Name: Aug Event | Python for All: Democratizing Coding Mastery with AI Chatbot Support
Start: 2025-08-28T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-28T20:00:00-04:00
Location: CoLab18

Bring your laptops! PyData Pittsburgh is excited to host our August event, the workshop *[Python for All: Democratizing Coding Mastery with AI Chatbot Support.](https://www.library.cmu.edu/about/news/2025-01/ai-coding-literacy)* Join us on Thursday, August 28th [at CoLab18,](https://www.colab18.org/) as Kristen Scotti, CMU/STEM librarian, guides us through this valuable hands-on learning experience.

We will utilize AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot to support the process of learning to code. Using Python as our teaching tool, participants will acquire skills that are transferable to other programming languages. We will explore how AI chatbots can be invaluable resources for understanding, writing, and refining code, as well as for facilitating transitions between different coding languages.

**Time:**
6:00 pm – Doors Open
6:30 pm – Workshop, Python for All: Democratizing Coding Mastery with AI Chatbot Support

**About the Workshop:**

Building on years of coding workshops in Python and R, STEM Librarian Kristen Scotti developed *Python for All: Democratizing Coding Mastery with AI Chatbot Support*, a hands-on program showing participants how to use tools like ChatGPT to debug, optimize, and better understand their code. By integrating AI literacy into the learning process, the workshop empowers participants not just to rely on AI, but to critically evaluate its output, troubleshoot errors, and strengthen their own coding skills.

The approach is designed to reduce the intimidation factor many feel when learning to program, offering on-demand AI “tutor” support while emphasizing responsible and effective use. This model has been adopted in multiple settings, from library workshops to graduate engineering seminars.

**About the venue:**

Special thanks to **CoLab18,** our generous venue sponsor! CoLab18 is a vibrant digital-literacy lab and collaboration space nestled within Nova Place on Pittsburgh’s North Side. CoLab18 is designed to foster inclusive innovation, education, and workforce development, and serves as a hub for community groups, nonprofits, and educational workshops, offering access to technology, training, and public programming.

For **directions and parking** information, [see the CoLab18 directions link.](https://www.colab18.org/use-the-space/directions/)

**Additional information:** If parking in the Nova Place Garage, use garage entrance 3 or 4, "Visitor Parking" located on South Commons. Follow signs that lead to the pay station and take the "Concourse" Elevators to P for Plaza, the main concourse of Nova Place. CoLab18 is towards your left once you exit the elevators.

If utilizing street parking or any street entrances, please use any of the glass door entrances to enter the Plaza Level inside the Main Concourse of Nova Place.

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Kristen Scotti is a STEM Librarian at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, supporting the Departments of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics & Data Science. She completed her postdoctoral training at CMU Libraries, where she integrated AI literacy into coding and machine learning workshops and conducted research on open science practices and machine learning-assisted evidence synthesis. Kristen holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, where she led interdisciplinary research on microgravity materials processing. Her work bridges computational research, educational outreach, and public engagement, with a focus on accessibility, equity, and the responsible use of emerging technologies in science and scholarship.

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