Lawson,<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Lawson English <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lenglish5@cox.net">lenglish5@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I can't give you any stats other than positive feedback I have
gotten, but the Salman Khan style of video teaching seems to work
well for programming as well as for math.<br></div></blockquote><div>I generally like the Salman Khan video's and think they have their place (flame away folks :). The ability to watch at my your pace and on your own time is a big plus and my kids use them sometimes when they are struggling with a concept. While it is preferable to struggle with the concepts ourselves, who has the time (or the ability) to re-construct all that knowledge. So, I think there is a role for a "good explanation." Of course, it would be nice if he had more "Sugar" like artifacts to play and learn with.</div>
<div><br></div><div>That said I really didn't like his Programming videos. Programming, I believe, is much better if taught with lots of hands on opportunities and problems. Videos could be used after the learner has a chance to work on a problem. Perhaps to show different ways to solve a problem and/or Providing a Guided Tour through "good literature" (well written code) and perhaps bad as well or something like Java Puzzlers, to let kids learn where the pitfalls are and get a better understanding of how things work.</div>
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My video series, Squeak from the very start, is a very conscious
effort to duplicate his style:<br>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6601A198DF14788D&feature=view_all" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6601A198DF14788D&feature=view_all</a><br>
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Friends characterize my video style as being like a mentor in a
pair-programming session.</div></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div>I like the idea of kids pair-programming although I would think you would need to set some ground rules like (the "advanced" kid can't touch the keyboard).</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>FYI, I like your videos and have used them for myself.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Stephen</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 2/2/12 5:56 PM, Steve Thomas wrote:
</div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5">So I am taking a P2PU course On <a href="http://p2pu.org/en/groups/how-to-teach-webcraft-and-programming-to-free-range-students/" target="_blank">How
to Teach Web Programmin to Free Range Learners</a> and a couple
of questions came up:<br>
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So I pose them to the community:<br>
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<li>What makes examples good for novices?</li>
<li>How do we tell if an example is good for novices?</li>
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<p>Also where can I find a good set of examples for learning
programming?<br>
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<p>It would be nice to have a curated set of "Great literature".</p>
<p>Pointers to any research on the topic would be appreciated.<br>
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<p>Stephen<br>
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