<html><head></head><body>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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On November 26, 2015 9:20:13 AM EST, Leam Hall <leamhall@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Let me add to Jim's comments. I too am learning and teaching driven. I <br />will learn this and I'm happy to bring others along. This is how I've <br />lived my career.<br /><br />ALE has provided me a lot of good information and the occasional <br />friendly social contact. It would please me immensely to be able to pay <br />back, in a sense, the good ALE has brought.<br /><br />I've started a GitHub repo for coding. First thoughts are that others <br />can join and we can store our code in separate folders. If there's a <br />better repo for it, let me know.<br /><br /> <a href="https://github.com/LeamHall/ale_lcthw">https://github.com/LeamHall/ale_lcthw</a><br /><br />I'm okay with the group starting 1 Jan 16 if that's the consensus. <br />However, the holidays are a slow time for me so I may be able to mentor <br />a bit by then. :)<br /><br />Leam<br /><br />On 11/26/15 09:13, Jim Kinney wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0p
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1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> All good points. I was only looking at the web site to organise weekly<br /> topics. Everyone using a common book greatly simplifies the group<br /> learning process.<br /><br /> Here's my thinking (I've only had half a cup of coffee so far):<br /> 1. This is Leam's idea so let's have Leam be the Project Lead on this.<br /> Book, no book, which book, times and connection method are the call of<br /> the PL.<br /> 2. We need a volunteer (or beer pliable) veteran coder(s?) to assist in<br /> leading the topics if/when the self study gets stuck. Maybe nothing more<br /> than an ALE post or maybe participate in a followup meeting to clarify<br /> an issue.<br /> 3. Let's look to start this in Jan to allow time to organize this and<br /> get past the crazy season. Also gives to get publicity to the meetup<br /> side if ALE. Most are not on the mailing list.<br /> 4. I will handle the Meetup announcements and schedulin
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times and<br /> verify connection method processes. There are lot's of cross join people<br /> from Meetup and that could work well to boost ALE visibility as the<br /> central group for technology specialties.<br /><br /> Not to put any pressure on Leam, but this could be a "toe in the water"<br /> for a new thing for ALE. As everyone who knows me understands, I'm a<br /> huge education advocate. Doing another ALS is not an option. But<br /> coordinating and running 6-12 week special topic how to classes is very<br /> feasible. It spreads the load around, miss steps are not crises and it<br /> provides a very good service outside and within ALE. It makes us Linux<br /> people look good. I like that. :-)<br /><br /> Ok. Finished my coffee #1. Time to make dressing, green bean casserole<br /> and sweet potatoes.<br /><br /> On November 26, 2015 6:51:21 AM EST, Leam Hall <leamhall@gmail.com> wrote:<br /><br /> Jim,<br /><br /> I've given this a little thought, and
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like to disagree. Tell me<br /> what you think of these concerns.<br /><br /> 1. Unity. Looking at the website, it seems to diverge from the book as<br /> early as chapter 4.<br /><br /> 2. Multi-modal learning. The book comes with a series of videos. This<br /> gives learners two different ways to ingest the material. That seems to<br /> be a solid recommendation from the education theory folks.<br /><br /> 3. Benefit Content. I've already found extra stuff in the videos that<br /> goes beyond what's in the book.<br /><br /> 4. Investment. If someone buys a book it's a bit more of a commitment<br /> than just saying "I'll look at a website". That, in itself, can<br /> encourage deeper participation.<br /><br /> I understand if times are tight with the holidays. If someone really<br /> wants in on this but is having a difficult time swinging the cash,<br /> please let me know. We can probably work some<br /> thing<
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out.<br /><br /> Leam<br /><br /><br /> On 11/25/15 12:53, Jim Kinney wrote:<br /><br /> Let's use the website as the core reference for syncing the effort.<br /> Any/all books _should_ be able to<br /> help teach what's needed with an occasional push/pop/poke (HA!)<br /> from others.<br /><br /> On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 12:43 -0500, leam hall wrote:<br /><br /> Depends on if folks want to use the same book, or one they<br /> already<br /> have. Tech books don't seem cheap.<br /><br /> I'm using this book:<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Hard-Way-Practical-Computational/dp/0321884922">http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Hard-Way-Practical-Computational/dp/0321884922</a><br /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /> Ale mailing list<br /> Ale@ale.org<br /> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br /> See JO
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