code4lib - What beginners teach us

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1. What beginners teach us Selena Deckelmann @selenamarie Staff Data Architect,

   Mozilla

2. photo by courthouselover

3. The adult section

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5. I could go there.

6. Discovering what’s possible

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8. http://bit.ly/1fQEXeF

9. http://github.com/mozilla/socorro

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15. http://bit.ly/1fOgBSB

16. “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the

    expert’s mind, there are few.” -Shunryu Suzuki

17. I am a beginner teacher

18. full of possibility

19. the one thing... Next time you answer a beginner’s question

20. take a moment and consider... How will the beginner feel

    when they hear your answer?

21. I’ve been involved in FOSS Since 1995

22. PyLadies Get women who code together In September 2012, I

    joined...

23. our first project... A Coursera Class

24. Walk away or Figure out how to teach?

25. beginners: Open to possibility and overwhelmed by choice

26. TMTOWTDI the best part of beginners mind adventure, possibility, inclusive

27. but...

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30. our job as teacher is to answer... “What do I

    do next?”

31. And to consider: How do people feel while they’re taking

    the next step?

32. What does learning how to program feel like?

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34. When experience is a dead end

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38. When PyLadies succeeds

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42. Engineering experiences

43. “The unwritten first chapter” Big goals Early wins In-person connections

    Cultivate a learning environment

44. Tools for engineering great beginner experiences

45. From Hacker School: No “Well, Actually...” No Feigning Surprise

46. pairing best instructors are those that just learned

47. 1:3 ratio instruction to doing

48. listen carefully learn from how students rephrase and ask questions

49. PyLadiesPDX 412 women 1-2 meetings per week

50. • New skills • Peer support • Structure and routine

    • Confidence What PyLadies say they get:

51. How have I benefited and what have I learned from

    teaching?

52. write better code write better docs gain perspective

53. recruit diverse members to your communities

54. adainitiative.org openhatch.org pyladies.org

55. and...

56. an informed public

57. Julie Horvath’s blog post http://julieannhorvath.com/2013/07/09/a-different-perspective.html

58. “I didn’t grow up thinking I could do anything I

    wanted to.”

59. I see this every day teaching adults.

60. People don’t know what’s possible.

61. Where I belong, where I can go

62. make a better world!

63. teach! <3

64. What beginners teach us Selena Deckelmann @selenamarie Staff Data Architect,

    Mozilla

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