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March 01, 2006
First day, AES internship Takes Off 02.28.06
I had fun on my first day of the AES internship. A little too much, since we were trying to cover everything in the time frame of 2.5 hours.
The PXCOMP site can be found here. Look for class plans, blogs and resources on this site.
So the first class. We didn't get to begin class until 30 minutes into the class, only because we had so many housekeeping admin related things to cover. Introduction, set up, flash intro, intro to a little bit of physical computing. We pretty much skimmed through everything, but it was necessary, being the first class.
It was an odd feeling, getting back into the mode of teaching. I've taught teenagers for a few years back in Korea, but I've yet to experience this with adults. The same core principles apply here also. Be patient, listen first before speaking and guide the students that would nurture them in a way that would make them as creative as possible in their learning process.
Admin Info (from our very first internship meeting with Gabriela and Heather a few weeks back)
Start Date : Tuesday, Feb 28th
End Date : Thurs, June 15th (May for us)
Time : Tues and Thurs, 4.30-7.00pm
Internship Requirements
6-8 hrs of commitment per week, and also outside of class
1. Regular Attendance
2. Assit in-class and after class with students : assisting with classwork in class
3. Follow along with lectures in class to stay up to date with topics
4. Assist with setup, breakdown of each class
5. Regularly check-in and respond to blog entries and discussion board topics on the website
6. Attend occasional assessment meetings with instruction team
7. Film portion of class sessions on an rotational basis
8. Prepare one short (10mins) lecture that is relevant to class topics: Mine will be held on March 21st on the PlasmaSpeakers I've been looking into recently- find relevant research (websites, photos etc)
Posted by min at March 1, 2006 08:21 AM