A huge hurdle we face when sharing technical skills with students in workshops like Software Carpentry is motivating the tools and techniques we want our students to learn about. Sure, they come to us jazzed to learn about scientific computing … Continue reading
An interesting thread emerged at yesterday’s Instructor Hangouts – we began by watching an example of excellent instruction from a recent Software Carpentry workshop, for which I only had my perpetual criticism: get the students to do more stuff! Give … Continue reading
It’s time for another round of Instructor Hangouts! Join us at our new times this Thursday, October 16 at 9AM and 4PM PDT (UTC-7) to discuss all things software workshop instruction. I received a lot of comments after the last … 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
The inaugural run of our Instructor Hangouts program went live yesterday; I hope all who participated found it as enlightening as I did! I wanted to round up a few points procedural and philosophical from the hangouts, for those who … Continue reading
