Talk:Summer institute 2009 week 2 schedule

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teachers to “administer” the student survey
Looks great – I have one question. I think that the intention is for the teachers to “administer” the student survey (online). Do we have a little time to provide a some training on how to do that? Maybe during David’s slot? Mainly we want to talk about when to administer it, how to get the link to the student, how to match student pre and post and general instructions about consent and “helping”. As we know, junk in – junk out. Heather

time at science discovery

 * If I'm reading the schedule for week 2 correctly, it looks like the observation of the Science Discovery class is 1:30 - 4:15 (with a break in between) on Day 3. The class actually runs from 1 - 4, and it gets a little crazy around 4, because that's when all the parents show up, so the room will be rather crowded. The students are usually all in and settled by about 1:15, so it may be less hectic to observe between 1:15 and 3:45. On the 3rd day of the VGC class, I'm usually showing the students a few things about having one agent control others (Space Invaders example). But if you want specific concepts being covered with the students for the teacher visit, let me know.


 * It may be worth putting in a break period in the morning, even if it's only 15 minutes. Three and a half hours is a long time to sit in one spot!


 * Is the BVSD "show & tell" a field trip, or is that somebody from BVSD (e.g., Len Scrogan or a middle school teacher -- I think Burke may be out of the country during that time) coming to address the group?


 * There is not a lot of time for the teachers to work on a final game -- only about 1/2 the time that the students have. Is there a strategy to that division? I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to flip that and have the students and teachers collaborate in week 2 to do a game together?

Fred