we gave the first lesson yesterday in the afternoon in hatzor.
we begun about 12 minutes late - partially because we waited for the late
kids, partly because of me. the lesson ended about 15 minutes too late -
so it all fit in the time expected, just begun too late. i did skip one of
the slides - should have skiped more.
the first part went ok, including the robot exercise. it wasn't as funny
as i hoped, because the kids are brave when they sit in their chairs, but
very shy when they need to get up.
in the second part, the 'live while loop' exercise proved a bit too
complicated - i almost gave up on it, but decided to see it through. after
doing it once for them, they managed to get it (more or less) done on the
2nd round. one caveat - the kids were chosen because they came to the
class after the break too late - 3 late kids just when i looked for 3
kids. the knight who sais "Ni!" refused to say "Ni!" - so instead he said
"yes" (in a very shy voice...). conclusions:
1. next time, just make it "the one who sais 'yes'".
2. next time, it'd be better that the teacher gives them the condition,
and make it wrong (off by 1) - and then let the class find how it
should have be fixed - and then make a 2nd round with the fix.
more conclusions:
1. a few slides should be removed from this lecture in order to make it
more 'at ease' - and be able to finish on time even when starting too
late.
2. the objects part can be safely removed - the example i gave was indeed
a bit weak, and the issue is too subtle to explain at this point.
i'll get the slides updated on the site, for anyone that needs it for the
future.
p.s. we have around 20 kids in the class - some of them seem unfit (with
regards to their seriousness) - i assume we'll start seeing drop-outs when
they see that we came to learn, not to play.
p.p.s we're still trying to recruite more pupils from another school - i
hope it'll work out.
--
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
