NEXT WEEK GOALS:

1. Get a course outline done. Fill out list of topics.
2. Think about the bootcamp.
3. Think about activities and projects.
4. Think about course goals.
5. Look at academic calendar. How many classes do we have?

AUGUST GOALS:

1. Get first three meetings ready

Important dates for C10

1. First day of section?
2. First quiz?
3. First midterm?
4. GSI all-day event?
5. Aaron: When did we start E-mailing ppl last year?

Thoughts and things to still do:

1. Homework: Related to next week's activity?
2. Pedagogy readings: Minimal to nonexistent? Reference and make available on website for the interested members.
3. More of ppl at the board
4. Less lecturing, more discussion (hard!)
5. Videotaping early, get GSI Resource Center involved?
6. Section visiting early and more than once? Student-Student visits + Instructor-Student visits
7. Visiting a experienced GSI's section?
8. Meredith's Facebook quiz idea for quiz week
9. Math anxiety/how to most effectively cater to the algebra-phobic
10. One take-away thing to reflect on after each section?
11. How to cope with teaching anxiety
12. Boardwork critique early?
13. Technology?
14. Gauging student retention/improving retention

Academic Calendar, Important Events

1. Friday, Aug 19 : GSI All Day Conference
2. Thursday, Aug 25 : Instruction Begins
3. Monday, Sept 05 : Holiday
4. Friday, Nov 11 : Holiday
5. Thursday, Nov 24 : Holiday
6. Friday, Nov 24 : Holiday
7. Friday, Dec 02 : Classes End

Possible Dates for Ay300 (assumes Ay300 is held on Monday, as has happened in the past)

1. Aug 23,24 (Tuesday, Wednesday ; Bootcamp 1,2)
2. Aug 29 (3)
3. NO CLASS Sept 5
4. Sept 12 (4)
5. Sept 19 (5)
6. Sept 26 (6)
7. Oct 3 (7)
8. Oct 10 (8)
9. Oct 17 (9)
10. Oct 24 (10)
11. Oct 31 (11)
12. Nov 7 (12)
13. Nov 14 (13)
14. Nov 21 (14)
15. Nov 28 (15)
16. Dec 5 (16)