Python Education Summit
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In 2014, PyCon will be holding its second annual Python Education Summit. The Summit is an invitation-only gathering of teachers and educators focused on bringing coding literacy, through Python, to as broad a group of audiences, as possible. We invite educators from all venues to consider joining the discussion, share insights, learn new techniques and tools and generally share their passion for education. We are looking for educators from many venues: authors; schools, colleges, universities; community-based workshops; online programs; and government.
Attending
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If you are interested in participating in this summit, presenting or have questions, please contact [Naomi Ceder][1] , [Chalmer Lowe][2] or [Jessica Nickel][3]. Invitations will be subject to availability.
Presenting
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We will have two tracks of talks in the afternoon session and we invite anyone interested in Python and education to submit proposals. Talks will be selected based upon feedback received. To find out more about proposing a talk for the education summit, please visit our [call for proposals](/2014/events/edusummit/cfp/).
Goals
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The goal of the Summit is to bring together leaders from multiple educational venues to learn more about each other's efforts and gain useful insight from them, to form connections that might foster future collaboration, to identify common issues and begin discussing ways to attack them, and to create an enhanced sense of unity, purpose and community among teachers of Python, wherever they might be. It is our hope that the Summit will serve as catalyst leading into the rest of PyCon to encourage even more interaction - hallway discussions, open spaces, lightning talks, and sprints.
Anyone attending this conference will gain a broader understanding of approaches, issues, resources and constraints in teaching Python, will have the opportunity to contribute to the discussion, and will make contacts with other teachers of Python from across the community. A high school teacher might make contacts that allow her to enlist the support of a community-based program while a community volunteer might gain useful guidance on curriculum design.
Schedule and Format
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The Education Summit takes place on Thursday, April 10th, the day before the main tracks of PyCon begin, so that summit attendees will be able to attend all of the regular talks.
The Summit is scheduled to run all day, from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, with breaks in the morning and afternoon and one hour for lunch. The content and agenda are being finalized and a call for presentations is currently open. We anticipate three or four invited talks, two tracks of participant submitted talks in the afternoon, plenty of open discussion, and a round of lightning talks.
What to expect?
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We encourage all attendees to engage in the dialogue. While there will be plenty of presentations and examples of teaching techniques and tools, we are anxious to hear your questions, see your ideas and experience your passion for education and Python. So please come willing to learn, to participate and most importantly, to teach.
If you are interested in participating in this summit, presenting or have questions, please contact [Naomi Ceder][1] , [Chalmer Lowe][2] or [Jessica Nickel][3]. Invitations will be subject to availability.
[1]: mailto:naomi.ceder@gmail.com
[2]: mailto:chalmer.lowe@gmail.com
[3]: mailto:jessicanickel@gmail.com