A talk focused on how everything in the frontend world isn't "easy" and how we can learn to teach with empathy.
Current deck from: React India Recording: bit.ly/tooling-finland
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Typescript@carolstrantypescriptlang.org
“A typed supersetof JavaScript”@carolstrantypescriptlang.org
“Just some types onyour JavaScript”@carolstran
Typescript is awhole new language@carolstran
Typescript has acompiler@carolstran
import * as React from ‘react'@carolstran
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@carolstranAlready know ReactAlready know GraphQLWant a smaller site
Gatsby has a lotof magic@carolstran
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Flexbox@carolstran
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React@carolstran
“We mistakefamiliarity forsimplicity"Jim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply
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Spiral of silenceElisabeth Noelle-Neumannbit.ly/spiral-of-silence-noelle
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumannbit.ly/spiral-of-silence-noelle
“The assessment of one’ssocial environment maynot always correlatewith reality”Elisabeth Noelle-Neumannbit.ly/spiral-of-silence-noelle
@carolstranIncreasedEmpathy
@carolstranEmpathy mattersmore in education
@carolstranEmpathy requireshumility
Take ownership of thecommunities we’re in@carolstran
Start an internalmentorship program@carolstran
Someone you admire@carolstran
Someone you admire@carolstranSomeone you feelcomfortable with
Someone you admire@carolstranNOT YOUR MANAGERSomeone you feelcomfortable with
Try out empathy-driven teaching@carolstran
Relate your ownexperiences@carolstran
I can see thatyou feel…
I have feltthat way when…
What I havefound is that…
Ban words like"easy" from yourvocabulary@carolstran
Be specificJim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply
Be comparativeJim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply
Be absoluteJim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply
Show, don’t tellJim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply
Deconstructyour biases@carolstran
@carolstranKeep a learningjournal
@carolstranJust because youunderstand somethingdoesn’t mean thateveryone else will too
@carolstranPeople learn atdifferent rates
@carolstranBrains areweird
@carolstranEveryone is a beginnerat some point
@carolstranIt’s ok thatthings are hard
@carolstranProgrammingis hard
“By saying something iseasy, you remove theaccomplishment of learningsomething as it was alwayssupposed to be easy.And learning something isalways an accomplishment"@ThisIs JoFrank
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