Hi...
RE the Khan Academy programming video... I have tried some of them in parallel
with hands-on, and while they do teach some concepts well, they aren't
particularly exciting. Perhaps that is why I stopped working on them. I really
believe that the Khan Academy videos, and other video instructional videos,
work best in the flip your class type situation. Watch the video first,
individually as an introduction to a topic. Repeat and rewind as much as you
need to feel comfortable with the subject matter. Then follow up in a class
situation where there are other learners (and perhaps a teacher or mentor) to
help you practice the skill or process you have been practicing. This could
just be with a friend, in a club or a group of other interested learners. It
might even work well with one of Sugata Mitra's Granny clouds. Hummm I
wonder anyone want to be this Grannie''s Granny?
Caryl (aka sweetxogrannie or GrannieB)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 01:18:47 -0500
From: sthom...@gosargon.com
To: lengli...@cox.net
CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; squeakl...@squeakland.org
Subject: Re: [IAEP] [squeakland] What makes examples good for novices? and How
do we tell if an example is good for novices?
Lawson,
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Lawson English lengli...@cox.net wrote:
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.
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.
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.
My video series, Squeak from the very start, is a very conscious
effort to duplicate his style:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6601A198DF14788Dfeature=view_all
Friends characterize my video style as being like a mentor in a
pair-programming session.
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).
FYI, I like your videos and have used them for myself.
Thanks,Stephen
On 2/2/12 5:56 PM, Steve Thomas wrote:
So I am taking a P2PU course On How
to Teach Web Programmin to Free Range Learners and a couple
of questions came up:
So I pose them to the community:
What makes examples good for novices?
How do we tell if an example is good for novices?
Also where can I find a good set of examples for learning
programming?
It would be nice to have a curated set of Great literature.
Pointers to any research on the topic would be appreciated.
Stephen
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