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Dilawar Singh
Jul 7, 2014, 6:21:22 AM7/7/14
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Dear all,
We'll have help-sessions on SLC first floor on Wednesday and Friday (post-dinner, 8pm onwards). One or two TAs will be there (Dilawar/Anjali for sure, Any volunteers?). You can pick what you like to do at these sessions and we'll help you out with that. This is to get newcomers comfortable with programming. On Friday session, everyone will try to code one or two simple problems which we can decide from the problems posted on the group.
The PnCG group will conduct it bi-weekly workshop/seminar/talk as usual for general audience. We'll see if we can post those activities on Academic list.
The idea behind this is simple and it is based on your feedback: you write the code and we help you in it. Even if you don't know anything about programming, we'll help you with that. Make sure you come to these sessions, and we'll make sure that sooner or later you turn into a self-reliant programmer ( :-p )
Moreover, I am also available in my bay (Ground floor, SLC, 3rd bay from the Eastern Side). If you run into any problem, do come (with your machine). Co-ordinate it on mobile (My no is: 08123876640). I am usually available in the afternoon. I am hoping few more people can take up mentor role for the group (one mentor per building?).
Let's keep the activities alive.
Dilawar
We'll have help-sessions on SLC first floor on Wednesday and Friday (post-dinner, 8pm onwards). One or two TAs will be there (Dilawar/Anjali for sure, Any volunteers?). You can pick what you like to do at these sessions and we'll help you out with that. This is to get newcomers comfortable with programming. On Friday session, everyone will try to code one or two simple problems which we can decide from the problems posted on the group.
The PnCG group will conduct it bi-weekly workshop/seminar/talk as usual for general audience. We'll see if we can post those activities on Academic list.
The idea behind this is simple and it is based on your feedback: you write the code and we help you in it. Even if you don't know anything about programming, we'll help you with that. Make sure you come to these sessions, and we'll make sure that sooner or later you turn into a self-reliant programmer ( :-p )
Moreover, I am also available in my bay (Ground floor, SLC, 3rd bay from the Eastern Side). If you run into any problem, do come (with your machine). Co-ordinate it on mobile (My no is: 08123876640). I am usually available in the afternoon. I am hoping few more people can take up mentor role for the group (one mentor per building?).
Let's keep the activities alive.
Dilawar
Dilawar Singh
Jul 9, 2014, 8:57:05 AM7/9/14
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Session today at 8pm onwards. SLC first floor.
Dilawar
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Prashant Shingate
Jul 10, 2014, 5:40:44 AM7/10/14
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Hi,
Sorry I could not attend earlier session. I like to volunteer as TA for new programmers. If anyone like to learn/practice perl I will be glad to assist them.
Regards,
Prashant
Dilawar Singh
Jul 10, 2014, 6:50:33 AM7/10/14
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Dear Prashant,
A session on Perl would be great; people are using Perl on campus. See how many people are willing to attend the season and also at what level you have to take it. Attendance is usually 30-50% in first season and it can drop to further 40%.
My experience, if you want to start at the beginner level, is that it is not easy. Breaking inertia and making people sit and code is hard -- its a solitary activity and it is hard to convince people to do it.
But yesterday, one-to-one session seemed to help. I'd suggest to follow that model along with workshop which can be bit fast. But its a big investment of time (usually cost you time of two movies per week :-p ).
Also, problems posed on this group or on workshops can also be solved in Perl. If you are looking for help in conduction these seasons, count me it (I can alsso brainwash one or two people).
Dilawar
A session on Perl would be great; people are using Perl on campus. See how many people are willing to attend the season and also at what level you have to take it. Attendance is usually 30-50% in first season and it can drop to further 40%.
My experience, if you want to start at the beginner level, is that it is not easy. Breaking inertia and making people sit and code is hard -- its a solitary activity and it is hard to convince people to do it.
But yesterday, one-to-one session seemed to help. I'd suggest to follow that model along with workshop which can be bit fast. But its a big investment of time (usually cost you time of two movies per week :-p ).
Also, problems posed on this group or on workshops can also be solved in Perl. If you are looking for help in conduction these seasons, count me it (I can alsso brainwash one or two people).
Dilawar
prashant shingate
Jul 10, 2014, 12:18:52 PM7/10/14
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Hi Dilawar,
Thanks for your encouraging reply. I have experience in teaching/discussing perl. Since past two years I am taking formal Perl classes for 3-4 labs including mine, constituting 25+ people.
Right now I am teaching them, some slightly advance programming like webserver development (CGI-scripting and APACHE server) and use of mysql through perl modules for database development (mostly useful to our lab).
But here separately, I can also participate in teaching basic Perl programming (specially "file-handling" and "pattern matching" real strength of Perl).
I don't mind discussing Perl even the number of participants is less like 2-3. In that case we can have some in-depth informal discussion as per everyone's convenience.
If number of participants is good enough then we can always have this session in Safeda as per regular slot.
BTW I can always compensate my time of movies here n there :)
Regards,
Prashant
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Dilawar Singh
Jul 10, 2014, 12:32:29 PM7/10/14
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Great. Get all Python, Perl and Matlab people together and we can have bi-weekly Hackathon :-) . Nothing improves programming better than hackathon.
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