I thought I remember you mentioning in the Llama that the lessons were about 45 minutes each. The college has us meeting 3.5 hours per night once a week for 16 weeks (15 classes + final). Even if I slow the lessons down to 1.5 hours (which I would have to do for my own sake), I'm not so fluent as to be able to pack the rest of each 3.5 hour class. Do you have suggestions as to what I can do to fill the rest of that time?
Thanks!
MrCromeDome
UPDATE: You seem to answer this exact thing below. Next time I'll read the whole thread before replying...
Thanks, merlyn and allolex! | [reply] |
I am (clearly!) not merlyn, but what I like to do in a situation like that is to go over one or two sample programs during the longer time; then I have the class work as a group (or in small groups) to write a program using the lesson's techniques.
--traveler
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I can't think of a better book for teaching Perl than "Learning Perl". It touches on all the major concepts, without overwhelming beginners with complete in-depth details (like "Programming Perl", which BTW is what it's for). I think "Learning Perl" is an excellent book to teach first time Perl learners - the pace will be comfortable and will allow you to spend time on some of the more confusing concepts(like regex's), and very importantly will not overwhelm beginners :-))
If you need a supplement, I would recommend "Effective Perl Programming" (also recommended below), *AND* give some thought to the "Perl Cookbook" which is an amazingly excellent reference book based on *what* you want to accomplish.
HTH. | [reply] |
