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 ^  Instructors:| Therese Jones, Aaron Lee   | ^ Faculty Sponsor:| Imke de Pater  |  ^  Instructors:| Therese Jones, Aaron Lee   | ^ Faculty Sponsor:| Imke de Pater  | 
-^       E-mail:| ''tjones@astro'', ''alee@astro'' |        |         | ''imke@astro'' | +^       E-mail:| ''tjones@astro'', ''a.t.lee@berkeley'' |        |         | ''imke@astro'' | 
 ^        Phone:| NA             |            |    | ??      |  ^        Phone:| NA             |            |    | ??      | 
-^       Office:| ?? HFA         |       |          | ?? HFA  |+^       Office:| B-118, C-251 HFA         |       |          | ?? HFA  |
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 **Website:** http://badgrads.berkeley.edu/doku.php?id=astro300_f11 **Website:** http://badgrads.berkeley.edu/doku.php?id=astro300_f11
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 **Office Hours:** Feel free to stop by anytime, or make an appointment for specific meeting times. **Office Hours:** Feel free to stop by anytime, or make an appointment for specific meeting times.
  
-**Meeting Time and Place:** **Mondays 5-7 PM in ??? HFA**+**Meeting Time and Place:** **Mondays 5-7 PM in B-1 HFA**
  
 ===Grading and Class Requirements=== ===Grading and Class Requirements===
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 This class is graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.  In order to recieve a 'Pass', you must: This class is graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.  In order to recieve a 'Pass', you must:
   - Miss no more than two sections of class. Further absences should be compensated for by doing make-up assignments.   - Miss no more than two sections of class. Further absences should be compensated for by doing make-up assignments.
-  - Complete all [[astro300_f10:assignments|semester assignments]], outlined below. These include a weekly teaching log, a short weekly reading or writing assignment, and several one-time projects.+  - Complete all [[astro300_f11:homework|semester assignments]], outlined below. These include a weekly teaching log, a short weekly reading or writing assignment, and several one-time projects. 
  
 The intent is to have the weekly homework be a minimal burden and time commitment; you should never have to spend very much time on it and we would much rather you spend your time preparing for section instead! However, you are required to complete all of the weekly assignments on time. The intent is to have the weekly homework be a minimal burden and time commitment; you should never have to spend very much time on it and we would much rather you spend your time preparing for section instead! However, you are required to complete all of the weekly assignments on time.
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 Please feel free to make suggestions as this schedule and list of topics is absolutely subject to change!! **Printed versions of this list will likely go out of date; check the wiki for the most recent list.** Please feel free to make suggestions as this schedule and list of topics is absolutely subject to change!! **Printed versions of this list will likely go out of date; check the wiki for the most recent list.**
  
-^ Class ^ Date ^ Topics ^ +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, demos, boardwork, and more.
-|  1  | 8/24 | Intro / administrative details / course goals / classroom setting / syllabi | +
-|  2  | 8/25 | Group/peer learning / planning your first section /  lecturing & boardwork | +
-|  3  | 8/30 | Ethics & cheating / classroom interaction / mock lecture activity / worksheets / //confirm exp GSI partner selection// | +
-|  X  | 9/6 | LABOR DAY!  | +
-|  4  | 9/13 | TBD |+
  
 =====Outline of Assignments===== =====Outline of Assignments=====
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 ===Teaching Log=== ===Teaching Log===
  
-Each week everyone will write in their teaching log a short entry (at least a paragraph) summarizing what they did in section and a few thoughts about how it went.  It is important to do this as soon after section as possible before any details are forgotten.  I will check this approximately monthly.+Each week everyone will write in their teaching log a short entry (at least a paragraph) summarizing what they did in section, a few thoughts about how it went, and a short response regarding the week's focus topic.  It is important to do this as soon after section as possible before any details are forgotten.  The logs will be checked on a semi-regular basis (announced in advance).
  
 ===Weekly Short Reading or Writing Assignments=== ===Weekly Short Reading or Writing Assignments===
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 This will be broken into two parts This will be broken into two parts
  
-  - Sometime during the first month of classes, you will be required to attend a section of one of the more experienced GSIs teaching an equivalent class (e.g., AY 10 ~ AY C10, but not AY 7a) this semester. Afterwards, you will meet that GSI outside of class to discuss general impressions, and fill out a worksheet (found [[peer_visitation_assignment|here]] on the wiki). We will discuss the results in class sometime near the end of September.  +  - About halfway through the semester, you will attend a section taught by one of your peers in AY 300. Afterwards, you will meet that GSI outside of class to discuss general impressions and ideas for extensions/improvement, and fill out a worksheet (found [[peer_visitation_assignment|here]] on the wiki). We will discuss the results in class.
-  - About halfway through the semester you should perform the same exercise with one of your peers also in AY 300. Again, we will discuss the results in class.+
  
 ===Other Professor Observation=== ===Other Professor Observation===
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 === Design a Demo === === Design a Demo ===
  
-You will be required to design a demo for use in section for the class you're teaching and present it to the rest of this class. Hopefully the demo will be easy to construct and relatively cheap so that we can get funds through Dexter for you to actually build it. If the demo is very expensive, you will only be required to write-up your idea for the [[private:ebrb:home|electronic Big Red Binder]] so that the idea can be revisited later by future GSIs. More detailed instructions will be given in a project handout (found [[demo_project|here]] on the wiki).+You will be required to design or improve a demo for use in section for the class you're teaching and present it to the rest of this class. Hopefully the demo will be easy to construct and relatively cheap so that we can get funds through Dexter for you to actually build it. If the demo is very expensive, you will only be required to write-up your idea for the [[private:ebrb:home|electronic Big Red Binder]] so that the idea can be revisited later by future GSIs. More detailed instructions will be given in a project handout (found [[demo_project|here]] on the wiki).
  
 ===Section Videotaping=== ===Section Videotaping===
  
-At some point during the semester (possibly twice) we will videotape one of your sections. You will be required to later watch the video with me and have a discussion about your style of running section.+We will videotape one of your sections once at the beginning of the semester, and a second time at the end of the semester. You will be required to later watch the video with me and have a discussion about your style of running section.
  
 ===TALC Viewing=== ===TALC Viewing===

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