Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'context': 0.05; 'python': 0.09; 'weeks,': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.10; 'example).': 0.16; 'from:addr:cs': 0.16; 'from:addr:zip.com.au': 0.16; 'from:name:cameron simpson': 0.16; 'ideally,': 0.16; 'message-id:@cskk.homeip.net': 0.16; 'otherwise:': 0.16; 'received:202.125.174': 0.16; 'received:202.125.174.133': 0.16; 'received:boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au': 0.16; 'received:cskk.homeip.net': 0.16; 'received:edu.au': 0.16; 'received:harvey.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au': 0.16; 'received:homeip.net': 0.16; 'received:nsw.edu.au': 0.16; 'simpson': 0.16; 'slides.': 0.16; 'somehow,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'tend': 0.17; 'typing': 0.17; 'decorators': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'example': 0.23; "i've": 0.23; 'least': 0.25; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'first.': 0.27; 'environment': 0.29; 'summary': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'maybe': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; 'doubt': 0.33; '(with': 0.33; 'ahead': 0.35; 'next': 0.35; 'explain': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'received:au': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'short': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'content-disposition:inline': 0.60; 'first': 0.61; 'show': 0.63; 'believe': 0.69; 'biggest': 0.71; 'about,': 0.84; 'andrea': 0.84; 'around,': 0.84; 'slides,': 0.84; 'standing': 0.84; 'approach.': 0.91 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:46:40 +1000 From: Cameron Simpson To: andrea crotti Subject: Re: Python presentations MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) References: Cc: python-list X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1347580012 news.xs4all.nl 6944 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:55590 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:29092 On 13Sep2012 17:00, andrea crotti wrote: | I have to give a couple of Python presentations in the next weeks, and | I'm still thinking what is the best approach. | | In one presentation for example I will present decorators and context | managers, and my biggest doubt is how much I should show and explain in | slides and how much in an interactive way (with ipython for example). | | For my experience if I only see code in slides I tend not to believe | that it works somehow, but also only looking at someone typing can be | hard to follow and understand what is going on.. | | So maybe I should do first slides and then interactive demo, or the | other way around, showing first how everything works and then explaining | the code with slides. Slides first. My own experience is that someone typing code where I've not seen at least a summary explaination ahead of time slides straight off my brain. Ideally, two projectors: the current slides and an interactive python environment for demos. That way people can cross reference. But otherwise: a few slides, then a short demo if what was just spoken about, then slides... -- Cameron Simpson Standing on the faces of midgets, I can see for yards. - David N Stivers D0D#857