[hackerspaces] How To Teach a Hackerspace Class?

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ah cool info,

as a math teacher (in training), I do agree it can help a lot to try prepare lesson content and structure as it can be difficult to 'wing it' for a beginning teacher. also taking note as to what kids most often have difficulty with helps with developing you lessonplan.

I havent tried teaching hacking yet, as i'm currently too busy teaching maths. but I'm definatly interested!

keep up the good work \o/

w

mAcfreAk <macfreak109 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hey guys'n'gals!
>
>SOme time ago, I've been instoring in my local space a kinda beginner
>workshop named HacKids, where the mission is to try to bring youngsters
>(10-18 years) to hacking.
>My approach was rather pragmatic. I had a topic with some sort of
>guideline for the first 30 minutes. After this time, I let the
>participants work by themselves, i.e. w/o any instruction wahtsoever.
>This led the kids to use their own imagination and creativity, two
>essential skills when starting to hack.
>
>Topics reached from light to heavy, including Scratch development,
>MindStorms robotics, simple electronics, soldering introduction, solar
>powered robots, etc.
>If you want more insights, go to :
>http://wiki.hackerspace.lu/wiki/HacKids_Old (old because I stopped my
>activity in the hackerspace).
>
>However, this is concerning kids. With adults or youngsters, the
>approach could differ a bit.
>The main idea remains : if you're passionate, your passion will spread
>and engage natural curiosity. 
>
>When it comes to "being prepared", let me tell you that as a teacher
>(which is my real job), you're *never* really prepared. You count on
>10% chance that students will ask questions you simply don't have the
>answer to. But this is the beauty of it all, improvisation ;-)
>
>HTH
>
>mAcfreAk
>
>
>On 14 nov. 2012, at 09:48, friday demola <demolaboy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jerry,  I've been looking forward seeing someone who would be
>interested in teaching a new starter in hacking, If you are very
>available to teach new freshers on how to hack kindly mail me back on
>the direct email.
>> 
>> 
>> Email: Demolaboy at gmail.com
>> 
>> Hack On
>> Demo
>> 
>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Jerry Isdale <isdale at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> Hackerspaces quite often have classes, right?
>> sometimes these are for members only, but many spaces teach public
>classes as a revenue stream (and to build community).
>> but hackers are generally not teachers and teaching, especially
>teaching the public can be difficult.
>> 
>> How have you prepared for teaching a class?
>> Have you tried teaching when you were only a bit more advanced than
>the students? 
>> Sometimes this is necessary when starting a space - bootstrapping
>member knowledge!
>> 
>> 
>> Jerry Isdale
>> isdale at gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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