My goal as your teacher is to help support you as you prepare to become teachers.
We will use this class as an opportunity to work together to learn more about the systems that control this beautiful planet we live on and practice the teaching skills that you will be using in the future.
I look forward to learning and growing with you throughout this semester.
The beginning of any semester can often feel overwhelming as you get started with multiple new classes and teachers. I am going to front load the work for this class so that the beginning of this course will feel heavy but if you keep up with everything, then end of the semester will lighten in this class so that when other courses start ramping up you can put more time into them.
Read this page carefully and you'll have have everything you need in order to get started on the right foot and make a strong start to this course.
Access to your Canvas course management system
Access to your RCC Email
Access to a computer that is running Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, or Linux and is connected to the internet. The best case scenario is that you have a personal laptop that you can bring to each class. However, computers will be available during class if you don't have the ability to bring one.
A notebook and pen for class use.
Please go to the Welcome section module and work through the profile set up.
I will also be using the Canvas announcements extensively, so please make sure you have forwarded the announcements to your phone or email as requested.
Each week will run from Monday to Saturday night. I do this so that you can use the Sunday before class to begin to preview the materials we will be discussing in class that week.
Commit yourself to logging in regularly to our course. Make a plan that each Monday morning (or whatever works for your schedule) becomes your day to login and see what is planned for the week:
Review all weekly instructions
Write the week's due dates in whatever type of calendar works for you
Assess the workload
This class will have some weekly work but a lot of it is project based which means that you are going to have plan ahead. Consider your personal schedule and plan when you will be available to work on course work. You need to have a mental picture of what's ahead so that you can prepare yourself for the upcoming week, month, and course in general.