I could do Southampton. On 17 February 2016 at 12:07, Conrad Ho <con...@pythonanywhere.com> wrote: > I can do London + if Harry goes somewhere I could also tag along. > > Conrad > > > On 02/17-11:33, xtian wrote: >> >> 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. 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