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Learning. Markdown.

Welcome to Code 102! We will dive right in to learning new things.

Learning Objectives

• Students will understand the impact of mindsets on the learning process and know how to adjust their mindset for effective skill acquisition.
• Students will use essential Markdown syntax to create documents and publish a web site of interconnected pages using a Jekyll theme through GitHub Pages.
• Students will publish a reading-notes, to highlight skills gained during the course.

Agenda

1. Campus Orientation & Intros
2. Learning to Learn
   • Growth mindset
   • Demo & Lab
3. Web Publishing
   • Markdown
   • GitHub Pages

See class slides and assignments for details.

New Vocabulary

• Professional Competencies
• Proficiencies
• Canvas
• GitHub
• Slack
• Growth mindset
• Fixed mindset
• Repository
• Markdown
• Web publishing
• Path learning
• Sandbox learning