The latest articles on DEV Community by Mikol Aspinwall (@mikol). https://dev.to/mikol https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F36437%2Fb3343718-ec59-453f-a1cd-d92d717928c0.jpg https://dev.to/mikol en Mikol Aspinwall Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:39:27 +0000 https://dev.to/mikol/how-would-you-teach-a-compsci-class-5he9 https://dev.to/mikol/how-would-you-teach-a-compsci-class-5he9 <p>I'm teaching an adult/continuing education class on Swift using the Pearson Certification course, and I'm in a jam - it's designed to be a ~46 hour certification, but we only have 14 hours of class time. I'm not sure of people's level coming in, but I do recognize that we're short on time. Given that, I have some questions that I think you folks would be well equipped to help me out with:</p> <ul> <li>What are some things that you wish you had learned as a beginning programmer? </li> <li>What teaching style do you think is the best way to learn?</li> <li>Do you think having students pair program would be beneficial?</li> </ul> <p>I'd love to know the thoughts of the masses! Any nugget of guidance would help me out :)</p> discuss advice swift Mikol Aspinwall Tue, 12 Mar 2019 01:01:04 +0000 https://dev.to/mikol/im-a-17-year-old-university-senior-whos-hyped-about-jumping-into-the-computer-science-workforce--ask-me-anything-2802 https://dev.to/mikol/im-a-17-year-old-university-senior-whos-hyped-about-jumping-into-the-computer-science-workforce--ask-me-anything-2802 <p>Hi! I'm Mikol Aspinwall, and I'm two months from graduating with my B.A. in Computer Science, and I'm working on a slew of side projects. I've been reading on dev.to for awhile, and it's been pretty beneficial to me; a friend encouraged me to do an AMA on here, so here I am.</p> <p>Ask me Anything! Alternatively, all guidance, advice, and general wisdom nuggets are gladly accepted.</p> ama