OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the role of collaboration in problem identification and problem-solving.
OBJECTIVE: Students will master the general safety practices associated with use of the shop, as well as specific practices associated with the band saws, scroll saws, floor sanders, and spindle sanders.
The class syllabus was discussed.
Students were given a pair of safety glasses and assigned a locker for their glasses.
DAILY ROUTINE: Starting today, the daily routine to start each class should look like this:
Go to your locker.
Remove your safety glasses.
Open your IDEA Daily Journal document and add a heading with today's date below previous entries.
Navigate to this web page. Under DAILY JOURNAL, complete what is requested of you, adding it to your single document that is your IDEA Daily Journal. You will keep adding to your journal each day. Doing this will allow your instructors to get the class started and take attendance while you are learning/reviewing/completing something.
When finished, submit your revised document to the Canvas assignment (yes, you resubmit your same, modified, journal each day of class).
Either your instructors or this webpage will tell you what to do next for the day.
If you are absent from class, you must still complete your daily journal.
Journal grading will be unannounced . Why? Because journals should be maintained and kept up-to-date. Missing entries will receive a zero. Forgetting to submit your journal will not result in credit for entries. The entire point of the journal is to verify you have information in the moment, not later on.
Journal entries MUST be correct when there are correct responses to be made. Therefore, do what it takes to make sure you know what correct responses should be. At other times, entries will be graded on the quality of responses. The journal is your instructor's way of ensuring that everyone knows and understands key pieces of information. If you are ever unsure, ask for help! We will disucuss correct responses with you again even if we have presented them previously. The point is to do what it takes to know what we need you to know.
DAILY JOURNAL: Students were directed to open up a blank Google Doc, and then save it as their IDEA Daily Journal. For today's entry, answer the following questions regarding the course syllabus:
How much is an assignment penalized if turned in late?
What must you do to request an extension on an assignment?
If you wish to replace a score on something, what must you do?
To be considered for rounding of your final grade at the end of the semester, what must be true at the end of the semester?
After completing their journals, students were taken out to the shop and general safety considerations were discussed.
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OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to access the class website, the Canvas class, complete the initial class survey, and access the class syllabus and contract.
OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the process of creative thinking and will expand their ability to create original ideas and art.
OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the role of collaboration in problem identification and problem-solving.
OBJECTIVE: Students will master the general safety practices associated with use of the shop, as well as specific practices associated with the band saws, scroll saws, floor sanders, and spindle sanders.
Students were given a pair of safety glasses and assigned a locker for their glasses.
Students worked in pairs to solve this problem.
Complete this Initial Class Survey. (DUE 9/3, completed in class)
Read (and have your parents read) this Pre-Engineering Class Syllabus and Contract. Print the last page. Sign this contract as required. Take a picture of this contract. Submit this picture on Canvas. If you do not have a printer, you may place signatures on a blank piece of paper and indicate that you have read and agree to the class contract, take a picture of this, and submit this to Canvas. (DUE 9/5, by the beginning of class)