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    Lessons Learned in

    Teaching Python

    Sandy Strong and Christine CheungPyCon 2013

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    Why Teaching?

    Passion for sharing

    Contribution to the community

    Diversity efforts

    Teaching is learning twice

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    Expectations

    What do YOU want?

    Reasoning for teachingDetermine motivation and goals

    WHO do you want to teach?

    Target a specific type of

    audience

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    Entry Points

    Volunteer for user group

    Form your own

    Tutoring

    For-profit training

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    Lesson Planning

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    Making Lesson Plans

    Adapt from existing

    dont read from book

    Write your own

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    Know Your Material

    Be prepared

    Review your slides

    Functional code demos

    Answers you dont know

    Be honest, figure it out together

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    Time Constraints

    More material than time

    Omit/edit parts during teaching

    Flexible ending points

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    Know Your Audience

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    Are they...

    1. Beginners

    2. Intermediates3. Experts

    4. Mix of skill level

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    Assess Skill Level

    Do it early

    Survey

    Gauge pacing of class

    While teaching

    Interact + listen

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    Classroom

    Demographics

    Age Groups

    Gender

    Career Backgrounds

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    Student Environment

    Plan for an hour of setup time

    List requirements early

    Offer early setup time

    List minimum requirements

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    OS Challenges

    Windows

    Have documentation ready

    Environment variables

    Older OSes

    Dependencies may not be met

    Consider loaner laptops

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    Python Versions

    Standarize

    2.7 or 3?

    Do not mix and match

    Consider virtualenv

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    Engaging With

    Students

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    Three Types of

    Students

    Falling behind

    Right on track

    Zipping ahead

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    Types of Beginners

    Younger beginners

    More adventurous / experimental

    Older beginners

    More conservative

    Stay within bounds of exercises

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    Absolute Beginners

    Dont make assumptions

    everyone learns differently

    Explain concepts in different ways

    Take it slow

    Encourage questions

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    Identifying Struggle

    Less likely to engage

    May give up silently

    Beginners in an experienced room

    intimidated / shy

    utilize mentors to help them

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    Identifying Boredom

    Engaged but work ahead

    Will utilize mentors

    Bonus exercises

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    Keep Them Interested

    Encourage them to work with

    neighbors

    Group work

    Short social breaks

    Anecdotes and humor

    Demo interesting projects

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    M C

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    More Common

    Questions

    Debugging (pdb)

    OOP class design

    Application deployment

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    No Questions?

    Beginners may be shy

    Use relatable stories

    Ask questions:

    Can anyone tell me why ____worked the way it did?

    D li With

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    Dealing With

    Difficult StudentsAnswer questions

    ...but dont feed the troll(s)

    offer to talk later

    Class disruption

    Handle during break

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    Location

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    Venues

    Decide the type of venue

    Getting a venue

    existing group

    businesses / hackerspaces /

    school

    rent a venue (for profit)

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    Knowing Your Venue

    Internet

    Power outlets and capacity

    Tables and chairs

    Projector

    Backup plans (extra supplies)

    Kno the

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    Know the

    Neighborhood

    Travel Options

    Parking

    Restaurants / Bars

    Conflicting events

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    Retention

    Enthusiasm fades quickly

    Have another session planned

    Extra assignments

    Community resources

    Communication channels

    Meetup, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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    Wrap-Up

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    Questions?


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