Be A Brilliant Mentor (PyConAU)

Actionable strategies and tips for effective mentoring

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1. Be A Brilliant Mentor Donna Zhou | @failscasts
2. What Is A Variable? Donna Zhou | @failscasts
3. What Is A Variable? Answer without using these words: • access • assign • data • information • label • location • manipulate • memory • name • program • recall • reference • remember • represent • reuse • stand for • store • value Donna Zhou | @failscasts
4. What Is The Difference Between Print And Return? Donna Zhou | @failscasts
5. What Is Print & Return? Answer without using these words: • access • assign • available • calculate • console • display • evaluate • execution • function • method • object • output • pass • print • program • result • return • save • scope • screen • send • statement • STDOUT • terminal • value • variable • write Donna Zhou | @failscasts
6. Adjust Your Language Build on the ideas 
 the student already understands Donna Zhou | @failscasts
7. Understand What Success Means Focus of the workshop Understand motivation Let the student show you Donna Zhou | @failscasts
8. Create A Safe 
 Learning Environment There are no ‘stupid’ questions Be incredibly excited Be incredibly patient Donna Zhou | @failscasts
9. Create A Sense Of Achievement Be specific Be generous Donna Zhou | @failscasts
10. Be A Brilliant Mentor Understand what success means Adjust your language Create a safe learning environment Create a sense of achievement Donna Zhou | @failscasts
11. Become A Mentor Register for Codebar 
 codebar.io Mentor a friend Donna Zhou | @failscasts
12. Thank you Donna Zhou @failscasts