[nmglug] this week I start some mini-courses

[Satsangat Khalsa]

Hello Mark,
   I want to come by.  I won't be able to bring a laptop (didn't read this
till this morning at work).  I should be able to get something out of this
class no matter, right?  See you there.

Regards,
Satsangat

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 8:29 PM, Mark Galassi <mark at galassi.org> wrote:

>
> Dear nmglugers,
>
> This week I will start teaching mini-courses during the glug meetings.
> First course will be a primer on plotting and manipulating data files in
> Python.
>
> My 10-hour Python courses are a big part of how I get kids to use
> GNU/Linux systems, and these new follow-on mini-courses (which will runn
> from 6:15pm for approx. 1.5 hours) are to keep the momentum going for
> good principled computing.
>
> I will probably often get 2 or 1 or 0 students, and I will often also be
> able to be glug-ish with y'all.
>
> Below is the announcement I sent to the "alumni" of my course:
>
> -------------
>
> --> Subject: small mini-courses to add to the "serious    programming"
> course
>
> Dear students and parents,
>
> I have been putting together a series of small courses that can be
> taught in a one or one-and-a-half hour session and which can be taken
> flexibly.
>
> These courses are aimed at teaching how to use computer programming to
> enhance the math and science curriculum in middle and high school.
>
> Some mini-courses will go into straight programming and media, like
> audio and video manipulation.
>
> I will be teaching these courses on alternating Thursday evenings (for
> example, I will do one this week, tomorrow!)  Not every alternating
> Thursday, but I will announce it when I do.
>
> Time/place will be 6:15pm at Warehouse 21, though the specific starting
> time might change.  I will announce the starting time.
>
> The format is "come when you can": you do not have to commit; drop in if
> it works for you.
>
> Each topic will be different, but we will repeat some of them.  In
> particular, the "plotting and data files" will be a prerequisite for
> most others.
>
> So if you can make it, please show up this Thursday, 2017-04-13, with
> your GNU/Linux laptop and we will begin with a mini-course on plotting
> and data files.
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