I added a notice to my previous courses notes to indicate that they are now available under the CC-BY-NC license. I don't know if it'll be in any way useful -- as I'm well aware the courses could use a huge amount of improvement (working on it!) -- but it seems worth …
read moreTeaching conclusions
My last course to teach Python to beginners ended Monday last week and wow, am I behind in writing up the post-mortem :)
This time I taught the basics of programming with Python to a group of 6 adults, mostly PhD students either in political sciences or mechanical engineering. Nearly all …
read moreBook review: How to survive your first year in teaching, by Sue Cowley
I got "How to survive your first year in teaching" after finding some very positive reviews and it's been worth every cent -- from the beginning I had to stop reading to take notes and add bookmarks for future reference. The target is "real" teachers (at the primary and secondary level …
read moreTeaching, teaching | Session #2
I thought before I started this course, "oh, it's the third time I do this, it's all old hat, I'll just have a general recap blog post rather than weekly ones" but heh, as long as I keep learning and questions and topics to ponder come up, I'll keep writing …
read moreA few notes from the first session | Teaching again
Post-session #1 thoughts (from Monday's scribbles):
- Note to self: Re-read carefully the lesson's content beforehand, to remember it all. Knowing what's "print" and what's a variable like the back of your hand doesn't mean you remember how to explain them to someone encountering the concepts for the first time. Very …