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 **Website:​** [[http://​badgrads.berkeley.edu/​doku.php?​id=astro300_f14]] **Website:​** [[http://​badgrads.berkeley.edu/​doku.php?​id=astro300_f14]]
  
 **Office Hours:** Feel free to stop by anytime. E-mail me to make a specific appointment. **Office Hours:** Feel free to stop by anytime. E-mail me to make a specific appointment.
  
-**Meeting Time and Place:​** ​???+**Meeting Time and Place:​** ​Once a week for two hours. Exact location and time TBD.
  
 **Course Materials:​** There is no official textbook for this course (though suggested texts are given on the wiki). The Ay375 wiki will serve as the course reader. There you will find links to all the assignments,​ readings, handouts, class lesson plans, and supplemental materials. The wiki is an evolving entity; be sure to check it regularly for updates. ​ **Course Materials:​** There is no official textbook for this course (though suggested texts are given on the wiki). The Ay375 wiki will serve as the course reader. There you will find links to all the assignments,​ readings, handouts, class lesson plans, and supplemental materials. The wiki is an evolving entity; be sure to check it regularly for updates. ​
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 Below is a very rough outline of the topics we plan to cover. Please feel free to make suggestions as this schedule and list of topics is absolutely subject to change!! Below is a very rough outline of the topics we plan to cover. Please feel free to make suggestions as this schedule and list of topics is absolutely subject to change!!
  
-We will be covering a wide variety of topics, including interactive learning techniques, group work utilization,​ test and quiz-writing,​ ethics, dealing with student anxieties, implementing demos, good boardwork habits, and more. The [[http://​badgrads.berkeley.edu/​doku.php?​id=astro300_f13|course wiki]] has all the lessons plans, reading material, and supplemental material. We will not repeat it here. As we go through this material, you will have many short projects and assignments to complete. ​+We will be covering a wide variety of topics, including interactive learning techniques, group work utilization,​ test and quiz-writing,​ ethics, dealing with student anxieties, implementing demos, good boardwork habits, and more. The [[http://​badgrads.berkeley.edu/​doku.php?​id=astro300_f14|course wiki]] has all the lessons plans, reading material, and supplemental material. We will not repeat it here. As we go through this material, you will have many short projects and assignments to complete. ​
  
 =====Short Description of Assignments===== =====Short Description of Assignments=====
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 This will be broken into two parts: This will be broken into two parts:
  
-  - About halfway through ​the semester, you will attend a section taught by one of your peers in AY 375. Afterwards, you will meet that GSI outside of class to discuss general impressions and ideas for extensions/​improvement,​ and fill out a worksheet. We will discuss the results in class. +  - Early in the semester, you will attend a section taught by one of your peers in AY 375. Afterwards, you will meet that GSI outside of class to discuss general impressions and ideas for extensions/​improvement,​ and fill out a worksheet. We will discuss the results in class. 
-  - At some point during the semester you will be required to attend a lecture of a professor that you are **not** teaching for. After everyone has done this we'll take time in class to compare and contrast the teaching styles ​of the professors.+  - At some point during the semester you will either ​be required to attend ​(1) a lecture of a professor that you are **not** teaching for, or (2) a discussion section of an experienced GSI. After everyone has done this we'll take time in class to compare and contrast the teaching styles ​observed.
  
 ===Section Videotaping=== ===Section Videotaping===
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-===Design a Lecture Activity===+===Furthering Your Teaching===
  
-Closer to the end of the semester we will start covering topics that extend beyond discussion sections. One of those will be general course ​and section development,​ and you will get chance to develop a ~15 minute lecture ​on a topic covered in the course ​you are teaching for. This should include you at the board and the implementation ​of a group activity, demo, or active learning strategyWe will provide more details about this project later in the semester+The GSI Teaching and Resource Center offers a variety of workshops and talks throughout ​the year on teaching. Many of these can be used towards ​the completion of a higher education teaching certificate. One of your assignments is to attend one of the Fall workshops ​and write little bit on your experience and what you learned from the talk. The full list of talks is here: http://gsi.berkeley.edu/​programs-services/​workshops-seminars-institutes/​fall-workshops/​
  
 ===Optional:​ EBRB Contribution=== ===Optional:​ EBRB Contribution===