Re: [Discuss] Teaching Python via CLI or Jupyter

2017-05-11 Thread Jan T Kim
Hi All, when deciding to use the notebook or the editor / CLI approach, I think it's worthwhile to consider which tool workshop participants are anticipated to use in their "real work" after the workshop. There's no doubt that taking care to eliminate any unnecessary stumbling blocks from the

Re: [Discuss] Fwd: Experience improves memory for code

2016-11-22 Thread Jan T Kim
by the takers themselves and open in that sense. Best regards, Jan > - Jory > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.software-carpentry.org > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss -- +- Jan T. Kim -

[Discuss] Fwd: Experience improves memory for code

2016-11-21 Thread Jan T Kim
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Re: [Discuss] top down vs. bottom up teaching python? c.f. whole language in instructor training

2016-11-14 Thread Jan T Kim
Hi Titus and All, On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 04:57:52AM -0800, C. Titus Brown wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 09:34:09AM +0000, Jan T Kim wrote: > > When using the "top down" approach of starting with a prepared piece of > > working code, I'd suggest that learners shoul

Re: [Discuss] Word and PowerPoint "all wrong"? Was Re: SWC for high school (16-18)

2016-05-04 Thread Jan T Kim
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Re: [Discuss] example of a well-written lesson

2014-11-30 Thread Jan T Kim
Dear All, On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 07:13:24PM -0500, Greg Wilson wrote: Hi Kai, Our experience is that trying to get learners who have little previous training in programming all the way to defining classes in half a day (which is all the time we usually have for Python in our workshops)