> 1) “authenticity”; will the participants feel that programming in > Racket is “real” programming? Do you mean as opposed to a more popular language like Python or JavaScript? Or in some other regard (like building GUI apps)?
-- Yury Bulka https://mamot.fr/@setthemfree #NotOnFacebook John Clements <[email protected]> writes: > In that case, I would think carefully about > > 1) “authenticity”; will the participants feel that programming in Racket is > “real” programming? > 2) How you’d like the participants to engage with the material after the > workshop. Their motivation and time availability are both likely to be low > (well, maybe that’s just my own experience :)) > > John > >> On Dec 12, 2020, at 11:39, Yury Bulka <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the feedback. In my case, most likely, the participants will >> be around 16-22 years old, no particular specialisation but curious >> about programming. >> >> -- >> Yury Bulka >> https://mamot.fr/@setthemfree >> #NotOnFacebook >> >> >> >> John Clements <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> My opinion: it depends on lots of things, but I think the biggest one is >>> the makeup of your audience. If they’re (say) a bunch of retired >>> accountants that are passionate about understanding how programs work and >>> have lots of time to follow up after your sessions and possibly some >>> “office hours” after the fact, I think you might “click” with ten to twenty >>> percent of them. >>> >>> This probably goes without saying, but in three sessions, you’re not going >>> to be building expertise; you’re (hopefully) going to be building the >>> excitement and laying the foundation for them to learn on their own. >>> >>> All just my opinions, of course! >>> >>> John >>> >>>> On Dec 12, 2020, at 04:15, Yury Bulka <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear Racket community, >>>> >>>> I'm wondering whether any guidelines / methodology exist out there on >>>> using Racket and/or the student languages as a learning environment in a >>>> workshop context (specifically aimed at introducing non-programmers to >>>> programming and problem solving in a HTDP spirit). >>>> >>>> The idea of such a hypothetical workshop is to have two or three >>>> sessions with a small group (5-7 participants), and to reach a point in >>>> the end where they are comfortable with reasoning about the how a >>>> program evaluates and how to use functions to encapsulate simple >>>> problems and solutions, possibly in this 5-step process: >>>> http://htdp.org/2020-8-1/Book/part_preface.html#%28counter._%28figure._fig~3athe-design-recipe%29%29 >>>> >>>> Is this too ambitious plan at all? Does it require _way_ more time or is >>>> it doable? >>>> >>>> Thank you for any thoughts, >>>> -- >>>> Yury Bulka >>>> https://mamot.fr/@setthemfree >>>> #NotOnFacebook >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Racket Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/878sa3cj9q.fsf%40privacyrequired.com. >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/87tusqbuc6.fsf%40privacyrequired.com.
