What Open Source community can do for teachers

CSTA 2013 keynote

What I think open source community and I personally can do for computer science teachers.

Transcript

1. Here's what we can do for you Selena Deckelmann @selenamarie selena@mozilla.com Data Architect, Mozilla
2. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Good Morning! 2
3. CSTA - July 16, 2013 I am a beginner teacher 3
4. CSTA - July 16, 2013 We’ll come to you. 4 selena@mozilla.com
5. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Julie Horvath’s blog post 5 http://julieannhorvath.com/2013/07/09/a-different-perspective.html
6. CSTA - July 16, 2013 “I didn’t grow up thinking I could do anything I wanted to.” 6
7. CSTA - July 16, 2013 I see this every day teaching adults.
8. CSTA - July 16, 2013 People don’t know what’s possible.
9. CSTA - July 16, 2013 9 The scope of what’s possible
10. CSTA - July 16, 2013 10 •Awareness •Encouragement possibility engineering:
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15. CSTA - July 16, 2013 When PyLadies succeeds 15
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19. CSTA - July 16, 2013 19 Computer Science is a way of thinking and solving problems. Not a company or a product.
20. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Open source groups like PyLadies work to spread knowledge and help people explore. 20
21. CSTA - July 16, 2013 21 • Games • Anti-social boys • Inappropriate, animated ASCII art What I knew about computers in high school:
22. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Reliance on ad-hoc, self- education about what’s possible doesn’t scale. 22 My lesson:
23. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Tip of the jobs iceberg 23 • Computer scientist • CS Teacher • Python developer • Systems Analyst • Systems Administrator • Linux Kernel Hacker • Postgres Consultant • Data Architect • Project Manager • Program Manager • Embedded System Engineer • Front-end developer • Back-end developer • Javascript developer • Application architect • API designer • Graphic Designer • User Experience designer • User Experience researcher • Startup co-founder • CS Professor • Distributed systems engineer • Data scientist • Feminist activist • Developer advocate • Developer evangelist
24. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Go from: what might be possible, to impacting our world 24
25. CSTA - July 16, 2013 My first patch 25 http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/forum.en.html#nabble-td1061184|a1061193
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27. CSTA - July 16, 2013 I changed the source code of a tool I used every day. And other people used it. 27
28. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Teachers + open source == crazy awesome 28
29. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Teaching at scale (I don’t mean MOOCs) 29
30. CSTA - July 16, 2013 • Minimal resources • Teach anyone who shows up • Change the world by sharing ideas What teachers + open source community have in common:
31. CSTA - July 16, 2013 31 Effective CS education for everyone
32. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Finding the minimal set of concepts to feel empowered. 32
33. CSTA - July 16, 2013 You didn’t sign up for that, but I did. 33
34. CSTA - July 16, 2013 CyberSeniors 34
35. CSTA - July 16, 2013 35 • Find medical information • How to use email • Online dating What they wanted to learn:
36. CSTA - July 16, 2013 36 • Parts of a computer • How to use a mouse • How to create accounts on websites • Where to type in URLs vs searches • How to ask for help What I taught:
37. CSTA - July 16, 2013 PyLadies Get women who code together Last September, I joined...
38. CSTA - July 16, 2013 PyLadiesPDX 140 women 1-2 meetings per week 38
39. CSTA - July 16, 2013 7 jobs 39
40. CSTA - July 16, 2013 http://github.com/selenamarie/ pyladiespdx-classes 40
41. CSTA - July 16, 2013 41 • New skills • Peer support • Structure and routine • Confidence What PyLadies say they get:
42. CSTA - July 16, 2013 “best year of my life” 42
43. CSTA - July 16, 2013 43 • Distributed revision control • Pair programming • Testing • Documentation • Automation Concepts and skills:
44. CSTA - July 16, 2013 44 • Distributed revision control Github: http://github.com/edu • Pair programming iPython Notebook, Skype • Testing Python unittest and nose • Documentation Examples, platform: http://readthedocs.org • Automation http://aws.amazon.com/education
45. CSTA - July 16, 2013 45 • Peer mentoring • Tolerance and respect • Distributed, asynchronous communication • Persistence • Bug reporting and asking for help Concepts and skills:
46. CSTA - July 16, 2013 46 It could all be so much better if we worked together.
47. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Organizations teaching beginners 47 PyLadies Open Hatch Software Carpentry Year Up RailsBridge GirlDevelopIT Black Girls Code CoderDojo Ops School Many more...
48. CSTA - July 16, 2013 What open source community offers teachers 48
49. CSTA - July 16, 2013 1. We’re pretty good at following directions 49
50. CSTA - July 16, 2013 2. Great with distributed, async communication 50
51. CSTA - July 16, 2013 3. Tirelessly evangelize online 51
52. CSTA - July 16, 2013 4.Time 52
53. CSTA - July 16, 2013 53 • Invite us to speak in your classrooms • Apply for scholarships to attend our many summer conferences pycon.us, Libre Planet, DebConf, SCaLE • Attend inexpensive Linux/FOSS conferences in your area • Share your lessons online using Creative Commons licenses Things to do:
54. CSTA - July 16, 2013 54 Tell me what else we can do.
55. CSTA - July 16, 2013 55 Awareness + Encouragement == Possibility
56. CSTA - July 16, 2013 Ward Cunningham 56
57. CSTA - July 16, 2013 We’re drawing doors, not just opening them. 57
58. Email me to find open source folks to speak in your classrooms. Thanks! Selena Deckelmann @selenamarie selena@mozilla.com Data Architect, Mozilla
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