[Events] git workshop in Chicago in January or February

[David Eads]

I'm traveling for about a week in January (dates tbd), but beyond that
I'm free and happy to help.

If 1871 doesn't pan out, I'm pretty sure I could swing a classroom at
Northwestern's downtown campus where I taught my last git class.

Based on what Shauna said, it sounds like maybe there's already a
curriculum. But... I'd love to structure some of the activities as a
game like Noah Veltman's Command Line Murder Mystery
(https://github.com/veltman/clmystery). Telling folks there's a game
with an objective that you can "win" has a profound effect on
engagement and retention -- even though you're just covering the exact
same material you could otherwise.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:17 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
> I will be happy to have you helping. Molly from Chicago Women Developers
> asked me to teach the class at one of their Thursday hack nights. The
> typical attendance rate at the hack nights is manageable for two people .
> Ideally I'd like a few more intermediate to expert friends to help everyone
> there, but I think we will be okay if we don't find them. But perhaps git
> will be so popular that attendance will spike.
>
> We were thinking January or February. Molly and I agreed to help a friend
> teach an intro NetLogo class in January and I don't want to over commit
> myself, so I might be more inclined to do things in February. But, Molly's
> group has space at 1871 on Thursdays, so we don't have to do a lot of work
> to find a space and sponsors. That reduces the amount of work and so even
> January might be doable.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:41 PM, David Eads <davideads at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'd be interested. I've done quite a few git workshops over the past year.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:34 PM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Are any of you interested in helping with a short hack-night type of
>> > class
>> > in Chicago to introduce people to git? I volunteered to teach it if I
>> > could
>> > find help. I'd like someone with more advanced git skills to teach with
>> > me.
>> >
>> > If I don't find someone, perhaps I could have volunteers on irc to help?
>> >
>> > I'm going to look at the materials used in OSCTC and some other place to
>> > put
>> > together lesson plans.
>> >
>> > --
>> > sheila
>> >
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>>
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