Bit late to the thread here. I'm in the same boat as Tim, thanks for
the stemnet link, first I heard of it, will definitely check out.
Cheerio
Dirk
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On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Tim Brocklehurst
<timb@???> wrote:
> On Sunday 09 Dec 2012 15:43:43 Imran Chaudhry wrote:
>> I've recently become aware of this "CoderDojo" thing from an article
>> in the Guardian [0]
>>
>> It got me thinking on how great it would be if Southampton had one of
>> these. I have been reading the website and "Getting started" guide [1]
>> and it all looks doable.
>
> I have spoken to STEMNET about supporting local schools who are interested in
> software and tech, and they seemed to be interested. Quite a few schools are
> already doing after-school programming-type activities, so I think it's best
> to offer support for this within the current HantsLUG structure. I need to
> chase it up again, but it is really down to the teachers and students to make
> use of it.
>
>> For me, I'm thinking I have too many family and personal commitments
>> to give this a go as a mentor... but I thought I'd put it out there
>> just in case anyone is interested? It's something I am still thinking
>> about so who knows.
>
> Yep, me too, weekly mentoring isn't likely to happen in person, but as a LUG
> we do have a mailing list. I am happy to visit schools and give talks about
> how I use technology and software in a maritime setting, about what the LUG
> can offer, and what STEM means for the next generation.
>
>> One challenge is lack of weekly venue perhaps, something the
>> Southampton Hackspace people seem to be having too [2].
>
> Ah, that's a problem, especially when you start specifying requirements. We
> are very lucky to have simple requirements and have a useful "man on the
> inside"tm
>
> If anyone wants to get into helping out schools, talk to STEMNET
> http://www.stemnet.org.uk/ and consider becoming an ambassador.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim B.
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