November update

In the past months we've focused on making teach-rs more technically accessible. We decided we went a bit "engineering-heavy" with the technical setup of teach-rs (e.g. first run a tool called modmod to specialize the material, then deploy it--and this required some familiarity with the technical details), and we identified this as a potential hurdle in allowing the use of teach-rs in academia.

We flattened this structure in #149. So there is now just "the material". The logic here is also that in university, it's quite common to just select exercises from a book, and students can still benefit from browsing around in a "what else is there" mindset.

As side-benefit, we also discovered we had some material that was already in the repo but not publically visible on teach-rs.trifectatech.org, so the publically available teaching material expanded! :-)

It would be great to have some input on what focus we should have going forward. Make the material even easier to self-host? Are people looking for slides in LaTeX+beamer? Do you want to see new material on particular topics?

May update

Teach-rs community update

From now on, we will be using GitHub's release mechanism to notify people watching the teach-rs repository about improvements, changes and updates with respect to teach-rs content. This is the first such "release" and serves as a starting point.

But also, we will use this opportunity to tell you that if you are attending RustWeek, you can come and visit us at the Trifecta Tech Foundation Topic Table for a Rust Educators Speed Date. Find us there on Wednesday 14 May, 11.00am (first coffee break).

It doesn't matter if you have used teach-rs or something else, we would love to hear both your battle stories and any questions you have about teaching Rust in schools, universities, and beyond.

We look forward to meeting you at the Trifecta Tech Foundation 'building blocks', near the Tweede golf booth!