[p2pu-dev] Contributing to Lernata (code) group. previously... [p2pu-community] Working with the new site: Ideas from Dan Diebolt and I

Thu Mar 31 16:00:42 UTC 2011

So good!
Following :-)

ALISON
p2pu.org/users/alison

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Jessica Ledbetter <
jessica at jessicaledbetter.com> wrote:

> I'm thinking we could do a study group this upcoming round of
> classes/groups, gather up all the gotchas/questions we find, and use that to
> build up the documentation for future developers.  We can probably reuse
> some things already in place like #p2pu-dev (for those that are of the IRC
> variety). Maybe once we finish we can update
> http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/courses/lernanta-dev/  ?
>
> My first sketch is now up
> http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/courses/introduction-to-contributing-to-lernata/content/task-list-draft/
>
>
> In addition to the great resource that is Zuzel and each other, we have
> help as well with https://github.com/p2pu/lernanta/wiki so that's awesome
> :)
>
> I know you're insanely busy, Zuzel, and we'll be calling on you when we
> can't figure out stuff ourselves.
>
> I'm going to -- when I can -- set up the task list (sounds better than a
> syllabus to me) as group editable and we'll grow (sic) from there!
>
> Looking forward to the fun :)
>
> Jessica
>
>
> <https://github.com/p2pu/lernanta/wiki>
>  On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:40 AM, zuzel.vp <zuzel.vp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Let me know how I can help :)
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Pippa Buchanan
>> <Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Jessica, that would be great - I'd love to be in a group of people
>> learning
>> > how to positively hack on the new site. Can I suggest a task - "Getting
>> your
>> > Python dev environment setup" as that's where I've stalled in my
>> learning of
>> > Python!
>> >
>> > P*
>> >
>> > On 30 March 2011 22:02, Jessica Ledbetter <jessica at jessicaledbetter.com
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> +1 on Contributing to Lernata (code) group. I've been toying with the
>> idea
>> >> of doing a session on contributing to open source with a focus on
>> Python
>> >> code but have not had time to make up a fake project yet nor become
>> more
>> >> than a novice in Python.
>> >> Are there enough junior tasks? Though I guess we could take a task
>> (that
>> >> doesn't have an urgency) and do it a loose pair programming style
>> project.
>> >> It'd show people that are interested how to get code from a repository,
>> find
>> >> out how to compile it/run it locally, find a bug to work on, make the
>> >> necessary change, and submit.
>> >>
>> >> If Zuzel is game for a novice Python person to lead up a session, I can
>> do
>> >> it.  How about a 3-4 week one?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Stian Håklev <shaklev at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I very much agree with the idea of involving more learners in design
>> of
>> >>> the platform. I would love for someone to run a course on how to hack
>> >>> Lernanta. It could be more of an open study group of people who want
>> to try
>> >>> to play with the code together, try to do some of the junior tasks
>> etc. I
>> >>> mentioned this to Philipp, and he said it would be great, as long as
>> Zuzel
>> >>> isn't the one leading the course - we want her cranking out high
>> quality
>> >>> code :) So if anyone else wanted to step up to the table, I think it
>> would
>> >>> be great. I'd love to participate.
>> >>> Stian
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:05, Pippa Buchanan <
>> Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Dan and I had a conversation earlier today about how we can work with
>> >>>> the new site.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> One of Dan's ideas which I strongly agree with was for Webcraft to
>> >>>> encourage more study groups that engage learners in developing
>> practical
>> >>>> skills while helping on the P2PU site and project. This idea has been
>> >>>> present in the Webcraft community for a while, but it was important
>> that a
>> >>>> new platform was in development before we put too much energy into
>> improving
>> >>>> a system about to be retired. I'll engage more strongly with the
>> Webcraft
>> >>>> community about this but some initial ideas were:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> technical documentation and technical writing
>> >>>> screencasting ***
>> >>>> HTML5 video - P2PU promotional video / Get Involved info****
>> >>>> using the ticketing system ****
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We also discussed
>> >>>>
>> >>>> how to encourage peer feedback to study group task responses. (less
>> the
>> >>>> organiser's responsibility >  more of a peer effort)
>> >>>> how to best link in work produced on sites outside of p2pu.org.
>> >>>> how to encourage Webcraft organisers to use really good tools like
>> >>>> JSFiddle
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We recognised that these are problems shared by many other developers
>> >>>> exploring Personal Learning Environments.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Pippa
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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