Just another thought, if you can get the computers set up beforehand I think this could be a great opportunity for pair programming (and I like the idea of time where interested parties can work on their personal setup).
Last fall I took a python course organized by Tiziano Zito ( https://python.g-node.org/wiki/). The organizers had computers set up with all of the required programs, but we students were required to share the computers and not use our own laptops. At first we begrudgingly set aside our own laptops, but as the course wore on, we saw how efficient it can be to work and learn in pairs. This was definitely facilitated by the "neutral" area of the lab computer. Cheers, Julia On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:58 AM, Steven Haddock <[email protected]> wrote: > I bet this is a common problem, but I think Andrea has made the key point > here. If they are using computer-lab machines, it doesn’t matter that > whether they can install / configure the machines, or convince the sysadmin > to do it, or use a pre-packaged virtual environment or one of these other > solutions. > > In any of these cases they will not be taking home their working > environment. > > Is there a possibility to give participants the *option* to use their own > laptops, and those who can’t do this could use the institutional systems? > > -Steve > > > > On Mar 28, 2016, at 11:53 , Andrea Zonca <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > With locked-down machines, the learners already loose the opportunity to > have a working environment on their laptop at the end of the workshop. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >
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