Re: Hands-on?

[Quoting Peter Scott, on November 28 1999, 16:57, in "Hands-on?"]
> Do you teach hands-on (computers in the classroom, time out for 
> participants to perform exercises distributed by you)?

I teach basic Perl programming in a 3-day course, with several days
between each of the course days. At the end of each course day, the
trainees get some exercises that they start working on (for about one
hour or so) and that they can complete in their own time, on their own
computers. This way the impact on normal business in low (their
absense is hardly noticed) and they are stimulated to really use Perl
in their own, familiar environment.

> If you teach hands-on, on what platforms, and - assuming you don't
> operate the classroom yourself - how do you communicate your
> hardware and configuration requirements to the client? Has that
> process worked well?

For the teacher: 1 PC, preferrably Unix, Windows 95/NT acceptable,
with a decent version of Perl, attached to a beamer with at least
800x600 resolution. Internet connection is very much appreciated so I
can show CPAN and other resources. Also, it must be possible to
install a new Perl version if needed, and to add modules.

I show my sheets using Ghostview, xpdf or Acrobat. I haven't had time
to convert everything to the Perl Portable Presenter.

For the class: 1 PC or X-Terminal per 1 or 2 people, preferrably Unix
although Windows 95/NT is also usable. I like the people to have
access to their own environment if possible.

-- Johan