Re: Hands-on?

Peter Scott <[email protected]> writes:
> Can I take a straw poll please:
> 
> Do you teach hands-on (computers in the classroom, time out for 
> participants to perform exercises distributed by you)?
> 
> If you don't, any reason why not?
> 
> Do you do both?
> 
> If you do both, which do you prefer and why?
> 
> 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?

I teach a community college class and don't have the resources
available to me to do a hands-on class.  Even if I did, I don't think
I'd want to, because the students would be too tempted to goof off
with the computers rather than pay attention to my lecture.

I teach two nights a week from 8:20 to 11; the first half is lecture
(pens on whiteboard - I hate transparencies) and the second half is a
lab where they can work on assignments and I'm available to answer
questions and give advice, tutoring, etc.  Since I'm a part-timer I
don't have any office hours, so lab and e-mail are the only times when
I can do that.  Only a handful of students attend the lab however.

--Bill.

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