To which irc channel are you referring, Sebastian? I didn't know there was one?
Let's work together to create a just and sustainable world!
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On May 12, 2018 10:40 PM, Sebastian Silva <sebast...@fuentelibre.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm in! Actually I've been at that IRC channel for the past couple of days
> and haven't seen anyone come by.
>
> I'm not very active chatting but it's nice to have a place open for
> discussion. One difficulty with IRC is that people don't stick around for
> answers and it doesn't preserve history by default. I've found that
> Matrix.Org has bridges to IRC and accommodates bridges to other chat systems
> people might want. Riot.im is a nice libre client with history - and there
> are others.
>
> I've activated the IRC bridge to Riot.im -
>
> My project is developing tools and materials for young people to learn to
> code. I aim to have a full course and do workshops with local indigenous
> amazonian groups and other vulnerable groups. So I exclusively promote libre
> software. Also I'm dogfooding, i.e. my unschooled children (4 and 7) are
> learning with our method and are really into it.
>
> Often I see educational material very anglo centric so I'm writing my
> tutorials in Spanish. It would be nice to collaborate with others as I go
> along (I do a lot of tooling). I am part of a network of workshop teachers
> ("Python Joven") that started in Uruguay since 2012, we did one in Colombia
> in 2014 and now we're looking to continue this work.
>
> I've recently gained write access to the Python wiki, we should also add some
> information there. Would
> [PythonInEducation](https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonInEducation) be a good
> place to document joint efforts? I've embedded that wikipage in the Riot.Im
> channel (optional).
>
> Please start using #python-k12:matrix.org with your Riot.im / Matrix.Org
> client or with plain IRC Freenode, #python-k12 !
>
> I'm glad to help with some tooling for collaboration. But only if we stay in
> the libre camp, if that's fair with you!
>
> Regards,
> Sebastian
>
> On 10/05/18 16:15, Jeff Elkner wrote:
>
>> Dear edu-sig friends,
>>
>> We had an interesting discussion at the Education Summit today at
>> Pycon about ways to better engage folks between Pycons.
>>
>> As a public school teacher, I have a particular interest in python in
>> k12 institutions, and in addition to posting more often on this list,
>> I am considering setting up an irc channel on freenode (#python-k12 ?)
>>
>> Would anyone else here have an interest in such a channel?
>>
>> Jeff Elkner
>>
>> Let's work together to create a just and sustainable world!
>>
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