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Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer compileralchemy.com <https://www.compileralchemy.com> | github <https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ/> Mauritius On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 8:19 PM Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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/ >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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