Mr. Tobis- I applaud your goal to start a list to promote Python projects for education. But I wonder, wouldn't any such projects have their own dedicated mailing lists? I fear slightly that two lists would dilute the attendance, and risk falling below a critical mass of people. As Kirby says, though, by all means give it a go, and we'll see what happens. Perhaps a different venue will start something new and vibrant.
-Winston On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:54 PM, kirby urner wrote: >> There was general agreement among the attendees at the education BOF >> meeting at PyCon that a new list was necessary, so although my own >> presence is recent, my assertion was not unsupported. There has also >> been some discussion of dissatisfaction with the breadth of >> discussion >> here expressed since I have been following the list, notably >> including >> some strongly worded advice from Guido van Rossum recently. > > Guido was upset that we were straying into education philosophy, > understandable given the just-ended Shuttleworth Summit, where such > philosophical questions came up repeatedly. I am in full agreement > that education philosophy *should* be on the table, but *not* here on > edu-sig, where we'll just bog down in endless citations of an alien > literature (i.e. by writers who know nothing of Python or our work > together). > > As to a BOF wanting to start a new list, I don't see a problem, > although it seems unnecessary to cast it as a fork or breakaway from > edu-sig. Just propose a new group with a mission statement or focus, > other than what's already covered here, why not? > >> It happens that in response to this general agreement at PyCon, I set >> up such a list on Google Groups, with myself and Vern Ceder as owners >> and potential moderators, and there has been some traffic moving >> there. >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/edupython?lnk=oa > > Sounds good to me. Good luck with that. I'm staying with edu-sig > myself and haven't time for two Python in education groups. > > Kirby > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig ______________________________________________________ winston wolff - (646) 827-2242 - http://www.stratolab.com learning by creating - video game courses for kids in new york _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
