32: First time facilitation and helping participants

In this episode I will answer five quick questions:

• What kind of people will be at the Coderetreat?
• How to prepare for first time facilitation?
• How much should we help people during the session?
• How to deal with a pair of juniors who do not get anywhere?
• What's more important, participants changing partners or freedom?

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

25: Top 3 most important facts about Coderetreat facilitation

This episode marks one year of the Coderetreat Facilitation podcast. To celebrate the anniversary - and to prepare for the upcoming GDCR20 I will recap my top 3 most important facts about Coderetreat facilitation:

• What is the Coding Dojo Mindset? (from episode 10)
• What is your primary job as facilitator? (from episode 13)
• Focus on pairing (from episode 15)
• What is the best way to facilitate? (from episode 5)
• Why are there four questions when I said "top 3"? ;-)

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Thank you all for staying with me for the last year.

(Music from Party horn by audiosmedia, Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)

17: Preserving energy as facilitator and activities to help switch pairs

In this episode I talk about:

• Preserving my energy as facilitator.
• Activities to help switch pairs.

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

15: The intro, facilitate forming pairs and difference to a Coding Dojo

This episode contains:

• What to put into the intro for the day?
• How to facilitate forming pairs?
• Which are the differences between organizing a Coderetreat and a Coding Dojo night?

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

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.

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

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.)