What beginners teach us

Keynote at OSDC.tw
Will be given April 19, 2013

Special thank you to 唐鳳 (Audrey Tang) for the translation to Chinese.

Transcript

1. What beginners teach us
   Selena Deckelmann
   @selenamarie
   Data Architect, Mozilla
   新手教我們的事
   

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2. “In the beginner’s mind there
   are many possibilities, in the
   expert’s mind, there are few.”
   — Shunryu Suzuki
   「新手心裡有許多可能性，
   　老手心裡則少得多。」
   — 鈴木俊隆〈禪者的初心〉
   

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3. I am a beginner teacher
   我是新手教師
   

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4. full of possibility
   充滿了可能性
   

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5. the one thing...
   Next time you answer
   a beginner’s question
   最重要的是…
   當你回答新手的問題時
   

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6. take a moment and consider...
   How will the beginner feel
   when they hear your answer?
   先停下來想一想…
   聽到你的回答，
   對方會有何感受？
   

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7. Since 1995
   十八年來
   

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8. PyLadies
   Get women who code together
   寫程式的女人齊聚一堂
   去年九月，我加入了…
   Last September, I joined...
   

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9. Coursera Class
   線上課程
   

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10. Walk away
    or
    Figure out how to teach?
    一走了之
    或
    弄懂如何為人師？
    

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11. beginners:
    Open to possibility
    and overwhelmed
    by choice
    新手：
    　接受各種可能性
    　選擇太多，不知所措
    

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12. TMTOWTDI
    the best part of beginners mind
    adventure, possibility, inclusive
    做法不只一種
    初心者最可貴之處：
    冒險力、可能性、包容心
    

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13. or...
    或是…
    

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16. our job as teacher is to answer...
    “What do I do next?”
    我們的工作就是回答：
    「下一步該做什麼？」
    

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17. And to consider:
    How do people feel while
    they’re taking the next step?
    並且考慮到：
    人們在做下一步時
    內心的感受如何？
    

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18. What does learning how
    to program feel like?
    學寫程式
    是什麼感覺？
    

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19. ൴ු
    ࡯࡯
    

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20. When experience is a
    dead end
    悲劇一則
    

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21. ൴ු
    ࡯࡯
    ኪᄳ೻ό
    

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22. ൴ු
    ࡯࡯
    ኪᄳ೻ό
    

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23. ൴ු
    ࡯࡯
    ኪᄳ೻ό
    參加工作坊
    習題練不動
    一改就爛光
    ʔِə
    

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24. When PyLadies
    succeeds
    PyLadies 成功時
    

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25. ු
    ࡯
    ኪ
    

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26. 參加工作坊
    黑客松、小聚會
    ු
    ࡯ 練不動
    改爛掉
    ላਧ
    

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27. 黑客松、小聚會
    ላਧ
    

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28. Engineering
    experiences
    建構經驗
    

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29. “The unwritten first chapter”
    Early wins
    In-person connections
    Learning environment
    Big goals
    快速上手　人際聯繫
    共學環境　目標遠大
    「開源初步」
    

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30. Tools for engineering
    great beginner
    experiences
    如何建構
    良好新手經驗
    

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31. From Hacker School:
    No “Well, Actually...”
    No Feigning Surprise
    別說「嗯，其實呢…」
    不用故作吃驚
    

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32. pairing
    best teachers
    are those
    that just learned
    搭檔
    剛學會的人
    是最好的老師
    

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33. 1:3 ratio
    instruction to doing
    教一分，做三分
    

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34. listen carefully
    learn from how students rephrase
    and ask questions
    傾聽學生的重述和提問
    

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35. PyLadiesPDX
    111 women
    1-2 meetings per week
    111 位女士
    每周聚會一兩次
    

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36. Teaching benefits the
    teacher.
    教學相長
    

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37. and you will...
    你會…
    

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38. write better code
    write better docs
    gain perspective
    寫出更好的程式
    寫出更好的文件
    獲得洞察力
    

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39. your community will...
    你的社群也會…
    

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40. recruit diverse
    members to your
    communities
    招募到
    多采多姿的成員
    

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41. AdaInitiative.org
    OpenHatch.org
    PyLadies.org
    

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42. and...
    以及…
    

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43. better parties
    更棒的趴踢
    

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44. an informed public
    有識的公眾
    

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45. informed leaders
    有識的領導者
    

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46. make a better world!
    讓世界更美好！
    

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47. teach!
    ὑ
    

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48. What beginners teach us
    Selena Deckelmann
    @selenamarie
    Data Architect, Mozilla
    新手教我們的事
    

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