Final Retrospective – the whole workshop

What went well in this workshop

• trainers engaged & committed
• made things better each day (retrospectives)
• Listened to students, meeting trainee needs
• to the point training
• managed to introduce new language in 2 weeks
• liked meeting trainers/making friends
• surprised how much learned in 2 weeks
• work that we did
• liked how trainers taught & were serious & committed
• liked how subjects important to trainees were covered
• liked how trainers were so present to trainees 1 on 1
• liked the practice and exercises
• methodology was very good
• liked how much we covered
• wants to get all materials (http://www.rwandaonrails.com)

What could go better in a future workshop

• Better Air Conditioning
• Wanted more planning for events
• Outside Kigali
• no work commitments
• more time than 2 weeks/1 month so have time to practice (++++++++++++++)
• spend time outside classroom together
• wants more about plugins (export, logging, reporting)
• what can trainees do to continue learning
• wants to cover all topics in more detail
• didn’t have time for managers training
• more agile
• need to cover other topics like OOP
• went too fast on last day
• switched too much theory & practice
• wanted more slides
• wanted more basics on syntax before exercises
• wants links and recommendations for future readings
• wants to keep in touch (emails and skype)
• make sure promises are fulfilled (money and other stuff)