Author: kinho chan

December 17, 2018 A few students from the Journey group got in touch with me via email over the weekend to ask for written materials or to report problems they have encountered. It appears that at least some of the students have carried their enthusiasm into the weekend. I also read about a third of…

December 14, 2018 The morning after the Christmas concert appears to bear signs of wear and tear from  the previous evening. We started class with a short quiz, as promised, on the five proposals they were supposed to read. Then we asked everyone to go around the room to vote up or down on the…

December 13, 2018 I read the final version of the two proposals I had not commented on right before class. I was very impressed by the written proposals, but I feel that most of the groups failed to represent the impressive elements of their projects in the readout. I believe crafting more explicit instructions could…

December 11, 2018 After another brief check-in, we asked students to look over our written comments on their proposal drafts and discuss in groups what they want to focus on when we meet with them. They took longer than I had expected, but it appears to be time well spent. In hind sight, I wish…

December 10, 2018 Because Pam was out sick last Friday, we had to communicate via email over the weekend to set up a game plan and then met Monday morning before class to finalize it. We started class with an quick check-in and student comments ranged from stressed to normal to excited. Then we had…

December 7, 2018 I had to run the class by myself today because my co-instructor was sick. We started with the no-stake writing, but I also added the option of providing written feedback to yesterday’s class if they had not already done so. After that, we had a brief discussion about the effectiveness of our…

December 6, 2018 I saw several groups working on their projects Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. I am very hopeful that students are taking their tasks seriously. We gave students a choice for the order of events for the day and they asked to have the workshop first followed by their group reports. Pam started the…

December 4, 2018 Out of curiosity, we asked the students to vote by secret ballot at the beginning of class to indicate whether the prefer the more traditional prototype & feedback model or the radical co-design model or are undecided. Based on discussions from the previous day, I think Pam and I were both assuming…

December 3, 2018 In order to accommodate two faculty members interested in visiting our class, we shuffled our schedule of activities and started class with a discussion of the reading assignment on contrastive rhetoric. It has become quite clear that students are more comfortable with the small group format and prefer to test out their…