I had the privilege of observing the second-ever live Software Carpentry Instructor Training workshop last week at the University of Virginia; that work continues to refine a solid best-of in educational psychology with which to arm our new instructors. I’ve … Continue reading
MOUSE is an amazing organization that has been working with the Maker Party since the inception of the campaign in 2012. Through the MOUSE Squad program students learn to become digital media and technology experts in their schools and join … Continue reading
This is the fifth post in a series featuring interviews with the 2014 Mozilla Festival “Space Wranglers,” the curators of the many exciting programmatic tracks slated for this year’s Festival. For this edition, we chatted with Kaitlin Thaney, the Space … Continue reading
Shoutouts Many thanks to our hosts at the University of Virginia for the second-ever live Software Carpentry Instructor Training event this past week, and to all our students that made the event a success; it’s your effort and engagement that … Continue reading
Topic no. 2 for the roundtable session at the latest Instructor Hangouts (yep, we went way overtime), was welcoming and engaging students from as diverse a set of professional practices as possible. This conversation was in response to a thread … Continue reading
Our first session for this round of Instructor Hangouts was dominated by a topic suggested by Rachel Sanders of PyLadies – how do you make sure a workshop is aimed at just the right level for your students? The way … Continue reading
Yesterday was Round 2 of Instructor Hangouts, our bi-weekly event to meet instructors from across many different workshop offerings. This week, we tried something a bit different: a roundtable discussion in the first session, and our first video teaching review … Continue reading
The next round of Instructor Hangouts is almost upon us, this Friday, Sept 26 at 9 AM and 9 PM PDT! As always, there are many things to discuss; the lineup as it stands is as follows: First Session – … Continue reading
Create a “Wizard of Oz” moment by pulling back the curtain to see who’s watching you on the Web. Turn on Mozilla’s Lightbeam tool, visit a handful of websites to see who’s tracking you, and then learn how to fight … Continue reading
This is the fourth post in a series featuring interviews with the 2014 Mozilla Festival “Space Wranglers,” the curators of the many exciting programmatic tracks slated for this year’s Festival. For this edition, we chatted with Kat Braybrooke, Paula Le … Continue reading
