I'm keen too! I can only really do London though, sorry. On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 11:25 Harry Percival <harry.perci...@gmail.com> wrote:
> v much up for this. London easiest for me but I'm sure I can wrangle some > time off if you need someone to trek up the country somewhere... > > On 17 February 2016 at 10:49, Zeth <theol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Nick, >> >> Put me down for Birmingham of course, probably can do Nottingham and >> some of the Northern ones if needed. >> >> Best Wishes, >> Zeth >> >> On 17 February 2016 at 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey <nt...@ntoll.org> >> wrote: >> > Hi Folks, >> > >> > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - >> > please accept my sincere apologies. >> > >> > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight >> > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not >> > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours >> > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to >> > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... >> > >> > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a >> grass >> > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a >> > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the >> > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the >> > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a >> > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an >> > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. >> > >> > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep >> > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most >> > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and >> > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. >> > >> > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python >> > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython >> > related educational resources. These events would happen at university >> > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC >> > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and >> > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and >> > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). >> > >> > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: >> > >> > London: 25th February >> > Birmingham: 9th March >> > Nottingham: 15th March >> > Lancaster: 16th March >> > Newcastle: 17th March >> > Hertfordshire: 21st March >> > Manchester: 23rd March >> > Southampton: 23rd March >> > >> > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an >> > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get >> involved. >> > >> > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need >> > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the >> > education of the next generation of programmers - your future >> > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the >> > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. >> > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and >> > unambiguously good thing to do. >> > >> > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE >> > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable >> > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a >> > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of >> > fun. >> > >> > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? >> > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. >> > >> > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start >> > to coordinate things with CAS. >> > >> > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover >> > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come >> about. >> > >> > Best wishes, >> > >> > N. >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > python-uk mailing list >> > python-uk@python.org >> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------ > Harry J.W. Percival > ------------------------------ > Twitter: @hjwp > Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 > Skype: harry.percival > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >
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