There is an Xsede training infrastructure. There are links to calendar and course schedule here:
https://www.xsede.org/training1 Most of those are done on-site somewhere, e.g., TACC, PSC, and webinared elsewhere with a local 'proctor'. If you're looking around and didn't know it was there. On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Bill Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2014-09-09 1:21 PM, Erik Bray wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Bill Mills <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> So - there is a growing number of groups offering software bootcamps >>> these >>> days! The Mozilla Science Lab would like to offer a space for >>> communication >>> and idea-sharing between all these projects, and we're starting with a >>> new >>> regular event this Friday, Instructor Hangouts: >>> http://mozillascience.org/instructor-hangouts-landing-this-friday/ >>> >>> We're inviting instructors and contributors from Software Carpentry, >>> Ladies >>> Learning Code, rOpenSci, the Center for Open Science, Code4Lib, pyLadies >>> and >>> more to talk about strategies and challenges in teaching software >>> workshops. >>> We'd be thrilled if SWC instructors and contributors would like to join >>> the >>> discussion, or propose topics of conversation for the hangouts this >>> Friday; >>> we'll be hosting these hangouts every two weeks, so if you can't make it >>> then, feel free to join in at the next event. We're hoping that offering >>> a >>> meeting space where all the different workshop groups can swap stories >>> and >>> experiences will help us all learn from each other, and augment the >>> SWC-specific instructor meetups that Greg blogged about recently when >>> those >>> spool up separately. Let me know any ideas on how to make this work for >>> you! >> >> We just had an interesting talk this morning from Niall Gaffney from >> TACC [1], who among other things talked about the outreach and >> training they're doing for scientists to use their supercomputers, but >> which also includes a lot of basics of the sort software carpentry >> covers. >> >> I actually meant to talk to him later about if there was any interest >> in cross-sharing with Software Carpentry on lesson material and/or >> instructor training. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow. >> >> Just thought it would be another institution worth inviting to talk. >> >> Erik >> >> [1] https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > > Absolutely! Thanks Erik, would love to have TACC along. > > -- > Bill Mills > Community Manager, Mozilla Science Lab > @billdoesphysics > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
