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2025-10-23

  • Day 1
  • Author: Richel

I enjoyed working with our learners and have been able to talk one-on-one-ish with 6 out of 7 learners.

I do not like it when we break our own promises: it makes my team look needlessly unreliable. Examples:

  • If the email states we start at 9:00 sharp, I think we should not start at 9:02
  • If the schedule states a break at a certain time, I think we should not start a new thread of discussion at that time
  • We decided to use VSCode instead of the terminal, I think we should not discuss the terminal commands
  • We decided no homework. I think we should not ask our learners to read course material in the evening

I do not like it when we talk instead of teach: it makes my team look needlessly long-winded. Instead, when we use a simplified definition of teaching, such as 'teaching is talking and monitoring the progress of our learners', it would help all of us to be more effective teachers.

Based on Retrospect

I agree that the website of the course should be discussed.

  • [ ] Suggest to add time to the schedule to show the website

I agree that VSCode should have been discussed more or taught in such a way that the learners feel they have time to figure it out.

I think we should also have discussed the course project website.

  • [ ] Suggest to add time to the schedule to show the course project website