About the Speakers Sandy Strong Sandy Strong (@sandymahalo) Systems Engineer at DreamHost Tutoring and workshops for high schoolers and adults Christine Cheung (@plaidxtine) Freelance web developer Workshop organizing/teaching for local user groups • • • • • •
Expectations What do YOU want? Reasoning for teaching Determine motivation and goals WHO do you want to teach? Target a specific type of audience • • • • •
Identifying Struggle Less likely to engage May “give up” silently Beginners in an experienced room intimidated / shy utilize mentors to help them • • • • •
Common Beginner Questions Using the shell vs. interpreter String formatting Types of data structures List vs Tuple Math Boolean logic Order of operations • • • • • • •
Retention Enthusiasm fades quickly Have another session planned Extra assignments Community resources Communication channels Meetup, Facebook, Twitter, etc. • • • • • •