@futurebird It's hard to sit back and think when you're under the pressure of "do it fast or you'll fall behind". Maybe decouple the two: projector classes shouldn't be done in front of the computer. Projector classes are for you to show something, and interacting with the computer are for the students to explore, and you can't do both at the same time.

@futurebird

> I think they become anxious when their code isn't working the same as what I have up on the projector and they want to get it fixed RIGHT AWAY so they won't fall behind.

Isn't this the whole problem? Maybe they intuit from you that the class is "keep up with the projector", when in reality the valuable skill is "if you're lost or confused, come up with hypothesis and critically explore them by yourself until you figure out what's going on".