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TO DO LIST

NEXT WEEK GOALS (for 7/21):

  1. Each of us draft a course outline with topics, activities, projects, and homeworks.
  2. Think more about the bootcamp, now in detail.
  3. Aaron: Draft first E-mail, send to Therese.

NEXT WEEK GOALS (for 7/14):

  1. Think of topics to cover
  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. Aaron: When did we start E-mailing ppl last year?
    1. We sent the first E-mail on July 27th.

Thoughts and notes:

  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
  15. Teaching logs: Specific questions to think about for each week.
  16. Peer learning methods project: Pick one and implement it in section, then write about it.

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

C10, Important Events

  1. Week of Sept 19 : First Quiz
  2. Week of Oct 3 : Midterm Review
  3. Monday, Oct 10 : Midterm I
  4. Week of Oct 24 : Second Quiz
  5. Week of Nov 7 : Midterm Review
  6. Monday, Nov 14 : Midterm II
  7. Week of Dec 5 : Final Exam Review?

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

Class Number Date/Week of Topics, HW (Aaron) Topics, HW (Therese)
1 Aug 23 Bootcamp 1 , HW: Draft your first 50 minute section
2 Aug 24 Bootcamp 2
3 Aug 29
4 Sept 12
5 Sept 19
6 Sept 26
7 Oct 3
8 Oct 10 C10 GSIs have to grade… (optional 1-hour Celia's meeting some other time during the week?)
9 Oct 17
10 Oct 24
11 Oct 31
12 Nov 7
13 Nov 14 C10 GSIs have to grade…
14 Nov 21
15 Nov 28
16 Dec 5

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