Comments on: My first class http://joannejacobs.com/2005/09/01/my-first-class/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:33:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ivory http://joannejacobs.com/2005/09/01/my-first-class/#comment-26862 Ivory Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:26:06 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/09/01/my-first-class/#comment-26862 It usually takes me a few weeks to feel out a class and prep material that really clicks with their level of preparation and interest. Hope that enrollment floats up but otherwise, just hang in there - you'll figure it out. It usually takes me a few weeks to feel out a class and prep material that really clicks with their level of preparation and interest. Hope that enrollment floats up but otherwise, just hang in there - you’ll figure it out.

]]> By: ricki http://joannejacobs.com/2005/09/01/my-first-class/#comment-26861 ricki Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:10:11 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/09/01/my-first-class/#comment-26861 re: only 10 showing up. Don't you know that on the first day of classes, "no one" does "anything"? I suspect that the missing folks are just operating under that assumption. That, or they took the financial aid money and ran. We usually have one or two who pull that stunt every year; usually they get caught. re: only 10 showing up.

Don’t you know that on the first day of classes, “no one” does “anything”? I suspect that the missing folks are just operating under that assumption.

That, or they took the financial aid money and ran. We usually have one or two who pull that stunt every year; usually they get caught.

]]> By: Steve LaBonne http://joannejacobs.com/2005/09/01/my-first-class/#comment-26860 Steve LaBonne Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:49:12 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/09/01/my-first-class/#comment-26860 Many of us have been there, done that! Hang in there- you'll be an old pro before you know it. Many of us have been there, done that! Hang in there- you’ll be an old pro before you know it.

]]> By: a j6n http://joannejacobs.com/2005/09/01/my-first-class/#comment-26859 a j6n Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:16:17 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/09/01/my-first-class/#comment-26859 I still remember my first class teaching. I was a graduate student, teaching an introductory programming class. I covered the entire quarter in the first lecture. The kids all had the "deer in headlights" look. After some quick conversations with the advisor, I started the next class with the statement that the first class was the "overview" and now we would cover the material in detail. All in all, a good learning experience on both sides. Best wishes for fun! Angela I still remember my first class teaching. I was a graduate student, teaching an introductory programming class. I covered the entire quarter in the first lecture. The kids all had the “deer in headlights” look. After some quick conversations with the advisor, I started the next class with the statement that the first class was the “overview” and now we would cover the material in detail.
All in all, a good learning experience on both sides.
Best wishes for fun!
Angela

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