mmm... I see now that the standing thing is the first of your 10 points in your excellent "10 tips and tricks for instructing and teaching by means of live coding" blog post
http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2016/04/tips-tricks-live-coding.html I had totally missed this article. Shouldn’t it be linked as a reference in the instructor's checklists? Inigo On Sat, 14 May 2016 07:38:27 +0200 Inigo Aldazabal Mensa <[email protected]> wrote: > Good job showing both sides. I really liked the videos. > > One think I had not thought of before, and noticed as the second video > started, is the instructor's standing position. It makes it easier for > him not only keeping eye contact with the audience, but also > both glanzing over the classroom for learner's reactions, stickers, > etc., and getting closer to the screen for explanations of the code. > > Not having to stand up and sit all the time in order to "access" the > screen is a big plus which will allow you doing it more than not. And > in the typical classroom you (at least we) just have a table, not a > stand. I guess it's time for some shopping for our next workshop :-) > > > Inigo > > > > > On Fri, 13 May 2016 18:07:21 +0200 > Lex Nederbragt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Greg’s recent video 'An example of bad teaching’ was part of a > > bigger plan we made to use video demonstrations for the instructor > > training workshops. My part in this was to make a demonstration > > focussing on good and bad practices for the live-coding aspect. > > > > Thus, this week, I made two 2-3 minute videos with contrasting ways > > of doing a live coding session: one demonstrates as many ways as > > possible how to not do this one uses as many good practices as > > possible During the instructor-training workshop, participants will > > be asked (in small groups) to discuss the differences and their > > relevance. > > > > It was really fun to do. I had help from a colleague who has > > experience making videos, and two local *Carpentry folk to act as > > learners. In all, it took us two hours (a dozen shots) to get both > > videos right. > > > > Here are the videos: > > > > Part 1: https://youtu.be/bXxBeNkKmJE > > Part 2: https://youtu.be/SkPmwe_WjeY > > > > And a blog post with more details: > > https://flxlexblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/a-video-introduction-to-instructing-by-means-of-live-coding/ > > > > Enjoy! > > > > Lex > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
