Add file to note workshop response (to learn from)

experiences.rst

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+Experiences with the tutorials
+==============================
+
+November 2, 2013 San Diego Workshop
+-----------------------------------
+
+We did a Django TDD workshop on November 2, 2013 in San Diego based on these
+tutorials (`version 1.0`_)
+
+Teaching Method
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+We split into 5 groups at large tables, ensuring a reasonable mix of users
+that were new and experienced at programming/webdev/Django/TDD.  Each user
+walked through the tutorials at their own pace.  Four of us floated around
+the room answering questions and noting everyone's place in the tutorials.
+
+Most hang-ups were experienced by multiple tables independently.  When an issue
+was found with the tutorials, one of us would start drafting a pull request
+(to improve clarity or fix a bug).  We usually merged the pull requests after
+at least one other volunteer reviewed it We asked anyone else who had the
+issue to refresh the page and see whether the new copy clarified their issue.
+
+Everyone finished the tutorials in about 5 hours.
+
+Feedback
+~~~~~~~~
+
+The feedback was very positive.  The primary negative feedback I remember was
+that some occasionally felt like they were just copy-pasting.  I think this
+could be resolved by adding some more explanation for some sections and
+encouraging users not to copy-paste (as suggested by Learn Python the Hard
+Way).  One user also noted that he often forgot to go look at the site after
+adding a feature.  We should probably ask users to go inspect the relevant
+part of the site whenever their tests pass.
+
+.. _version 1.0: https://github.com/pythonsd/test-driven-django-development/releases/tag/v1.0