What would be the next step? I think you are right, Naomi, that what I'm talking about is an EDU effort, whereas I imagine "Education and Outreach" is more about reaching out to the Business and IT communities to tell them about Python. Should we adding a Python in Education committee?
One of the candidates for the PSF board (I didn't write down her name and I can't seem to find the bios on the wiki after voting) listed creating space on the website for teachers as one of her goals. That would be awesome. With the Open Educational Resource movement (OER) growing steadily, we really should have some place on our website where Python EDU resources could be stored. I'm not sure where to begin, but perhaps the website is as good a place as any. Who is maintaining this page: https://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/edu-sig ? Can I offer to help? I've been a PSF member for years and years, but I haven't contributed much directly. I figured after the opening up of the PSF and Van Lindberg's call for all of us to get more involved the time to do that was now. On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Naomi Ceder <naomi.ce...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is an already PSF Education and Outreach committee... I think that > what you're thinking would be somewhat different than what they do, but that > might be the place to start. > > Cheers, > Naomi > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:26 PM, Jessica Nickel <jessanic...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi Jeff, >> >> I would be excited to be a part of that. >> >> >> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jeff Elkner <j...@elkner.net> wrote: >>> >>> Not sure exactly, but a group within the PSF that, among other things: >>> >>> 1. Works together to gather, share, and develop educational resources >>> on python.org. >>> 2. Plans next year's education summit. >>> 3. Helps promote Python's use in education and coordinate activities >>> around Python in edu. >>> >>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Chalmer Lowe <chalmer.l...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Sounds great. What are you thinking? >>> > >>> > On May 21, 2014 4:47 PM, "Jeff Elkner" <j...@elkner.net> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> First off, kudos to Naomi, Jessica, and Chalmer on putting together a >>> >> thoroughly enjoyable EDU Summit at Pycon! >>> >> >>> >> I'm interested in following up from that with some on-going Python in >>> >> Education work throughout the year, and with the changes in the PSF, >>> >> that may be the way to go about it. >>> >> >>> >> How can we begin? Where do I sign up? >>> >> >>> >> Jeff Elkner >> >> > > > > -- > Naomi Ceder > https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
