Thanks everyone for your suggestions. It will help me to design the outline and content I shall let you know how it goes.
Regards, Tamim. On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 1:36 AM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Tamim -- > > Speaking teacher-to-teacher, I think in terms of an XY graph with X-axis > the techie nuts and bolts and Y-axis the lore / history / storytelling. > > Then I draw a curve representing any given students "bandwidth horizon" > and suggest varying the angle along the curve i.e. keep changing the mix of > lore and tech. > > Too many teachers neglect lore I think: where did Python come from, who > is Guido, what is open source, how many languages are there, what are they > used for? > > Yes, we can go overboard and have only "fluff" but it's wrong to think of > lore as "fluff" when in a good / healthy trail mix with techie (e.g. the > syntax itself, magic methods...). > > What I find is a real time saver and helpful is to *not* start with a > blank canvas i.e. an empty screen and say "now code something". Rather, > start in the middle with something fairly complex yet understandable > (conceptually) and invite them to make changes (plus they get to keep the > code). > > I took this approach with middle-to-high schoolers (teenagers) with > limited experience at a summer school. > > http://www.4dsolutions.net/satacad/martianmath/toc.html > > Each student had a high end Mac. I had Visual Python installed with my > stickworks.py and other goodies (all free and out there) so they had > something visually interesting, a live animation, right from square one. > > But then they could change some things. I call this "providing > scaffolding". > > It's not like you're saying this is a shortcut to learning the language > and people who slog along are wasting their time. It's not that. We're > just front loading with concepts and human interest material and recruiting > a few into diving in more seriously as a result of having so much fun. > We're not hiding the fact that it'll take a lot longer to get good at > Python. > > Additional resources: > http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/cp4e.html > > Kirby > > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Tamim Shahriar <tamim.shahr...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I am going to conduct a workshop next month. I shall use Python in the >> day-long workshop. The workshop will be for girls only (grade 9-10) who >> know how to use computers but not familiar with programming. >> >> If anyone has experience conducting similar workshop and has resource, >> please share. >> >> Also, what do you think I should show them in the workshop? Every girl >> will have access to a computer during workshop? Should I go with solving >> problems from their math / physics book? Or should I try to show them >> simple games to make it more fun? I am waiting for your ideas. >> >> >> Regards, >> Tamim. >> Python Blog : http://love-python.blogspot.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >> >>
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