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This is an excerpt of an article by Jon L. Denby of NYU explaining a Coding 101 course using our […]
When you hear the word “command line”, “terminal,” or “little window that tells a computer what to do but only has a flashing cursor in it,” what comes to mind? Do you scream and hide under your bed? Or do you look at me inquisitively and wonder why I would bring such a scary thing up?
Teaching is hard. How do you distill an entire discipline into a sequence of lectures, exercises, and discussions?
There is an interesting paradox in teaching: the better you know a subject, the harder it is to talk to beginners. Experience means you have forgotten what tripped you up when you were a beginner.