Golden Feedbacks for Python Sessions 1.0 from last year (2024)

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Many Thanks to Shrini for documenting it last year. This serves as a good reference to improve my skills. Hope it will help many.

📢 What Participants wanted to improve

🚶‍♂️ Go a bit slower so that everyone can understand clearly without feeling rushed.

📚 Provide more basics and examples to make learning easier for beginners.

🖥️ Spend the first week explaining programming basics so that newcomers don’t feel lost.

📊 Teach flowcharting methods to help participants understand the logic behind coding.

🕹️ Try teaching Scratch as an interactive way to introduce programming concepts.

🗓️ Offer weekend batches for those who prefer learning on weekends.

🗣️ Encourage more conversations so that participants can actively engage in discussions.

👥 Create sub-groups to allow participants to collaborate and support each other.

🎉 Get “cheerleaders” within the team to make the classes more fun and interactive.

📢 Increase promotion efforts to reach a wider audience and get more participants.

🔍 Provide better examples to make concepts easier to grasp.

❓ Conduct more Q&A sessions so participants can ask and clarify their doubts.

🎙️ Ensure that each participant gets a chance to speak and express their thoughts.

📹 Showing your face in videos can help in building a more personal connection with the learners.

🏆 Organize mini-hackathons to provide hands-on experience and encourage practical learning.

🔗 Foster more interactions and connections between participants to build a strong learning community.

✍️ Encourage participants to write blogs daily to document their learning and share insights.

🎤 Motivate participants to give talks in class and other communities to build confidence.

📝 Other Learnings & Suggestions

📵 Avoid creating WhatsApp groups for communication, as the 1024 member limit makes it difficult to manage multiple groups.

✉️ Telegram works fine for now, but explore using mailing lists as an alternative for structured discussions.

🔕 Mute groups when necessary to prevent unnecessary messages like “Hi, Hello, Good Morning.”

📢 Teach participants how to join mailing lists like ChennaiPy and KanchiLUG and guide them on asking questions in forums like Tamil Linux Community.

📝 Show participants how to create a free blog on platforms like dev.to or WordPress to share their learning journey.

🛠️ Avoid spending too much time explaining everything in-depth, as participants should start coding a small project by the 5th or 6th class.

📌 Present topics as solutions to project ideas or real-world problem statements instead of just theory.

👤 Encourage using names when addressing people, rather than calling them “Sir” or “Madam,” to maintain an equal and friendly learning environment.

💸 Zoom is costly, and since only around 50 people complete the training, consider alternatives like Jitsi or Google Meet for better cost-effectiveness.

Will try to incorporate these learnings in our upcoming sessions.

🚀 Let’s make this learning experience engaging, interactive, and impactful! 🎯

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