Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-16 Thread Parag Shah
Do you think it would make sense to repeat this in other colleges? What is required - an enthusiastic faculty member? A strong student group? All of the above and, a method to continue the follow-up to encourage 'applied' discussions. For example, once the basics of programming It

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-16 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Parag Shah adapti...@gmail.com wrote: My theory is that, to be able to do anything over a sustained period of time, the only way to get it to work is to tie it to tangible rewards. Unfortunately, tangible rewards for students - are grades, and for employees -

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-16 Thread Rohit Karajgi
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Parag Shah adapti...@gmail.com wrote: My theory is that, to be able to do anything over a sustained period of time, the only way to get it to work is to tie it

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-14 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Navin Kabra navin.ka...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think it would make sense to repeat this in other colleges? What is required - an enthusiastic faculty member? A strong student group? All of the above and, a method to continue the follow-up to encourage

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-13 Thread Parag Shah
This is great. I think spreading Python amongst students is a great goal. I too agree - spreading Python among students is a very good goal. I have frequently taught Java to students, and I have always felt that there are way too many things that need to be done in Java, to write simple

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-13 Thread arun tomar
On Sat, 2011-08-13 at 11:39 +0530, Parag Shah wrote: This is great. I think spreading Python amongst students is a great goal. I too agree - spreading Python among students is a very good goal. I have frequently taught Java to students, and I have always felt that there are way too

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-13 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
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Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-12 Thread Navin Kabra
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:10 AM, Shakthi Kannan shakthim...@gmail.comwrote: --- On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Navin Kabra navin.ka...@gmail.com wrote: | Very nice. How many students attended this session, and what was, in your | opinion, their overall reaction to Python? \-- There were

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-12 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi Navin, --- On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Navin Kabra navin.ka...@gmail.com wrote: | Do you think it would make sense to repeat this in other colleges? What is | required - an enthusiastic faculty member? \-- Yes, for both. --- | A strong student group? \-- Self-motivated student group.

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-09 Thread Navin Kabra
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Shakthi Kannan shakthim...@gmail.comwrote: The participants were engineering students who had some programming experience but were new to Python. I wanted to do a hands-on session so I could help them along the way. Shakthi, Very nice. How many students

Re: [PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-09 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi Navin: --- On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Navin Kabra navin.ka...@gmail.com wrote: | Very nice. How many students attended this session, and what was, in your | opinion, their overall reaction to Python? \-- There were about 50 students and few faculty. While most of them had some

[PLUG] [Event report] Introduction to Python: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India

2011-08-07 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Greetings! I had conducted a one-day hands-on Introduction to Python programming workshop at Maharashtra Institute of Technology, College of Engineering [1], Kothrud, Pune, India on Saturday, August 6, 2011. The participants were engineering students who had some programming experience but were