What worked
- Base Python: People generally found Python intuitive* Hands-On: We did a lot of hands-on (about 25 minute per hour, plus a break every hour and a half)
- Minute papers: We got a lot of good feedback from these
What didn't
- Installs: A few people hadn't installed things
- Git: I think this was a little much for first thing for total novices, but we mostly got this working
- I got turned around and a bit flustered with helping people in the start, getting everyone used to the course website + etherpad. I still get flustered.
What's up tomorrow:
- Syncing course repos with personal, and pushing a first bit of text
- Reviewing exercises from yesterday
- File I/O