People are coming to my workshop, now what?

Volunteers often love running introductory programming workshops. This talk covers how to help attendees get the most out of your volunteer time. We’ll look at how to make a tutorial easier for attendees to follow and tips that help students stay relaxed and learn effectively. The talk incorporates what I learned as a student teacher and includes a new source of help in revising newcomer material.

Transcript

1. People are coming to my workshop, now what? Nicholle James @oboechick_ nicholle@oboechick.com
2. Thank you Asheesh Laroia for helping me with the outline.
3. Me in sqrt(25) Pics
4. I want to help you!
5. nicholle@oboechick.com @oboechick_ + 3 more
8. PRACTICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS MADE SIMPLE (PyCon 2016)
9. What would be a better title? An Intermediate Level Guide to Practical Network Analysis
10. Who is going to show up? https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/ images? q=tbn:ANd9GcTEOYI34jHrYCJD4go_ 17E4pkMHKJ7- https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images? q=tbn:ANd9GcSKGwyk3c4v3139QB4q9WaLUGtmlNyW OQfIOqwhyP4jYIyywmc8Cw
11. What you can do if you don’t have enough helpers?
12. Live coding
13. Pair Programming http://www.kspace.pt/posts/pair-programming
14. Why do people ask questions?
15. People ask questions because they don’t understand, but they want to.
16. “Just Google it”
17. “Just Google it”
18. What if they don’t ask questions?
19. What if they don’t ask questions?
20. What if they don’t ask questions?
21. Long pages are daunting
22. Note to Organizers Please do not ask anyone to write a tutorial with less than one month of time to write it!
23. Test it!
24. Exit Interview/Survey
25. https://goo.gl/forms/NKCvBSpf8Hqmjlb43
26. What you should remember • Word choice is important • Write the tutorial or workshop for the beginner • Find alternative ways to encourage questions • Break it up (magic number 3) • Test it • Last 15 minutes belong to the exit interview/survey
27. I will help you nicholle@oboechick.com @oboechick_
28. Thank you