Teaching Programming Workshop by Helena McCanney https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff en-us 2018-08-10 09:06:48 UTC 2018-09-17 11:57:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Practise https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282185804 Programming is a practical skill. ]]> 2018-09-17 09:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282185804 Positive Feedback https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186036 Encourages students to keep going.]]> 2018-09-17 09:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186036 Examples suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186145 Worked examples
Variety (some "cool" factor)]]> 2018-09-17 09:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186145 monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186151 Sense of creating some fun things]]> 2018-09-17 09:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186151 Something happening ... monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186290 Need to see something happening
Colour
Making loads more stuff]]> 2018-09-17 09:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186290 Personalised Feedback https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186296 Students don't feel like they are on their own. The feedback itself is detailed enough to help the students. Students are actively listening.]]> 2018-09-17 09:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186296 Fun leads to talking monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186531 2018-09-17 09:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186531 Good to work on real-life where possible suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186533 Convoluted vs simpler problems]]> 2018-09-17 09:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186533 Work in pairs monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186717 Start talking]]> 2018-09-17 09:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186717 Peer instruction monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186883 Supposed to prepare beforehand (e.g. watch a video)
Discuss
(Good examples on the web e.g. google depth-first search)]]> 2018-09-17 09:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282186883 Collaboration with Peers/Peer Programming https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282187281 Learning from each other. Leverage complementary skills and knowledge levels. Students are speaking their own language, understand each other weaknesses and more comfortable sharing them]]> 2018-09-17 09:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282187281 Opportunity to be a little creative suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282187370 picking a theme or topic or issue]]> 2018-09-17 09:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282187370 Structure to allow the good ones to move ahead suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282187484 It takes different amounts of time for people to "get it".
Don't let the ones who have moved ahead get stuck. 
Option to recycle them back for peer-support and shared learning]]> 2018-09-17 09:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282187484 Do it monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282187518 Students need to practice
It is a skill, not something to memorise]]> 2018-09-17 09:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282187518 Completing a Task (Successfully) https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282187952 Motivated by a sense of achievement; builds confidence]]> 2018-09-17 09:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282187952 Incremental Difficulty for Lab Exercises https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188293 Tasks gradually increase in difficulty because weaker students don't feel completely demoralised at the start of the lab]]> 2018-09-17 09:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188293 Feedback monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188402 Visual or audio feedback
Code is abstract - some don't get it]]> 2018-09-17 09:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188402 Start with basic approaches and then reinforce the "mantra" suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188518 Break down the problem
Incremental design]]> 2018-09-17 09:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188518 Consider different analogies suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188649 Programming is like ...
cooking; babysitting a toddler; driving a car]]> 2018-09-17 09:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188649 Reminder of Achievements over course of semester https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188739 Building confidence]]> 2018-09-17 09:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188739 Think incrementally suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188892 Start small then build it up
Keep showing progress
Small things make a "big" "important" programme]]> 2018-09-17 09:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282188892 Show how to cope with errors suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282189118 Ctrl-A Delete
How to read error messages
How to use google?]]> 2018-09-17 09:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282189118 Programming Together https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282189158 Students see the lecturers tackling problem]]> 2018-09-17 09:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282189158 Ability to make changes monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282189650 Make a change and see the result
See the correspondence between code and an action]]> 2018-09-17 09:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282189650 Self-Assessment https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282189760 Students checking their progress against peers using Einstein graphs. Perhaps more useful for good students?]]> 2018-09-17 09:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282189760 Many solutions monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282189991 Programming is a process, there is more than one solution (students don't realise that)]]> 2018-09-17 09:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282189991 Get something working monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282190387 Ability to show stuff to someone else
Perhaps need to get to a certain level]]> 2018-09-17 09:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282190387 Traditional lectures https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282190731 Hour-long lectures with one-way flow of information doesn't address the need for practise. Boring for students.]]> 2018-09-17 09:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282190731 Critical mass of keen people monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191050 Get as many people as possible into that group
Encourage them]]> 2018-09-17 09:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191050 Suggest quality external resources and encourage their use if necessary suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191095 Linda, Kahn academy
Udemy
Think like a CS
Cracking the coding interview
(but use is then up to them!)
Particularly good where students don't have prerequisite knowledge]]> 2018-09-17 09:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191095 Encouragement monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191207 This code works but ...]]> 2018-09-17 09:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191207 Pair programming monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191372 Sometimes it doesn't work, but sometimes they have fun]]> 2018-09-17 09:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191372 Time element monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191887 Could leave the lab when finished]]> 2018-09-17 09:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191887 Giving solutions too freely suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191948 Students assume they understand]]> 2018-09-17 09:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282191948 Practical stuff monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282192085 Programming can be too abstract, need to see practical stuff]]> 2018-09-17 09:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282192085 Plagiarisable Assignments https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282192152 Students find it too easy to find solutions online]]> 2018-09-17 09:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282192152 Incentive, groups, see things working monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282192266 2018-09-17 09:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282192266 Don't just write code suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282192726 Whiteboarding
What is the problem?
Talk through the process before typing
"Parsons problem" - given lines then reorder to make working code]]> 2018-09-17 09:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282192726 StackOverflow https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282192779 Bad examples

