[Edu-sig] Need resource for beginners

[Tamim Shahriar]

Using the Linux command line and the part of coding where they needed to
use loop was difficult for them. I found some of them confused with
'if-else' and 'loop'. We didn't explain those things in Python at first.
When most of them got stuck, we explained conditional logic and loop in the
white board.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Jurgis Pralgauskis <
jurgis.pralgauskis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds nice! :)
>
> And what were the most difficult parts for participants (where they were
> getting stuck mostly):
> Python syntax, turtle commands, geometry, ...?
>
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Tamim Shahriar <tamim.shahriar at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So, the workshop went fine yesterday. Let me give you a brief on what we
>> did.
>>
>> There were 30 computers in the lab and total 43 participants. Couple of
>> students brought their own laptop. The participants were all girls and they
>> study in grade 9, 10 and 11.
>>
>> We started at 9:30 AM. The computers had Linux mint and as most of them
>> were not familiar with Linux, we helped them to get familiar with it
>> throughout the day. The felt like hackers in English movies, when they were
>> entering various commands in the terminal.
>>
>> First one and half hour, we spent with hour of code (from code.org). I
>> also showed them a clip of Frozen movie, to give them idea from where the
>> snowflakes thing came from. Later I found that most of them already watched
>> the movie.
>>
>> Then we went for a break and had snacks. After the break, we did another
>> hour of code. But this time, it was with Python. They created a chat bot.
>> As we had Internet in every computer, we used this :
>> https://groklearning.com/hoc-2014/.
>>
>> Then we had lunch break. When we returned from the break, we worked with
>> the snowflakes thing again, but this time, with Python. We used this
>> resource : http://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/snowflake-turtle/. Then
>> they built different geometric shapes with turtle package.
>>
>> At 5:30 PM we announced closing. Then Bristy Sikder a former IOI bronze
>> medalist of Bangladesh who studies at MIT now, talked to them. It was
>> inspiring. We also answered lots of questions the girls asked throughout
>> the day. Then we had evening snacks.
>>
>> At 7:00 PM the closing ceremony was held. The girls were looking so happy
>> and excited. We had some guests to inspire them.
>>
>> I thank Code it, girl! to give me the opportunity to conduct the
>> workshop. Tahmid Rafi, Ashiqur Rahman Mushfiq and Rashedul Hasan Shoikat
>> were there with me as trainers in the workshop. The food was awesome and
>> thanks to Hafiza Khatun Memorial Trust for sponsoring.
>>
>> I also thank the group members of this group. Your shared resources were
>> useful.
>>
>> I am attaching some photos.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tamim.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jurgis Pralgauskis
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