Have Empathy When Teaching #WCMPLS

Teaching anything that comes second nature to us can be a difficult task. While we talk about something we know very well, it’s completely unfamiliar to someone seeing it for the first time. In this talk I’ll go over some of my tried and true methods for introducing and training people on something I know really well: WordPress.

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1. Have Empathy When Teaching Joe Casabona joec.co/wcmpls-teach
2. Imagine a Baby
3. 12 YEARS
4. How do We Cultivate Learning?
5. Rami Abraham It's important to consider leveraging your capacity for empathy. 
 
 Be the reader.
6. Empathy is hard!
7. – Obi-Wan Kenobi You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.
8. Remember Your First Time
9. -Yoda You must unlearn 
 what you have learned.
10. Know they don't know
11. You’ve never seen Star Wars? You’ve never seen Star Wars! vs.
12. “Obviously” Kills
13. Make Them Feel Comfortable
14. If everyone could do what I do, I’d be out of a job.
15. What Makes a good Learning Environment?
16. Flipped Classrooms
17. Engage!
18. Allow Students to discover! • Don’t just talk at your class • Be engaging • Interact with them • This will make students think about the problem & ask more questions.
19. Learn by Doing!
20. Relate the Material!
21. “I’ll just do it for you”
22. Personal connections, no matter what the medium for teaching, is the best way for people to learn
23. Remember: You’re there to help.
24. Front End Developer 
 @ Crowd Favorite Teacher Joe Casabona @jcasabona casabona.org joec.co/wcmpls-teach