I get to lecture at a University next week
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I have a few friends who are still in school and are taking a course by a professor that clearly has no idea what they are talking about. It's a programming languages course where the objective is to basically have 'crash courses' on as many different programming languages as possible.
From what my friends tell me she has no idea how to program in 90% of the languages she is trying to teach. She is currently teaching Python, and afterwards she will be teaching Ruby. Now, I write both of these languages for a living (Python for application dev, and Ruby for web dev), so I emailed her and politely volunteered my assistance either as a TA or a marker. She just emailed me back and said she would love to have me come in and teach some Ruby because that is one of the languages that her students are very eager to learn but she does not know it.
I'm not getting paid for this (as far as I know) but I am super excited, I love doing presentations and being able to teach, possibly multiple times, one of my passions is very exciting.
From what my friends tell me she has no idea how to program in 90% of the languages she is trying to teach. She is currently teaching Python, and afterwards she will be teaching Ruby. Now, I write both of these languages for a living (Python for application dev, and Ruby for web dev), so I emailed her and politely volunteered my assistance either as a TA or a marker. She just emailed me back and said she would love to have me come in and teach some Ruby because that is one of the languages that her students are very eager to learn but she does not know it.
I'm not getting paid for this (as far as I know) but I am super excited, I love doing presentations and being able to teach, possibly multiple times, one of my passions is very exciting.
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The university is actually on 'reading week' right now, I'll be teaching come next Monday. I've already prepared notes for the teacher/students, even an assignment (that I'll be marking as well).
I'm super psyched.
I'm super psyched.
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Nice! What kind of lesson will you be teaching? (i'm not familiar with ruby or python really) are you just going to teach some cgi or simple console stuff?
Remember not to go gung-ho and try to teach an entire course in one lesson.
Pick one concept and stick to it. Keep everything else minimal.
Good luck and have fun!
Pick one concept and stick to it. Keep everything else minimal.
Good luck and have fun!
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So my first day is tomorrow, w00t
I underestimated the amount of work involved in preparing the course material, what I thought would be about 40 slides made in a few hours ended up being 140 at about 28 hours.... :S
The prof emailed me today and said the department would be paying me, fuck yeah
Very very very excited!
I underestimated the amount of work involved in preparing the course material, what I thought would be about 40 slides made in a few hours ended up being 140 at about 28 hours.... :S
The prof emailed me today and said the department would be paying me, fuck yeah
Very very very excited!
Nice!!! How much are they paying you? (if you don't mind me asking)
140 slides, that's impressive.
Hope it goes well!
140 slides, that's impressive.
Hope it goes well!
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Just got back from the University, what a great time.
I'll be heading back on Friday and even next week probably, covered only about 20 slides today but the prof did a midterm review first so I didn't get as much time.
Not sure how much they're paying me yet, gonna just have to wait and see I guess. Even then, I don't really care, I'm doing it more for the chance to teach one of my passions.
Overall, totally awesome experience. Can't wait to go back.
I'll be heading back on Friday and even next week probably, covered only about 20 slides today but the prof did a midterm review first so I didn't get as much time.
Not sure how much they're paying me yet, gonna just have to wait and see I guess. Even then, I don't really care, I'm doing it more for the chance to teach one of my passions.
Overall, totally awesome experience. Can't wait to go back.
Nice!!!! Does your University share teaching material with the public domain. If so, can we get a link to your presentation and maybe you can hold a webinar?
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