Imagine if we incorporated creating a small personal website on GitHub into the Git lesson? Seeing their webpage go live with a few commands could be such an incredible wow moment for people. For people who do not collaborate as much as others, it also provides a great motivation for learning GitHub. Here's a (very) rough sketch of how we could structure it:
1. Standard Git Lesson (or most of it at least). 2. Have participants use nano or another text editor to edit the template document, inserting some basic information about themselves or a fictional character*. 3. Walk participants through the steps to publish their new page. 4. Instruct participants to look up their new page and wait for them to get over their disbelief. 5. Confirm, that yes, they really did just create a web page. High-five!** As a follow-up, we could have a web-only lesson on markdown that walks learners through the steps to create a more customized personal web page on GitHub. This lesson would help learners apply and extend what they learned at the workshop. John Moreau Notes: *Not everyone will be comfortable publishing their information online. There's a lot of harassment online, such as sexist attacks against women. We have to consider these issues when designing any lesson about publishing online. ** High-fives may be substituted with fist bumps, a pat on the back, or other congratulatory motions as appropriate. -----Original Message----- From: Discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Wilson Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 9:22 AM To: Software Carpentry Discussion <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Discuss] Workshop on personal research websites for graduate students We've been talking on and off for a couple of years about a lesson on "publishing in the 21st century". Should creating a personal/lab website be part of that? Cheers, Greg _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
