Reflections on Claremont

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The Claremont Colleges bootcamp just wrapped a couple of hours ago, and judging from my pile of happy sticky note responses, I think we nailed it pretty good. Things were a bit fast on the first day of intro shell and Python, but I think we hit something pitch perfect for day two on intermediate Python and Git. As this Python-heavy workshop progressed, some questions started coming into focus from student responses, discussions with instructors and organizers, and examinations of just how to teach this ascendent skill in scientific computing. To be clear: I have never taught our Python material, and I consider myself a fairly casual Pythonista. This is a debate that the masters need to consider, but I'm hoping here to use my agnostic outsider's perspective to help set the conversation up.

A Double Handful of Bootcamps

Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The next couple of days are going to be busy, with bootcamps in Amman and Toronto, and at Duke, UC Davis, and Claremont Colleges. The week after will be just a crowded: we'll be at the universities of Reading and Notre Dame, the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society, Rockefeller University in New York, and an event for women in science and engineering in Philadelphia. As always, we're grateful to our hosts and instructors for making all of this possible.

Claremont Colleges on The Carpentries

Reflections on Claremont

A Double Handful of Bootcamps