Hi Nick, I'd be interested in helping but based in Swindon now. Do-able for me would probably be Birmingham or Southampton.
Yours, Joe Metcalfe On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 9:18 AM, <python-uk-requ...@python.org> wrote: > Send python-uk mailing list submissions to > python-uk@python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > python-uk-requ...@python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > python-uk-ow...@python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of python-uk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Call for Proposal for PyData London Conference (6-8 May 2016) > (Cecilia Liao) > 2. URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) > (Nicholas H.Tollervey) > 3. Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... > :-) (Tim Golden) > 4. Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... > :-) (Nicholas H.Tollervey) > 5. Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... > :-) (Glenn Rogers) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:38:54 +0000 > From: Cecilia Liao <orangesojour...@yahoo.com> > To: UK Python Users <python-uk@python.org> > Subject: [python-uk] Call for Proposal for PyData London Conference > (6-8 May 2016) > Message-ID: <56c388de.9010...@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi all, > > I am one of the volunteer organisers for the PyData London series of > meetups and conferences. Proposals are now being accepted for PyData > London Conference 2016, taking place on 6-8 May (1-day tutorial, 2-day > conference). If you work in data science, we would love to hear from you! > > The event brings together everyone from the data science community to > discuss new techniques and tools for management, analytics and > visualisation of data. PyData welcomes presentations focusing on Python > as well as other languages used in data science (e.g. R, Julia, etc.). > Presentation content can be at novice, intermediate or advanced level. > Talks will run 30-40 min and hands-on tutorials will run 90-120 min. > > PyData presentations are a great way to share knowledge and experience. > We welcome talks on know how tools are used, but discourage any > proposals with the aim of selling a product. If you are interested in > presenting a talk or tutorial, we encourage your submissions. To see the > type of topics presented at previous PyData events, please look at our > past conference sites at pydata.org or check out the videos on > https://www.youtube.com/user/PyDataTV or vimeo.com/pydata. > > To submit a proposal: > 1. Register on http://pydata.org/london2016/ > 2. Create a speaker profile > 3. Click on "Submit a new proposal" > > Conference ticket will be complimentary for speakers. Any questions can > be directed to ad...@pydata.org or myself. Proposals deadline is 29 > February, 2016. > > We hope to hear from you! > > Best wishes, > Cecilia > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:30:31 +0000 > From: "Nicholas H.Tollervey" <nt...@ntoll.org> > To: UK Python Users <python-uk@python.org> > Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration > please... :-) > Message-ID: <56c42fa7.8000...@ntoll.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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. > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 473 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-uk/attachments/20160217/37577137/attachment-0001.sig > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:13:03 +0000 > From: Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> > To: UK Python Users <python-uk@python.org> > Subject: Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration > please... :-) > Message-ID: <56c4399f.4000...@timgolden.me.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > On 17/02/2016 08:30, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > > London: 25th February > > Birmingham: 9th March > > Nottingham: 15th March > > Lancaster: 16th March > > Newcastle: 17th March > > Hertfordshire: 21st March > > Manchester: 23rd March > > Southampton: 23rd March > > I'm happy to help in London but I imagine that's where most of your help > will come from. > > I could travel to somewhere vaguely accessible from London. Do you have > specific locations? (Herts. is rather a big area, for example, and some > bits of it are closer to me than others). > > TJG > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:14:51 +0000 > From: "Nicholas H.Tollervey" <nt...@ntoll.org> > To: python-uk@python.org > Subject: Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration > please... :-) > Message-ID: <56c43a0b.5020...@ntoll.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > On 17/02/16 09:13, Tim Golden wrote: > > I could travel to somewhere vaguely accessible from London. Do you have > > specific locations? (Herts. is rather a big area, for example, and some > > bits of it are closer to me than others). > > > > You're a star! > > St Albans - it's at the University of Herts. > > N. > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 473 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-uk/attachments/20160217/5e6374db/attachment-0001.sig > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:18:42 +0000 > From: Glenn Rogers <iglennrog...@gmail.com> > To: UK Python Users <python-uk@python.org> > Subject: Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration > please... :-) > Message-ID: > < > cacuqbfhzhefo254szvnbrv28f5tlgkpawye64yict55bhpq...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Southampton would be ok for me (or as equally bad as London!). > > Should be fun. > > Glenn > On 17 Feb 2016 08:31, "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 > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-uk/attachments/20160217/6c7a20e0/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > ------------------------------ > > End of python-uk Digest, Vol 150, Issue 9 > ***************************************** >
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