Session one of COaTI is over!

We wrapped up the first session of our in-progress COaTI on Saturday, and though the curriculum still isn't where I want it to be, we're steadily getting better.

One challenge that's been on my mind a lot over the last few days is that we try to create a certain culture at COaTI - largely through a series of warm-up sessions that are designed to help foster a sense of safety, a sense of not being alone with technology challenges, and an understanding that peer knowledge is at least as valuable, if not more valuable than what the techies know. This presents a challenge because it takes time, and I think gets frustrating for some folks participating.

Right now, I'm not sure if and how to change that - shorten the "warm-up" maybe, or be more clear up front about the flow of all the sessions so that we're clear about what we're doing and why we're doing.

We do try to do that at the beginning of every session, but I'm thinking that if we can really tighten up how to introduce the whole program at the beginning, things will make more sense to folks who are participating.