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WEEK ONE: GOKARNA FOREST RESORT OVERVIEW:
This is the detailed view of the first week of MIT GSL NEPAL. The first week was a retreat where the 35 students were required to stay with us in Gokarna Forest resort for 8 days, 7 nights. We had classes from 9-7 everyday including 1 hour of lunch; Breakfast andDinner were respectively before and after the class times. The technical instruction took place earlier than the entrepreneurship instruction because we believed the students would be more energetic in the morning and more responsive to coding/programming exercises and labs. After the Technical lessons, we all had lunch and proceeded to the entrepreneurship lesson until dinner.
June 16. Saturday:
We all arrived in Saturday to Gokarna Forest Resort which is only 10 kilometers from Kathmandu. We had a talk from Saman that day, and left the rest of the day to get to know each other; The instructors gave presentations of themselves.
June 17: Sunday:
On Sunday, we had our first Fireside chat with Professor Rupesh from Kathmandu University. After the fireside chat, we had our first technical lesson. We started Introduction to Python and helped students with their first python Lab.
June 18: Monday:
On Monday, we continued with python. We gave a lesson on Variable Data types, and Data structures including lists, and dictionaries. The students also had to complete corresponding python labs.
June 19: Tuesday:
On Tuesday, we continued with python yet again. We gave a lesson on Control Structures, and Functions. The students also had to complete corresponding python labs.
June 20: Wednesday:
On Wednesday, our technical lesson focus was on Web development. The students learned HTML, JS, and CSS overview and the lab consisted of a exercise where they had to make their first website HTML, JS and CSS.
June 21: Thursday:
On Thursday we continued with a deeper dive into Web-development where we taught students more about how JS can be used to make  static website into a dynamic website.
June 22: Friday:
On Friday, we continued with the Web development theme. We gave a lesson on web frameworks such and introduced the students to use jquery and bootstrap. We helped them learned the and practical aspects of web frameworks through the lab.
Schedule for the week at Gokarna:
Here are a few memories from the week:
Something very cool we did was go on a forest walk. It was really nice and a calming experience!
In the resort, we found some deer and monkeys. Side note: A monkey entered my room!
On top of all the activities we did together, for most of the day, we learned!
