teaching a technical skill to a non-technical person (how to teach wordpress to your mom)
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Do you often find yourself being asked to help someone learn to run their website? Their computer? Their email? I've created a short presentation with some tips and tricks on how to most effectively teach a non-technical person a technical skill. I use WordPress as my example in this presentation from WordCamp Ottawa 2014.TRANSCRIPT
so you want toteach wordpress?
Presented by: Ben Fox
Ben FoxBorn and raised in Toronto
CoFounder WPUniversity.com & Sidekick.pro
Entrepreneur
NCCP Graduate
SelfTaught Technologist & Instructor
@benjaminefox
RULES OF THE ROAD
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TAKE AWAYS
Nuggets about how we learnTips for Awesome InstructingEffectively introducing WordPress
May 3rd, 2014
How THEY See it. Reality. How WE See it.
When someone:Reads something, they retain 10%Hears something, they retain 20%Sees something, they retain 30%Does something, they retain 80%PRACTICES something, they retain 100%
- William Glasser
Many Types of Learner
5 Keys to Successful Instruction
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Have a backwards plan
Don't assume. Test.
Hold something back
Organize for collaboration
Talk with not at
Why is this so hard to explain?
BLOG
PLATFORMCMS
OVERLAP
WHAT
IS
WORDPRESS?
What is WordPress?
BLOG
PLATFORMCMS
OVERLAP
TAKE AWAYS
Nuggets about how we learnTips for Awesome InstructingEffectively introducing WordPress
May 3rd, 2014
QUESTIONS?
@benjaminefoxwpuniversity