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I was a bit worried about funding for this up coming semester. The research project I've been working on over the summer won't be demoed in time at DARPA to receive any funding until possibly January at the earliest. I was faced with the prospect of paying for this semester out of my own pocket. Yikes!
However, I was informed the other day that I've been upgraded from a lab instructor to teaching a course this Fall. I'll be teaching CSCE 101 - Introduction to Computer Concepts which is a general overview of the landscape of Computer Science. Topics covered are computing history, computer technology, programming, networking, information technology and various other topics like the world wide web. It's a hodge podge of what computers are, how to use them and where things are heading.
Remember all those courses you took in undergrad that were taught by graduate students? I'll be one of "them". Hopefully I don't suck!
Now I just need to figure out how the hell to teach a course...
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Congrats!
First question though: are you going to make the students refer to you as Mr. Langevin or Mr. Scott or Wolfman or just-plain-Scott? Maybe you can get all Lebowski on the class and be called "Your Dudeship".
Depends on the image you want to project eh?
E/.
ps. from your lab experience you should be able to lecture. just be prepared :)
Dood
Good question. Your Dudeship has a good ring. I definitely won't be going for the Mr. Langevin. I hate formalities. I'll probably just settle on Scott.
I'll keep ya posted on how the teaching goes. I'm reading through the textbook and getting a handle on the material. It should be a fun course.