Lex, It could be a noun. People refer to a sing-along as an event; I have been invited to some other musical play-alongs aimed at beginning instrumentalists. Probably worth defining once, then use it well. :-)
-- bennet On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:23 AM Lex Nederbragt <lex.nederbr...@ibv.uio.no> wrote: > Thanks for the 'code-along' suggestion. I like it, it sounds great! > However, I am not sure how to use it in practice to describe our teaching > method as it seems to be meant as adjective, not a noun. For example, we > currently write: > > "One of the cornerstones of Software and Data Carpentry teaching is live > coding" > > We can’t hardly change that to ‘is code-along’. We could use ‘is a > code-along style of interactive programming’, but that becomes too long > again… ‘is code-along sessions’ doesn’t work too well either. Oh, and ‘is > code-along live coding’ sounds weird. > > So I like it as an adjective describing the style of teaching, but feel > I’m still looking for a better noun, or better adjective between ‘live’ and > ‘coding’. > > Lex > > > On 15 Oct 2018, at 17:24, Hoyt, Peter <peter.r.h...@okstate.edu> wrote: > > +1 > > Peter Hoyt > > On 10/15/2018 10:12 AM, Erin Becker wrote: > > I love code-along! > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 5:19 AM Jeremy Metz via discuss < > discuss@lists.carpentries.org> wrote: > >> +1 for code-along - short but descriptive, and also informal and fun >> sounding! >> >> On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 13:04, Adriana De Palma <a.de-pa...@nhm.ac.uk> >> wrote: >> >>> Code-along. As in sing-along. As in fun ☺ >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Lex Nederbragt [mailto:lex.nederbr...@ibv.uio.no] >>> *Sent:* 15 October 2018 12:49 >>> *To:* Discuss list Carpentries <discuss@lists.carpentries.org> >>> *Subject:* [discuss] What's in a name: Live-Coding, or? >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> I have for a while been thinking about the term ‘live-coding’ as we use >>> it as our teaching approach in workshops. What we mean is a form of >>> teaching described in the instructor training material >>> <https://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/15-live/index.html> as >>> “work[ing] through the lesson material, typing in the code or instructions, >>> with the workshop participants following along”. But there are other >>> meanings of the term, for example, some people will ‘live code’ a software >>> demo during a conference, without the participants doing any coding >>> themselves. Apparently it even can be done as a performing arts form >>> (creating sounds, images, etc)- see the wikipedia entry on ‘Live coding'. >>> >>> >>> I am looking for a term that better describes what we do. Examples I >>> have considered: >>> >>> >>> -* live follow-along coding*; however, follow-along does not imply >>> learners being active, they could just as well sit back, relax and follow >>> along closely (note that the description from the instructor training >>> material uses this wording also) >>> >>> - *live interactive coding*; however, there is not much interaction >>> unless for any truly *interactive* exercises >>> >>> - *live together-coding* or *live collaborative coding*; however, we >>> are not really coding together or collaboratively, learners merely mirror >>> the instructor (except for when they do exercises); still, these are >>> currently my favourites >>> >>> >>> Any other suggestions? >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> >>> Lex >>> >>> >>> > > -- > Associate Director, The Carpentries > Pronouns: she/her/hers > > > > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T69368b0ceffc20b9-M62576145ce7ef5c4ba5a54c2> > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T69368b0ceffc20b9-Md3ae1863a21cab63fcdda76a Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
