minutes_python_express.txt

pythonExpress
 - Aniket:
    - great initiative.
    - been to many colleges, helped people out.
    - earlier it was in Anand's repo.
    - unaccepted pull requests.

- Anuvrat:
    - get content standardized, a guideline for instructors to follow.
    - Branding is very important, a statement for approaching institutes.


Vijay:
    - lets make it more focussed.
    - geographically distributed efforts.
    - We as a community need to decide on how we shape the different teams for
      different types of work
    - Main problem is finding the motivation to do the actual work.
    - Maybe we are too young to take it up.
    - Knowledge is what is important.
    - Instead of teaching them how to use Django, teach them how to build Django
    - Have different workshops for different topics for engagement.

Sourav:
    - Is it the right space to discuss individual problem.
        - Agenda 1: 

Chillar Anand:
    - Teaching basics is not enough. 
        - Maybe take up engineering problems and use them as examples.

satya:
    - Make it more industry oriented.
    - Make sure that the skills they learn are employable.


Dhruv:
    - Make a lot of examples to keep students interested.
    - Brings a lot of interest in students.
    - Plant the seed 

Ashutosh(Greter noida):
    - No one knows about python.
    - After the basics were covered, the second level is not taken up by a very
        few people.
    - Most of them ask for certificates.

Aniket:
    - Agrees with Satya -> Need more industry oriented approach.
    - Ride the wave.
    - Might not know shit about programming

Randomo guy 1:
    - People think free workshops are not worth it 

Random girl 1:
    - Conducted workshop for beginners.
    - But when teaching basics, they are not satisfied with what they learn.

Krace:
    - 1 day workshop for 3rd year college students.
    - Use python's http.server -> build an intereactive application.

Random guy2:
    - Another way for engagement -> make it directly relevant to them
    - Example matlab vs python.
    - We could aim to cater towards such example.

Jaysinh Shukla

    - colleges are not interested.
    - lets target teachers.
    - get more volunteers.
    - online calls maybe would be better.

Anshul Sharma, JMI
    - anuvrat conducted a workshop, interested people competed in GSoC
    - professors eventually got interested.
    - -> get students interested and encourage them to participate in competitions.

Saurabh:
    - make things predictable.
    - have regularity.
    - get some success stories.
    - show case personalities.
    - vijay: it should become a profile in itself.
    - saurabh: gamification.
    - student feedback should be designed in the software.



#problems:
    - missing infrastructure
        - 
        - use a python distribution like anaconda
        - use python tutor for demonstrating basic concepts.
        - lets create it a wiki with all these details.

    - what can you do without internet?

# branding
    - let the presenter choose the brand they want to promote.
    - its a double edged sword.