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Teaching Programming I and II

12/27/2015

 
As the saying goes, if you want to learn something better, try to teach it to others. I knew how to code in Java before teaching this class, but after teaching both Programming I and II this semester, I'm a much better programmer now. 

It was extremely motivating to face a room full of students looking to me for answers to keep me learning and studying. It was a blast, actually. 

It was satisfying to see the metaphorical lightbulb go on over people's heads when they 'got it' and understood a concept we were covering. And it was frustrating when a student would not even try to put in the effort to understand the concept. 

I'll be teaching Programming I this semester so I hope to be able to use what I learned about teaching programming to improve the experience for everyone. 

(and maybe even get a little coding done myself!)


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