On 17/02/2016 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. >
I think that this is a marvellous idea and a great response so far but have a bit of a moan to voice. Is it computers, python, teachers or Education that don't reach the West of England - If there were sessions at Bristol, (almost next door), Exeter (an hour down the road), or even Plymouth at a push I would be jumping forward to volunteer but it seems that the West Country is very under-represented. Keep up the good work but please look West. -- Steve (Gadget) Barnes Any opinions in this message are my personal opinions and do not reflect those of my employer. _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
