17 August-12 September, 2016: Steering Committee, Google Summer of Code, rOpenSci, Small Teaching, Ten Simple rules.
This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.
##Highlights
- We are amending the steering committee election procedures.
- Some members of our community co-authored research papers, and would appreciate some feedback.
- A very succesful Google Summer of Code 2016 has come to an end.
- Openness can still lead to a frustrating situation.
- You can now log in to the etherpad to let us know if you will be attending the monthly Carpentries Community Call.
##Tweets
- Excel might be to blame for your conversion mistakes.
- Software Sustainability Institute fellowship programme 2017 applications now open.
- Learn how to make your research analysis better and reproducible at PyConZA 2016.
- Read more about Academic archetypes.
- What would you like to have at the Brisbane Research Bazaar (ResBaz)?
- A good read on how to be a Modern Scientist.
- If you have innovative ideas for open science the arnold foundation may be the place for you.
##Vacancies
- rOpenSci is looking to employ a postdoctoral scholar to help with grant research.
##General
For our Instructor Training Course, we would like to put together ten simple rules on how not to engage your students when instructing.
University of California, San Diego’s first Library Carpentry workshop was recently run, and it was a huge success.
Small Teachings as suggested by James Lang may make a big difference in your teaching.
The Discussion Book can be a helpful tool to get people tlking productively.
17 workshops were run over the past 30 days. For more information about past workshops, please visit our website.
Upcoming Workhshops:
September: University of Colorado,McGill University, Griffith University, University of Chicago, University of Waterloo, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, University of British Columbia - EOAS, University of Southern Queensland, James Cook University, Townsville, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, University Of British Columbia.
October: Simon Fraser University, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Simon Fraser University, The River Club, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, UW Madison, University of Würzburg.
2017: AMOS / MSNZ Conference.