Exploring Extreme Programming
I’ve been broadcasting on Twitch (https://twitch.tv/williamwake) for about 6 months. It took a little doing to understand what I needed to set up, so I thought I’d pay it forward and share what I did with others. At the end, Continue reading Setup for Live-Coding on Twitch (and Zoom)
Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds. New Riders Press, 2008. Have you ever used PowerPoint(tm) templates with bullet points? I have. Garr Reynolds shows how to use strong visuals instead. The trick is to trim down to your essential story, then Continue reading Review – Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds
Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics, Cynthia B. Leshin, Joellyn Pollock, Charles M. Reigeluth. Educational Technology Publications, 1992. Certain instructional patterns are worth repeating. These authors use a very structured approach to instruction, complete with job aids to support it. As Continue reading Review – Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics
Creative Training Techniques Handbook, Robert W. Pike, Human Resource Development Press, 2003. This is a wide-ranging book on training. It reads like a brain-dump, with lots of nuggets from an experienced trainer. (That’s both an advantage and a disadvantage.) I Continue reading Review – Creative Training Techniques Handbook
Test-Driven Development Workout is a tutorial presented by Bill Wake and Steve Metsker at OOPSLA ’04. PowerPoint
A framegame is a reusable game shell into which you plug in learning content. Continue reading Framegames
Developing Technical Training: A Structured Approach for the Development of Classroom and Computer-Based Instructional Materials, Ruth Colvin Clark. Addison Wesley, 1989. Clark provides a framework for thinking about content and performance. On one dimension is “Apply vs. Remember”; on the Continue reading Review – Developing Technical Training
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre, Keith Johnstone. Routledge, 1979. Improvisational acting techniques are influencing the training world. They help you look at everything that happens as something you can say, “Yes, and” to, and create new and interesting things. Johnstone Continue reading Review – Impro
Training Games: Everything You Need to Know About Using Games to Reinforce Learning, Susan El-Shamy. Stylus Publishing, 2001. Describes some theory indicating how games help learning, classifies games a few ways, and considers electronic games. Considers the mechanics of playing Continue reading Review – Training Games
Training to Imagine: Practical Improvisational Theatre Techniques to Enhance Creativity, Teamwork, Leadership, and Learning, Kat Koppett. Stylus Publishing, 2001. For improv techniques, think of the Drew Carey show “Whose Line is It Anyway?” Improv ideas can make learning memorable; they Continue reading Review – Training to Imagine