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 +======AY 300 - Fall 2012: Curriculum Recap======
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 +Boot Camp -- Went fine, but people said there was a lot of overlap with the All-Day GSI conference. This makes sense, since Aaron and Josh taught the GSI conference and made it go essentially like the AY300 bootcamp. Not sure what to do about this, because the Physical Sciences cluster at the conference will not always be run by astro people. 
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 +Design A Demo -- For some reason, incredibly painful. Perhaps if there is an equal share of Ugrads and grads, require that each group has one of each. The group of Ugrads had some trouble with actually doing anything, and one person felt that they ended up doing most of the work. Perhaps limit groups to sizes of <4.
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 +Worksheets -- Also seemed painful. Everyone put it off until the end.
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 +Special Topics -- Good addition. Keep them as interactive as possible. 
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 +======AY 300 - Fall 2011: Curriculum Recap======
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 +==== Boot Camp ====
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 +==== Ethics ====
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 +==== Design a Demo ====
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 +   - Stick with 3 group members max? Seems like there were problems with groups of size 4 in terms of whether everyone contributed. (Aaron&Therese) 
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 +==== Section Recap ====
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 +   - Assigning someone each week to recap and get the discussion going worked well. This class was very willing to share and discuss, but I want to attribute some of that success to the method. :) (Aaron)
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 +==== Lesson Plan / Worksheet Design ====
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 ======AY 300 - Fall 2009: Curriculum Recap====== ======AY 300 - Fall 2009: Curriculum Recap======
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    * Visits from the profs and GSIs for advanced courses were useful, but again I could have done more to structure the discussion I think. Alex went off on his tangents, and Marc had some pretty pessimistic ideas about teaching...    * Visits from the profs and GSIs for advanced courses were useful, but again I could have done more to structure the discussion I think. Alex went off on his tangents, and Marc had some pretty pessimistic ideas about teaching...
    * Mid-semester evals remain a positive/important part of the curriculum    * Mid-semester evals remain a positive/important part of the curriculum
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 +**[[astro300_f11:todo|Things to do]] before the semester starts!**
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