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Web Development

Immersive Remote (WDIR)


#### who are we; what do we do; what we've learned. ---

Who are we?

We're currently two teams of four.

Two IL's and two IA's per cohort.

( plus an evening TA and, sometimes, a grader )


The IL's

More or less the same


The IA's

We've split the IA role into two distinct positions.

A content IA and an experience IA.


The Content IA

  • Builds and presents homework
  • Runs morning exercises
  • Handles assessments

Off camera most of the day


Experience IA

  • Keeps track of attendance
  • HW submission
  • Talks to the kiddos
  • Coordinates all the fun experince stuff

On camera most of the day


What do we do?


We do WDI...

obvs


The course

We're an amalgamation of New York, Boston, and Atlanta (so far).

We do:

  • tests with homework (Boston)
  • GitHub Org structure vs week/days (Atlanta/DC)
  • inverted learning (NYC à la Huntington and Matt Short)

Content

It's more or less the same thing y'all teach.

  • Unit 1: JS with a game project
  • Unit 2: MEN CRUD
  • Unit 3: MEAN CRUD
  • Unit 4: Rails 5 JSON API with a separate Angular front-end
  • Finals: portfolio, mini app, big app.

How do we teach

  • Super robust lesson plans
  • All classes are recorded & uploaded
  • Slack, Zoom and Git/GitGub

What we've learned

What's been different from campus

  • Importantance of positive culture in the classroom (not just for fun but for learning)
  • Took debugging skills for granted
    • currently: bug journals group work
    • future: pair programming x20, written work, lightning talks
  • Providing access to education vs education itself
  • Remote students have lives (kids, babies, pets, jobs, school)

Questions

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