13: Primary job of facilitator, first session without pairing and supporting participants' learning journey

Today I talk about the following questions:

• What is your primary job as facilitator?
• Is it allowed to run the first session without any pairing?
• What is Ping Pong?
• How to support participants to continue their learning journey after the Coderetreat?

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Managing the Difficulty of Coding Exercises
• A box of things to take from the Coderetreat

Thanks to Christian Haas for feedback on audio quality of this podcast.

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12: What to look for and ask about other than the code

In this episode my co-facilitator Oliver Spann shares some tips for non-coding facilitators:

• What to look for during sessions (while people work) other than the code?
• What to ask in retrospectives if you did not understand the code?

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Thank you Oliver for sharing your knowledge. You can learn more from Oliver at his blog. Related to this episode is Oliver's latest article Can you facilitate a Coderetreat as a Scrum Master?

(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)

11: A remote Coderetreat and overview of constraints

In this episode:

• How to run a remote Coderetreat?
• What are constraints?

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Material used for this episode:

• Retrospective on a Remote Global Day of Coderetreat
• 20/80 - A coding dojo constraint just for fun

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10: Coding Dojo Mindset and Game of Life is mandatory

In this episode I am answering

• What is the Coding Dojo Mindset? (What is the core mindset of a Coderetreat?)
• Is Game of Life mandatory?

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Alex Bolboaca: The Coderetreat Problem Is Not The Problem

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09: Constraint for first session and alternative exercises for Game of Life

In this (longer) episode I asked Sandra Parsick about

• the best constraint for the first session and
• alternative exercises for Game of Life.

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Thank you Sandra.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Coderetreat Problem Is Not The Problem
• Mars Rover kata
• Snake/Nibbles/Tron

(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)

08: Why pair program, finish the Game of Life and how many facilitators do we need

In this episode:

• Why do we pair program the whole Coderetreat?
• Is it possible to finish the Game of Life assignment in a single session?
• How many facilitators do we need and when do we need more than one?

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07: Deleting the code, questions that people ask and single participant staying alone

In this episode I answer these questions:

• Why do we delete the code after each session?
• How many questions do people ask?
• What about a single participant staying alone?

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(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)