Prep Developer Communication
- Module
HTML-CSS
- Skill
[Communication]
- Minutes
50
Learning Objectives
- Trainees will develop a presentation of technical concepts tailored for a specific audience
Preparation
Work together with your pairIntroduction
You will explore how a professional developer explains technical concepts with simple communication to specific audiences.Exercises
What do you already know about tech presentation? (10 minutes)
Goal: Reflect on your knowledge about technical presentations
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Thinking about technical presentations you’ve seen, list three things that made the delivery and presentation good.
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When you prepare and deliver a presentation, which of the following things do you usually think about?
- I think about who will be receiving my presentation and what they want to learn
- I think about the key messages I want to leave my audience with
- I try and avoid doing presentations
- I speak quickly so that I can cover all the material
- I leave time to interact with the audience
- I like to make my presentation visual and appealing
- I plan to mostly read the text on my presentation
- I make sure to avoid terminology my audience won’t know
- I plan to leave pauses and look to see if my audience are following me
- I try out my presentation with a colleague first and get their feedback
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When preparing the presentation in the following exercise, make sure to include at least three improvements from this list.
Prepare a tutorial (20 minutes)
Goal: Preparing the presentation for the lessons
Prepare a 3 min tutorial based on what you have learned so far. Address one of the three different audiences:
- A group of 10 year olds
- Your Manager
- A peer group at a similar level to you
The tutorial should explain the following:
- Why is it important to build accessible websites?
- What is an HTML tag?
- What is semantic HTML?
- What is the CSS box model?
Practice public speaking skills (20 minutes)
Goal: Be ready to present the content in class
Work with your pair on how you will present this to the class.
- Define who will say what part of the presentation.
- Think about possible questions that could be asked and reflect on the answers you should give.
- Give each other feedback whilst practising.