Designed for Education: A Python Solution

Keynote given at Euro Python 2016.

Transcript

1. Designed for Education:
   a
   Python Solution
   

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2. Carrie Anne Philbin
   Award Winning Educator, Author & YouTuber
   @MissPhilbin
   @GeekGurlDiaries
   Education Pioneer
   Raspberry Pi Foundation
   

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3. The Raspberry Pi Foundation
   The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a registered educational charity
   (registration number 1129409) based in the UK.
   Our Foundation’s goal is to advance the education of adults and
   children, particularly in the field of computers, computer science
   and related subjects.
   

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6. The Computing Curriculum
   new
   >
   “From 5, children will learn to code and program, with algorithms, sequencing,
   selection and repetition;
   from 11, how to use at least 2 programming languages to solve computational
   problems; to design … computational abstractions that model the state and
   behaviour of real-world problems and physical systems; and how instructions
   are stored and executed within a computer system.”
   Michael Gove - UK Secretary for Education
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   ex
   

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7. Where else?
   Estonia
   Israel
   Australia
   New Zealand
   England
   

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8. Why teach computing?
   Humans
   need not
   apply
   children are
   creative,
   imaginative,
   and not afraid
   of failure
   social
   mobility
   empowering
   Diversity
   in tech
   

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9. Why Python?
   Used all over the world
   Powerful enough to be used for real development
   Used in the real world
   Simple syntax
   Really strong & helpful community
   

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10. Education at Conferences
    

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11. Transition from visual to text based programming
    Python 2 vs. Python 3
    Syntax / function naming
    Barriers
    

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12. Naming Problem
    from  mcpi.minecraft  import  Minecraft  
    mc  =  Minecraft.create()  
    x  =  20  
    y  =  25  
    z  =  21  
    mc.player.setPos(x,  y,  z)  
    

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13. Naming Problem
    mc.player.setPos(x,  y,  z)  
    mc_teleport  50,  50,  50    
    glass  =  block.GLASS.id  
    mc.setBlock(x,  y,  z,  glass)  
    mc_set_block  :glass,  40,  50,  60
    

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14. Pygame Zero Daniel Pope
    @lordmauve
    

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15. Transition from visual to text based programming
    Python 2 vs. Python 3
    Syntax / function naming
    Installing extra libraries
    Barriers
    

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16. Education Bundle
    

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17. Transition from visual to text based programming
    Python 2 vs. Python 3
    Syntax / function naming
    Installing extra libraries
    Python IDE
    Barriers
    

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18. Online vs. Offline
    

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19. Online vs. Offline
    PyCharm Educational Edition
    

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20. Online vs. Offline
    

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21. Sonic Pi Dr Sam Aaron
    @samaaron
    @sonic_pi
    

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22. Meet educators
    Add education tracks to your conferences
    Run special education sessions at local user groups
    Adopt a teacher
    Create and contribute some awesome libraries
    How you can help
    

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23. a meeting point for people who want to make practical
    contributions to Python in education.
    Python Edu WG
    mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonedu-wg
    to identify and coordinate projects
    that deliver specific and measurable
    results that support our aims.
    Join
    

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24. Basic Member: Anybody who wants to show their support for Python. No
    voting rights.
    Supporting Member: Gives an annual donation. Has voting rights.
    Sponsoring Member: Organizations that give annually ($ suggested based
    on size). Approved by vote of PSF members. Delegate of the org can vote.
    Managing Member: Gives ≥ 5hrs to PSF working group(s). Has voting rights.
    Contributing Member: Gives ≥ 5hrs to Python OSS. Has voting rights.
    Fellows: Nominated by the member community. Has voting rights.
    PSF Membership
    

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25. Your homework
    1. Join pythonedu-wg mailing list.
    2. Read and contribute to idle reimagined by Al
    Sweigart github.com/asweigart/idle-reimagined
    3. Read Python in Education by Nicolas H. Tollervey
    Due: Euro Python 2016
    

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26. The future?
    

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27. Carrie Anne Philbin
    @MissPhilbin
    @GeekGurlDiaries
    Thanks to Sam Alder &
    Raspberry Pi Foundation
    for the presentation
    images
    

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