Ideas for how to structure a developer class/course? [on hold]

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Published on 2014-06-03T12:17:02Z Indexed on 2014/06/03 15:53 UTC
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Let's say I need to teach a 3-8 week course in programming/development at a technical school (no kids) (regardless of language or technology and the target audience is beginners).

I need ideas to make it a awesome class where I :

Maximize the students learning and experience
Make sure they don't fall a sleep
Engage the students
Make it exciting!

I can always do traditional lecture+exercises and repeat this pattern over and over, but I think this is to old-school.

Things I have considered to add to the course are: - Require pair programming - Code-review together with the students

I would like suggestions on how to make a modern training class state really awesome?

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