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Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Well, Jennifer and I took the dog camping this weekend for the first time, and, thanks to the doggie tent (please don't ask . . . it's embarrassing), Sirius behaved pretty well. We will take her on our longer camping road trip in a couple weeks.
Enough of that, yesterday I met with the Pacesetters and Faculty Facilitators for this week's, and August's, new student orientation. I gave them a slightly revised version of the flyer introducing the laptop class. My primary concern is getting the word out to students about what they can expect from the course and understand the ownership and use issues associated with the laptops. I also hope to get AEGL 101-26 filled by the end of this week so I can contact each of the students.
Someone in the faculty facilitator group wondered aloud about informing students. He said something to the effect of "Aren't these students supposed to be normal students?" I am assuming that he was vaguely implying that I am "stacking the deck" in favor of students who will have the experience and desire to participate in such a project, thus making the project appear more successful than it really would be if students simply wandered into the classroom on the first day of class and were tossed a laptop computer. In retrospect, perhaps I should have explained that, as far as I know, if USCA adopts such a prrogram, we will put in a systematic process of explaining the laptop program, provide technical support, etc. I didn't do so because we were getting ready for orientation rather than discussing the project. I will have to remember to explain this during the presentation in the spring, though.
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Enough of that, yesterday I met with the Pacesetters and Faculty Facilitators for this week's, and August's, new student orientation. I gave them a slightly revised version of the flyer introducing the laptop class. My primary concern is getting the word out to students about what they can expect from the course and understand the ownership and use issues associated with the laptops. I also hope to get AEGL 101-26 filled by the end of this week so I can contact each of the students.
Someone in the faculty facilitator group wondered aloud about informing students. He said something to the effect of "Aren't these students supposed to be normal students?" I am assuming that he was vaguely implying that I am "stacking the deck" in favor of students who will have the experience and desire to participate in such a project, thus making the project appear more successful than it really would be if students simply wandered into the classroom on the first day of class and were tossed a laptop computer. In retrospect, perhaps I should have explained that, as far as I know, if USCA adopts such a prrogram, we will put in a systematic process of explaining the laptop program, provide technical support, etc. I didn't do so because we were getting ready for orientation rather than discussing the project. I will have to remember to explain this during the presentation in the spring, though.
