Thanks Rob. I was waiting to respond until I'd heard from a few people, but it looks like the Netbeans vs. Eclipse is taking all the bandwidth. :) I'll let you know how it goes.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:14 AM, Rob Wilson <netp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Prepeare... If you have dual screens, I would advise setting your main > display to 800x600 then have various materials loaded ready on your > other screen ready, i.e PowerPoint with slides, netbeans, browser > pages with resources, etc > > try to include a good mix of defining a problem, discussing the > solutions (not just rest), whilst discussing show slides with diagrams > to illustrate what your saying (with images rather than txt on > screen), then do a hello world example to capture interest early... > > Then I would pull up a slide to show the topics you plan to cover, I.e > security, blah blah > > some people are visual learners, some need code, some prefer text, > some prefer coding at the same time.... Just concentrate on a > consistent style that's clean, delivers the points as clearly as > possible. > > I am thinking about doing some online webinars myself, so I would be > interested in how you get on, good luck with the interview :-) > > one obvious thing, watch out for 'erm's and regular filler words that > can be really annoying to a listener. > > Rob > > > On Dec 20, 2:46 am, Tony Childs <tony.chi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A certain technical training company has expressed interest in having me > > teach a 14-week online training course on the topic of "RESTful Java." > They > > have asked me to prepare a 30-minute mini-lesson (via LiveMeeting) as > part > > of an upcoming interview. I have the technical expertise, but it's been a > > few years since I've done any presentations and I have limited experience > > teaching. However, I'm passionate about what I do and I like informing > > people about technology, so I really think I would be good at this. I > know > > the members of the Java Posse are veteran technical presenters, as I'm > sure > > are many of the members of this group. So I'm shamelessly soliciting the > > advice of anyone who wishes to give it. How would you advise a newbie > > presenter/teacher to prepare them for this interview? What are some tips > > you would give said newbie? Also, if anyone wants to share their > experiences > > teaching online courses such as this, I'd love to hear them. Thanks in > > advance! > > > > Best Regards, > > Tony > > > > http://www.stupidjavatricks.com > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
