[Edu-sig] Brainstorming and a neat link

[Roman Suzi]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Kevin Ollivier wrote:

Hi, Kevin,

>Hi Roman,
>
>Yeah, I think you are right about the motivation issue! Most of the people I
>know who are successful at what they do are highly motivated. In fact, they
>are able to pick new skills up with or without any formal training - they
>are constantly exploring new areas and trying to learn more about whatever
>it is they're interested in.
>
>The question then becomes: How do you motivate students? =) Can you, or do
>you just hope you get a motivated crowd who is ready to learn?

I am sorry for I can't really answer this question. Most of the time I
hope for the motivated crowd, because I feel it unnecessary to teach
programming to unmotivated people...

*

Usually we had 2 students per machine ('cause there are not so
many machines available ;-)
Recently I got to know that XP (eXtreeme Programming) is new
cool technique which uses this approach ;-)

Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
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