No, I'm not going mad... my email client (Thunderbird) crashed mid-send without saving a draft. :-/
N. On 17/02/16 13:26, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hello Folks, > > Many many thanks for the awesome response. The next steps are... > > * Me: coordinate with CAS > * Me: send you a micro:bit to play with > * You: attend the event and help master teachers. > > I'll be in touch "out of band" from this thread to sort out the details. > > Yay for the UK's Python community being made up of such wonderful people. > > N. > > On 17/02/16 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey 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 >
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