July 11, 2022 Meeting Notes

July 11, 2022

Brooks-Kieffer, Everman, Wheeler, Katzer, Kindred, Koseva, Lanfear, Ramos

Data Carpentry Ecology Fall 2022 planning

Notes organized by lesson:

R:
- Chris wants to teach along with a more experienced instructor
- Boryana: teach or help
- Amanda: help
- Elizabeth: teach or help
- Rob: teach or help
Python:
- Thane: possibly help
- Boryana: teach or help
SQL:
- Jamene has taught before; can do so again if needed
- Rob and Paul have expressed interest previously
- Boryana: help if needed
Spreadsheets:
- TBD
OpenRefine:
- TBD

Folks present at the meeting have a mix of commitments and flexibility before and during the Fall 2022 semester. More to come.

Q&A for instructor checkout

Can lesson contribution include Incubator lessons?
- Yes, Incubator lessons are included
- Instructor Training Checkout Guidelines include a list of repositories eligible for contribution
In GitHub, look for issue tags like “good first issue” or “good for checkout”
Contribution doesn’t have to be very big
For R teaching demo, have your dataframe loaded in advance
Making a mistake isn’t a big deal – walk them through what happened and then move on
Make a separate profile for teaching so your software installation doesn’t include any of your usual customizations
Consider choosing a shorter lesson so you don’t have to prep as many modules
- Unlikely you would be asked to demo a lesson introduction or wrap-up; one of the skills you’re being asked to demonstrate is teaching while live coding, so the episode you’re given needs to have that content
Have fun with it!
Observing and commenting on other peoples’ teaching is part of the fun

Group updates

Jamene will be on sabbatical January-June 2023; anyone interested in helping coordinate the group should reach out
Rob has talked with HERS about interest in another Carpentries-style Data in Spreadsheets workshop where interns can bring their own data
Thane’s thesis defense is this Friday, 7/15; Zoom link and time are in the shared document for anyone who wants to attend and support him

Notes by JBK