Computer Floss » teaching http://computerfloss.com Delightful digital distractions in free/libre/open source software Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:27:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 More trainings. Updates will follow /2013/06/more-trainings-updates-will-follow/ /2013/06/more-trainings-updates-will-follow/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:42:17 +0000 /?p=1403 My intense three-weeks/three-trainings period is now over. I’ve been all over Germany teaching and training various IT subjects, and now I’m home for some rest and recovery. A couple of the trainings were actually new courses that I offer. I’ll write a couple of follow-up posts with details about them later… maybe… I’m enjoying Berlin […]

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]]> /2013/06/more-trainings-updates-will-follow/feed/ 1 Subversion – New Trainings, New Experiences /2013/04/subversion-new-trainings-new-experiences/ /2013/04/subversion-new-trainings-new-experiences/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:49:02 +0000 /?p=1385 The latest training I delivered this week was for a client in the embedded software industry who were changing their version control systems from CVS to Subversion. First, I’ll just plug the course content a bit, then say a bit more about how it went. I’ve updated my business website with details of the course. […]

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]]> /2013/04/subversion-new-trainings-new-experiences/feed/ 0 Teaching Web Applications and Arguing to Let Students Loose /2013/03/teaching-web-applications-and-arguing-to-let-students-loose/ /2013/03/teaching-web-applications-and-arguing-to-let-students-loose/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:30:26 +0000 /?p=1343 As I mentioned recently, I’ve come to the end of my latest teaching course: a semester in Web Applications at one of Berlin’s universities (see my previous post for more details). As well as theory, there was a practical element to the course, where the students divided into teams to produce their own web apps […]

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]]> /2013/03/teaching-web-applications-and-arguing-to-let-students-loose/feed/ 0 Why choose Python for teaching? /2012/05/why-choose-python-for-teaching/ /2012/05/why-choose-python-for-teaching/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 09:49:58 +0000 /?p=1139 I recently read a tweet by a computer science educator claiming the superiority of a particular programming language for teaching purposes (Pascal, if you must know). Now, I don’t really go for religious wars — each to his own and all that — but I did reply with my opinion that Python might generally be […]

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]]> /2012/05/why-choose-python-for-teaching/feed/ 0 It’s all change around here… /2011/10/its-all-change-around-here/ /2011/10/its-all-change-around-here/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:10:48 +0000 /blog/?p=1020 Updates have been slow around here for a while, but there’s a reason for that. My spare time in recent days has been soaked up preparing for my career change, which I’ll explain. I’ve become a freelancer. To be more specific: a freelance IT professional providing consultancy, training and writing services. It’s quite a change […]

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