Android Things Workshop
First-time trainer's experience
Maxim Salnikov
Angular & IoT GDE
@webmaxru
WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2018
Vienna, Austria
8 000 attendees
My concerns
Only 90 minutes time
50 participants
First Android Things workshop for me
Preparation
Run the full flow at home
Send prerequisites
Write everything down
We started!
Agenda
30 minutes: Slides. Content bundle + updates from IO
60 minutes: unpacking, constructing, flashing, running!
No desks!
Challenges
Wi-Fi antenna "gentle click"
Flat ribbon cables upside down
Not enough power in USB on some laptops
Wi-fi splash screen
Permissions on Windows laptops
Outcomes
Many (most of?) trainees got "Image classifier" demo up and running
Some of the trainees got "Weather station" ready
Everyone got the concept of "Android Things", the feeling of it in action, and lots of fun!
Advice
Be prepared :)
It's fine to google for some solution "on the fly"
Distribute your time for all the trainees
Encourage trainees to help each other
Be positive, open and friendly!
Everybody works!
I take a selhpie
Resources
Slides
Repo (prerequisites + instructions)
https://bit.ly/at-workshop
Thank you!
Maxim Salnikov
Angular & IoT GDE
@webmaxru
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