]]> 2018-09-17 09:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282192779 Yadda, yadda, yadda monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282212761 Too much talking ...]]> 2018-09-17 10:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282212761 Meta - doesn't work means? suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282212883 Failing exams/assessment
Uninspired - quit computing or never come here
Become poor coders]]> 2018-09-17 10:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282212883 Review assignments monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282212980 Discuss different approaches how to do an assignment]]> 2018-09-17 10:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282212980 Time given to complete task suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282213182 Force students to rush can cause poor programming (1 letter variable names)
Sometimes this is useful! (AIPO)]]> 2018-09-17 10:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282213182 Notes monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282213529 Students think that they don't need to go to an lecture as the notes are available online - what's the solution?]]> 2018-09-17 10:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282213529 Singling out students https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282213985 Too easy to pick the wrong student, undermine confidence, etc.

]]> 2018-09-17 10:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282213985 Good, mature students in the class https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282214017 Will answer questions when others don't; set the tone

]]> 2018-09-17 10:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282214017 Focusing too much on syntax and programme specific details suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282214524 More important to understand algorithm]]> 2018-09-17 10:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282214524 Answers are a killer to learning monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282215002 2018-09-17 10:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282215002 Plagiarism is a real problem monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282215273 Mark solutions in labs]]> 2018-09-17 10:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282215273 9am lectures/labs https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282216495 Students don't turn up or are late.

]]> 2018-09-17 10:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282216495 Theory without practise https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282217956 For example, talking about an algorithm's complexity without providing a run-time example]]> 2018-09-17 10:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282217956 Discouragment monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282218320 ... always encourage the studentss]]> 2018-09-17 10:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282218320 Summary monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282218770 Lectures that no one goes to
Plagiarism in labs
Logistics (big classes)]]> 2018-09-17 10:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282218770 Letting students form their own groups https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282219317 2018-09-17 10:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282219317 Discussion around how to exam/assess ... suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282219712 2018-09-17 10:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282219712 Error message https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282223723 Write code to generate the error message]]> 2018-09-17 11:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282223723 Fast doesn't mean good https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282224006 2018-09-17 11:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282224006 Adaptibility monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282233573 Adapt questions for each student ]]> 2018-09-17 11:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282233573 Pair programming https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282234313 How to do this with a large group]]> 2018-09-17 11:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282234313 Get more teaching support https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282234976 Teaching assistant/lab manager paid to carry out offline administration/preparation]]> 2018-09-17 11:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282234976 Better (ie. more efficient) ways to give automatic feedback suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282234992 (actually I should just be looking to use einstein!)]]> 2018-09-17 11:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282234992 Feedback in the lab is important monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282235064 2018-09-17 11:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282235064 Use colab suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282235764 New google platform that hosts Jupyter notebooks
colab.research.google.com ]]> 2018-09-17 11:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282235764 More focused workshops like this https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282235774 End/start of every academic year]]> 2018-09-17 11:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282235774 Automatic marking? monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282236070 2018-09-17 11:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282236070 Cross-fertilisation suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282236492 There's lots of good ideas. 
Both formal and informal
(but no-one has much time!)
Maybe a shared school padlet to put links to interesting tools or resources?]]> 2018-09-17 11:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282236492 Post grad tutors monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282237165 Hard to find sometimes]]> 2018-09-17 11:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282237165 Pair programming cheat sheet monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282237602 2018-09-17 11:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282237602 More automation and individualised feedback suzanne_little1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282237983 Particularly for large classes]]> 2018-09-17 11:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282237983 Encourage more student discussion monica_ward1 https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282238066 2018-09-17 11:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282238066 Don't show stderr https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282240610 Get them to run it locally]]> 2018-09-17 11:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282240610 Reflect on pass rates https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282241735 40% is really low , aim for 80%
Time based
Submit, feedback, resubmit]]> 2018-09-17 11:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_mccanney/pap7prdxxvff/wish/282241735