JS1/S4 - Good Questions

[wainwmr]

Class Prep (1 hour)

Watch this video and this video and make notes on what you learnt.

Ideas for Class Exercises (1 hour)

1. Asking good questions AND feedback exercise/game (how to ask good questions when giving/receiving feedback)

2. Spreadsheet for the group work (4/5 people per group for the next module). Who can set it up so this can be done asynchronously?

Ideas for Coursework (3h)

1. Posting a real Good Question on slack and providing feedback to colleagues (1h)

2. Writing a meeting request email for 3 different workplace scenarios (ideas: booking a meeting and giving context, asking a boss for a raise/promotion, meeting minutes/notes, project idea proposal, disagreeing with a team member's idea) (1h)

3. Giving feedback (In pairs within your groups, review 1 of the 3 emails. Provide objective feedback and actionable improvement points for the person's written English or content) in a call/in-person. Later send it in writing to your peer.

Prep and Coursework Time

4 hours

Reference Materials

https://jvns.ca/blog/good-questions/

Link to Google Doc

[esma-g]

@wainwmr thanks so much for this! I have left some comments on the doc.

[rogerspooner]

I've started reviewing the Google Doc too.

[rogerspooner]

OK. I've left quite a lot of comments. I hope that's not too much, @wainwmr .
I've added a Q3 task which I think is important. It contains real suggestions for how to ask good questions. If you agree this should be in the session, perhaps this should be beefed up.

[rogerspooner]

I would also like to see more specific examples, including the long text of several questions. If we don't want to rely on technical detail for this, I have suggested a couple of HR processes which have a similar thought process.

[kfklein15]

PRs waiting for approval
JS1 W4 Prep
JS1 W4 Day Plan

[kfklein15]

Coursework:
CodeYourFuture/Module-JS1#42
CodeYourFuture/Module-JS1#35
CodeYourFuture/Module-JS1#43