[dynamic-lang] Meeting topic: "Teach Me Ruby"

[Dave Lundy]

Catherine Devlin wrote:
> Hi, SIG guys!  I just got back from PyCon...  I'm happy, so happy.  What 
> a blast.  :)
> 
> And I got an idea for April, or whenever our next empty meeting slot 
> is.  I want to lead a session called "Teach Me Ruby".
> 
> Because I don't know Ruby.
> 
> Got that?
> 
> It's a new, incredibly awesome teaching technique which (AFAIK) was 
> invented on Saturday at PyCon.  You can read about it on my blog:
> 
> http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/2008/03/teach-me-twisted.html
> 
> Basically, the person leading the discussion *doesn't* know the topic.  
> Instead, she asks questions to the experts and makes them talk her 
> through the task - on her own terms.
> 
> I need promises from at least two people to promise to come and play the 
> role of Ruby experts, though.  ("Expert" can be rather broadly defined 
> here as "knowing a lot more about Ruby than me", which isn't a very tall 
> hurdle.)  Alternately, I could lead Teach Me PHP.
> 
> Want to try it?  If we can achieve even one-tenth the awesomeness of the 
> PyCon version, it will be well worthwhile for everyone.

That sounds crazy enough to actually work! ;-)  I plan to attend, 
although I certainly won't be one of the "experts".  The next meeting 
is Wed., Apr. 9.

> See you in April!  (Oh, and don't forget Penguicon, April 18 - 20: 
> http://www.penguicon.org )
> 
> -- 
> - Catherine
> http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/
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> 
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