<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>I just thought I'd follow up my keynote with details about the NCSS Challenge, if you'd like to get involved as a mentor/tutor, or if you know a student or teacher would like to get involved.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The NCSS Challenge 2014, starts on Monday 4th August (this coming Monday). The first questions will be released by the system at 8am, and students will need to submit their solutions by Sunday 9pm (for newbies, beginners and intermediate) and midnight (for advanced). It is not too late to sign up or offer to help. Kids and their teachers around Australia need your Python know-how!</div>
<div><br></div><div>To find out more about NCSS, visit <a href="http://ncss.edu.au">http://ncss.edu.au</a>. You can get more information about the Challenge here: <a href="http://ncss.edu.au/challenge">http://ncss.edu.au/challenge</a>, including how to sign up a student or teacher. You can also try the first module of Grok Learning courses by registering at <a href="https://groklearning.com">https://groklearning.com</a>.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>To help out as a mentor (even for just 30 minutes a week over the next 5 weeks), please email <a href="mailto:challenge@ncss.edu.au">challenge@ncss.edu.au</a> and we'll get you started with a tutor account. If you'd like to find out whether there is a school near you running the Challenge that you'd like to volunteer in (or you're already involved at a school and would like to run the Challenge there), please email us as well. I guarantee you'll really enjoy helping students and even enjoy solving the questions yourself :)</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you'd like to help with the NCSS Summer School in January or your company is interested in sponsoring NCSS, please email <a href="mailto:info@ncss.edu.au">info@ncss.edu.au</a>.</div><div><br></div>
<div>I'd be very keen to hear your feedback on our activities and teaching materials, and your ideas about teaching Python in schools. And, if you want to know how to help out in your local school, but don't know where to start, we're happy to help you get going.</div>
<div><br></div><div>James</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>---</div>DR JAMES R. CURRAN | Associate Professor and ARC Australian Research Fellow<br>School of Information Technologies | Faculty of Engineering and IT<br>
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