Summer Skills Academy 2021
Skills Academy - Course Material - Day 1 - Team Building & Tech Tools
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Collabovation Outcomes
By the end of today, developers should be able to…
- Explain the purpose and structure of the Summer Skills Academy.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the strengths of the team mates.
- Describe why the Skills Academy uses Daily Standups and Retrospective.
- Utilize advanced collaboration features of Slack and Zoom.
- Impliment basic features of GitHub and Visual Studio Code.
- Contribute to a MURAL using text, images, links and other multimedia.
Daily Collabovation Overview
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome Ceremony |
| 10:15-11:00 | Workshop: Team Trust Accelerator |
11:00-11:15 |
Screen Break |
| 11:15-12:00 | Workshop: Team Trust Accelerator |
12:00-12:30 |
Lunch |
| 12:30-01:15 | Workshop: Tech Tool Training |
1:15-2:00 |
Screen Break |
| 2:00-2:45 | Building Block: Techsploring the Tools |
2:45-3:00 |
Screen Break |
| 3:00-3:45 | Building Block: Techsploring the Tools |
| 3:45-4:00 | Daily Retrospective |
Collabovation Module Details
Daily Standup
Developers will start the day by exploring three questions:
[1] What did we do yesterday?
[2] What is the plan for the day?
[3] What is standing in your way?
Workshop: Team Trust Accelerator
In this hands-on workshop, developers will complete a series of synchronous exercises designed to help teams better understand their diverse strengths and actually practice being a team.
Workshop: Tech Tool Training
In this hands-on workshop, developers will be introduced to the main technologies and tools being used in the Academy including: GitHub, Visual Studio Code, Slack, Zoom and MURAL.
Building Block: Techsploring the Tools
In this self-directed collabovation period, developers will explore the main technologies introduced in the "Tech Tool Training" workshop through a series of immersive challenges to help prepare them for the Academy experience.
Daily Retrospective
- Complete Daily Retrospective Form
- End of Day Group Check-in
Daily Feedback Form 
Developer Resources 
Coach Resources 
Important Links 
Support 
For support, please message us 💬 on Slack or email the Academy Team at 
academy@hightechu.ca