There is one advice I can give from my teaching experience: don't overwhelm them with data. A person can assimilate only so many concepts in a day, no matter whether the workshop lasts two or eight hours.
Pick a few key concepts and spend much time on approaching each concept from many different angles. Have everyone involved with exercises. Make layered exercises: each of those ten people is going to progress at their own pace. Allow enough time for the slowest ones to get through the basic part of the exercise, but have a stash of extra stuff for the quicker ones, so they don't get bored and frustrated while waiting on others. On Saturday, December 15, 2012 11:13:21 PM UTC+1, ulsa wrote: > > In a couple of months, I'll have a whole day of teaching Clojure to ten of > my colleagues. They are experienced Java programmers, but otherwise Clojure > rookies. Any tips on how to structure such a workshop day? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
