[ale] [OT] Anyone up for a 90 Day Wonder Challenge?

Thu Nov 26 09:29:14 EST 2015

Holidays and "slow time" just don't compute for me :-) Between family and friend stuff plus end of semester work and scheduled downtime for system changes, it's always crazy.

On November 26, 2015 9:20:13 AM EST, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>Let me add to Jim's comments. I too am learning and teaching driven. I 
>will learn this and I'm happy to bring others along. This is how I've 
>lived my career.
>
>ALE has provided me a lot of good information and the occasional 
>friendly social contact. It would please me immensely to be able to pay
>
>back, in a sense, the good ALE has brought.
>
>I've started a GitHub repo for coding. First thoughts are that others 
>can join and we can store our code in separate folders. If there's a 
>better repo for it, let me know.
>
>	https://github.com/LeamHall/ale_lcthw
>
>I'm okay with the group starting 1 Jan 16 if that's the consensus. 
>However, the holidays are a slow time for me so I may be able to mentor
>
>a bit by then.  :)
>
>Leam
>
>On 11/26/15 09:13, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> All good points. I was only looking at the web site to organise
>weekly
>> topics. Everyone using a common book greatly simplifies the group
>> learning process.
>>
>> Here's my thinking (I've only had half a cup of coffee so far):
>> 1. This is Leam's idea so let's have Leam be the Project Lead on
>this.
>> Book, no book, which book, times and connection method are the call
>of
>> the PL.
>> 2. We need a volunteer (or beer pliable) veteran coder(s?) to assist
>in
>> leading the topics if/when the self study gets stuck. Maybe nothing
>more
>> than an ALE post or maybe participate in a followup meeting to
>clarify
>> an issue.
>> 3. Let's look to start this in Jan to allow time to organize this and
>> get past the crazy season. Also gives to get publicity to the meetup
>> side if ALE. Most are not on the mailing list.
>> 4. I will handle the Meetup announcements and scheduling of times and
>> verify connection method processes. There are lot's of cross join
>people
>> from Meetup and that could work well to boost ALE visibility as the
>> central group for technology specialties.
>>
>> Not to put any pressure on Leam, but this could be a "toe in the
>water"
>> for a new thing for ALE. As everyone who knows me understands, I'm a
>> huge education advocate. Doing another ALS is not an option. But
>> coordinating and running 6-12 week special topic how to classes is
>very
>> feasible. It spreads the load around, miss steps are not crises and
>it
>> provides a very good service outside and within ALE. It makes us
>Linux
>> people look good. I like that. :-)
>>
>> Ok. Finished my coffee #1. Time to make dressing, green bean
>casserole
>> and sweet potatoes.
>>
>> On November 26, 2015 6:51:21 AM EST, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>
>>     Jim,
>>
>>     I've given this a little thought, and would like to disagree.
>Tell me
>>     what you think of these concerns.
>>
>>     1. Unity. Looking at the website, it seems to diverge from the
>book as
>>     early as chapter 4.
>>
>>     2. Multi-modal learning. The book comes with a series of videos.
>This
>>     gives learners two different ways to ingest the material. That
>seems to
>>     be a solid recommendation from the education theory folks.
>>
>>     3. Benefit Content. I've already found extra stuff in the videos
>that
>>     goes beyond what's in the book.
>>
>>     4. Investment. If someone buys a book it's a bit more of a
>commitment
>>     than just saying "I'll look at a website". That, in itself, can
>>     encourage deeper participation.
>>
>>     I understand if times are tight with the holidays. If someone
>really
>>     wants in on this but is having a difficult time swinging the
>cash,
>>     please let me know. We can probably work some
>>       thing
>>     out.
>>
>>     Leam
>>
>>
>>     On 11/25/15 12:53, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>
>>         Let's use the website as the core reference for syncing the
>effort.
>>         Any/all books _should_ be able to
>>         help teach what's needed with an occasional push/pop/poke
>(HA!)
>>         from others.
>>
>>         On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 12:43 -0500, leam hall wrote:
>>
>>             Depends on if folks want to use the same book, or one
>they
>>             already
>>             have. Tech books don't seem cheap.
>>
>>             I'm using this book:
>>            
>http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Hard-Way-Practical-Computational/dp/0321884922
>>
>>
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