All good ideas (I use them too:) to keep people attending when the alternative is simply not coming. As the second reply asks, is this all moot when the video is there to watch instead?
The only answer I can come up with right now concerns me somewhat, but having a student audience certainly insures that I do a better job and be more interesting than if I was just lecturing into a video camera.
I'd also lose the ability to ask questions of my students. That's critical in me gaging how fast I'm going and how much the students are retaining and understanding what I say.
I guess an issue to me is, well video is fine for extra study, and may even be a suitable replacement for those who cannot come to lecture for whatever reason. But what happens when the entire class goes away?
Well my class is an elective, so it's not an issue of testing out. However, do I care if they're sitting there listening to me? I have to admit, I'm not a fan of the idea of teaching to an empty room. I like to interact with the students, go where their interests lie, get to know them and what they hope to get out of the class.
I lose that personal touch if everyone is watching it at home/in their dorm like it's a TV show.
There are certainly office hours, emails, and recitation where students can interact with me and the TA one-on-one, and I give quizzes in recitations anyways.
The best teachers I've had, and the ones I've tried to emulate, make teaching into an art that manages to be compelling and...well... entertaining is too strong a word, but at least interesting.
I guess an analogy to me would be, why go see a rock concert if you can just watch the dvd of the concert. Surely there's something you're missing by not being there, but damned if I can figure out what it is right now.
As a graduate student who teaches a C programming course, I feel the onus on having students attend lies solely on the teacher. There are many ways including quizzes and graded in-class assignments that easily take the place of traditional attendance. My personal preference is to do things like that, with the lowest score dropped, just in case someone has to miss for whatever reason.
And despite this seeming to be a replacement for in class instruction, students who don't attend class miss out on the ability to question material as it's presented.
You're basically asking for a simple, effective DRM scheme. If you come up with one, you'll be rich (but hated on Slashdot;)
Uh, for those who don't realize how wrong this post is, quoth the wikipedia:
The peso had a nominal value of 8 reales ("royals"). The coins were often physically cut into eight "bits", or sometimes four quarters, to make smaller change. This is the origin of the colloquial name "pieces of eight" for the coin, and of "quarter" and "two bits" for twenty five cents in the United States.
...if so you may be interested in the NETS Scholarship. The info is here. Basically it is a scholarship where you promise to work in Pennsylvania for as long as you received the money. I had it for several years, and now have a grad school deferment. If you don't work here (and complete the required internship) it basically turns into a loan. You can get $3000 a year without too much hassle.
That's calculating in the wrong direction - things get bigger & heavier.
You're right about the heavier, but the parent is rigth about the length... things get shorter and heavier. In fact, the formula is called the Lorenz Contraction.
As a student of the University of Pittsbugh, I'm really curious as to why this raid is all based out of this city. I've lived here all my life and I have never heard of it being a headquarters for any DEA action in the past.
As to the websites, I guess they are treating them as impounded property. Sets an interesting precident for anything that might be considered inappropriate on the web. What about countries without such laws?
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All good ideas (I use them too :) to keep people attending when the alternative is simply not coming. As the second reply asks, is this all moot when the video is there to watch instead?
The only answer I can come up with right now concerns me somewhat, but having a student audience certainly insures that I do a better job and be more interesting than if I was just lecturing into a video camera.
I'd also lose the ability to ask questions of my students. That's critical in me gaging how fast I'm going and how much the students are retaining and understanding what I say.
I guess an issue to me is, well video is fine for extra study, and may even be a suitable replacement for those who cannot come to lecture for whatever reason. But what happens when the entire class goes away?
Jon
Well my class is an elective, so it's not an issue of testing out. However, do I care if they're sitting there listening to me? I have to admit, I'm not a fan of the idea of teaching to an empty room. I like to interact with the students, go where their interests lie, get to know them and what they hope to get out of the class.
...well... entertaining is too strong a word, but at least interesting.
I lose that personal touch if everyone is watching it at home/in their dorm like it's a TV show.
There are certainly office hours, emails, and recitation where students can interact with me and the TA one-on-one, and I give quizzes in recitations anyways.
The best teachers I've had, and the ones I've tried to emulate, make teaching into an art that manages to be compelling and
I guess an analogy to me would be, why go see a rock concert if you can just watch the dvd of the concert. Surely there's something you're missing by not being there, but damned if I can figure out what it is right now.
Anyway you raise good points. Thanks.
Jon
As a graduate student who teaches a C programming course, I feel the onus on having students attend lies solely on the teacher. There are many ways including quizzes and graded in-class assignments that easily take the place of traditional attendance. My personal preference is to do things like that, with the lowest score dropped, just in case someone has to miss for whatever reason.
;)
And despite this seeming to be a replacement for in class instruction, students who don't attend class miss out on the ability to question material as it's presented.
You're basically asking for a simple, effective DRM scheme. If you come up with one, you'll be rich (but hated on Slashdot
Jon
...if so you may be interested in the NETS Scholarship. The info is here. Basically it is a scholarship where you promise to work in Pennsylvania for as long as you received the money. I had it for several years, and now have a grad school deferment. If you don't work here (and complete the required internship) it basically turns into a loan. You can get $3000 a year without too much hassle.
Jon
oh great now i'll get moderated redundant since i don't read at score: 0... that'll teach me!
I'll buy some blank cds ;)
That said, this article and this follow up tell of a raid locally on a shop for selling "paraphenalia".
As to the websites, I guess they are treating them as impounded property. Sets an interesting precident for anything that might be considered inappropriate on the web. What about countries without such laws?