Updates from the Data Carpentry Steering Committee annual in-person meeting
Every year the Data Carpentry Steering Committee members and Executive Director meet to review the previous year and strategically plan the next one. This year’s meeting was January 31 - February 1,...
View ArticleGet Involved With Mentoring
Are you a new Software or Data Carpentry instructor? Do you remember what it was like to be a new instructor? Are you interested in improving your own teaching skills? Do you want to connect with other...
View ArticleOur first work cycle, Prometheus
We’re wrapping up our first work cycle! Here’s what we accomplished over the past six weeks and what we’re still working on. To help with any of these projects, please get in touch!Planning for Data...
View ArticleLong-Term Assessment Strategy
A fair amount of discussion around assessment took place during the Software and Data Carpentry Instructor and Helper Retreat. One of the recommendations that came out of this retreat was to include...
View ArticleProjects for Cycle Deimos
We’ve been enjoying the added focus and sense of accomplishment we’ve gained from working in cycles. If there’s something you’re excited about for the next round, let us know! If you’d like to join (or...
View ArticleBe a part of Data Carpentry’s first lesson release!
Bug BBQ starting tomorrow, Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 22:00 UTCBe a part of Data Carpentry’s first lesson release! Data Carpentry is aiming to release its Ecology lessons on April 21st. We held an...
View ArticleData Carpentry supports I4OC
Our increasing capacity to collect data is changing how we can look at the world. This data we’re collecting has the most promise when it is accessible to all researchers, for all types of inquiry and...
View ArticleBug BBQ squashes bugs!
In preparation for Data Carpentry’s first lesson release, we hosted a Bug BBQ last week to resolve outstanding issues and issues identified during the Issue Bonanza.The Bug BBQ and Issue Bonanza were a...
View ArticleInstructor Training in Puerto Rico
On March 24-25, Rayna Harris, Sue McClatchy, and Tracy Teal co-taught an instructor training workshop at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR). This was a very special workshop in many ways, and we are...
View ArticleFirst Data Carpentry Lesson Publication
Data Carpentry has published its first set of lessons on Zenodo! The path to get here has included hundreds of people who contributed to these lessons, taught them, used them and learned from them. All...
View ArticleCall for Contributions: Moving Ahead with Genomics Data Carpentry
Way back in March of 2015, a group of 27 Carpentry community members gathered at Cold Spring Harbor for the first Data Carpentry Hackathon on a set of lessons and assessments for Genomics Data...
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Data Carpentry Genomics comes to the Netherlands
Twenty-five life science researchers from across the Netherlands and Germany joined the event on March 22nd and 23rd in Science Park Amsterdam. The workshop covered multiple aspects of working with...
View ArticleCycle Deimos wrapup
We’re wrapping up Cycle Deimos! Here’s what we accomplished over the past six weeks and what we’re still working on. To help with any of these projects, please get in touch!Assessing Our Impact on...
View ArticleApply to Become a Carpentry Instructor Trainer!
The Carpentry community is growing! This month we welcomed ten new Instructor Trainers to our community. Now we are looking for the next group of new Trainers.Carpentry Instructor Trainers run...
View ArticleProjects for Cycle Phobos
We’ve been enjoying the added focus and sense of accomplishment we’ve gained from working in cycles. If there’s something you’re excited about for the next round, let us know! If you’d like to join (or...
View ArticleInstructor Access to Workshops
Software and Data Carpentry share a mission to spread computational and data literacy to the broader research community at a wide range of institutional types across the world. We also share core...
View ArticleAnnouncing Belinda Weaver as our Community Development Lead
We’re excited to announce Belinda Weaver has accepted our offer to become the Community Development Lead. Belinda will join the Carpentries staff later this month, please give her a warm and...
View ArticleGenomics Interest
Last month, we announced an upcoming revamp for the Data Carpentry Genomics lessons and asked you to let us know how you would like to be involved. We’ve had a tremendous amount of interest from the...
View ArticleTimeline for the the Data Carpentry & Software Carpentry Reorganization
On Jun 8 & 9, we met in-person to continue discussing how to proceed with the merger of the Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry organizations to best achieve our strategic goals and serve our...
View ArticleJob Posting: Workshop Administrator
With the growth of Carpentry workshops all over the world, we are excited that Maneesha Sane is moving from Program Coordinator to Program Manager of Software and Data Carpentry. As Program Manager,...
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