psf/conduct/ > Where does this idea fall apart? > > Thanks! > > -Jason Blum > Father of four at home right now driving me nuts > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list -- edu-sig@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to edu-sig-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/edu-sig.python.org/ >
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