From 95eb410ac289eae5095eacca24575be7380c31fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Darst Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:22:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] content/2024/summer-teaching-plans: Add summer 2024 teaching plans post - An introduction to what we'll do in the summer. Suitable for sending to departments or for people to know what it's all about. - Review: worth a detailed read --- content/2024/summer-teaching-plans.rst | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/2024/summer-teaching-plans.rst diff --git a/content/2024/summer-teaching-plans.rst b/content/2024/summer-teaching-plans.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de2f5e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/2024/summer-teaching-plans.rst @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +:blogpost: true +:date: 2024-02-14 +:author: Richard Darst +:category: teaching + + +2024 summer teaching plans +========================== + +It may seem a long time ago, but summer is approaching. That means +it's time to start announcing our summer teaching activities. This is +the 2024 implementation of our :doc:`yearly kickstart and onboarding +strategy ` + +"Kickstart" means it's a first look and practical steps to get started +quickly, but not the most advanced course. + + + +Summer plan +----------- + +The course page: :external:doc:`training/scip/kickstart-2024` + +Each June, we have a training program designed around the schedule of +new summer research interns. + +* (Monday reserved for local department activities) +* **Day 1: Tue, 4 Mar**: A very broad introduction to scientific + computing and how to organizing your research +* **Day 2: Tue, 5 Mar**: How to use the computing cluster: basics +* **Day 3: Tue, 6 Mar**: Continuation of day 2, but more advanced and + getting to parallelism and running many things at once +* (Friday can be used by specialized tutorials and follow-ups with + specific tools) + +Each day is approximately 12:00-16:00, online (livestream), with +videos available by the same evening. It's completely OK to come the +only days you can, for example only the first day for those who aren't +using the computer cluster, or skipping the last day and coming back +to it once you need those tools. + + + +What you should do +------------------ + +* If you are a new researcher: definitely register and reserve the + dates. Attend until it starts to feel unnecessary for you. +* Department HR and coordinators: add this to the information you give + to new researchers. If you department is computationally oriented, + try to integrate this into your schedule. +* If you are not at Aalto but think this is relevant to you or the + people you support, send them to our course and/or contribute. + + * We've designed this course so that it's also suitable as an + introduction at other locations - most universities in Finland + send their students here (online). Wherever you are, you could + send your students as well. We also welcome co-teachers. + + * We have :external:doc:`info on what your cluster needs to have to + follow along `, but we are open + to ideas to make it more reusable. + + * Our "lecture/demo, then exercise" format is suitable for you to + help your local audience during the exercises to fill in what's + different for you. + + + +Other teaching +-------------- + +The "Kickstart" course is one of our capstones. There is also: + +* `CodeRefinery March 12-14 and 19-21 + `__, which you + could say is more basic handling code for scientists (not a + prerequisite). +* The more advanced :external:doc:`workflows course + ` which is more advanced, but + different: it's designed to show full examples of how the cluster is + actually used, not be a tutorial of the individual pieces.