There are posts in the forms with links to all the lectures, including the broken lecture 9, and links to all the exam and quiz questions with the correct answers. I will be on campus shortly after lunch (around 12ish) in Green 111 for any last minute questions.
For those of you who are still handing in labs and homeworks… Keep them coming! Don’t worry about trying to generate an excuse or an apology, just get the work into me before you take the exam.
This is the last episode for CIS-2151. It’s a long lecture, clocking in at an hour and 16 minutes. I hope you enjoy the whole thing. I’ve recapped the whole semester and covered what I’m going to put onto the test. I’ve included lots of references to good pages to flip to in the book while taking the exam *hint* Please post questions on the forums or email me or AIM me.
[podcast]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2151-ep10.mp3[/podcast]
The exam is on Tuesday at 1PM in M134. See you there.
I ran into this today…
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html
Summary: Teacher sees student showing off Linux and handing out Live CDs. Teacher confiscates CDs and writes an angry letter because teacher is definitely a techno-bigot and probably a worthless tool.
I understand that it is hard to set aside personal bias when teaching. I have worked for years to ensure that my lectures are even-handed. When I feel I’ve presented biased information I tell my students. I usually disclose my past and current involvement with organizations/products that we talk about in class. Instructors have a professional obligation to teach. We aren’t marketing people hired to sell things and we shouldn’t be zealots trying to convert non-believers. Especially in technology. The more technology one is exposed to the better. Tech teachers who pontificate one solution as the solution are doing nothing but limiting students understanding of the industry.
For those that read the original article, it is evident that the teacher, Karen, is woefully ignorant of the greater technology world and has simply reduced herself to spouting one companies marketing material as the end all and be all of computer science. It’s sad all around. She’s a disgrace to her school and other tech teachers. Her students are being indoctrinated and will have to grow out of ignorance on their own or live with a limited and damaged perspective of the tech landscape.
I’ve updated the main site and the forums with festive holiday color and graphics. I wonder if leaving snowmen graphics on your blog past MLK day is a kin to leaving your Christmas lights up all year?
I forgot to hand out teacher eval forms in lab tonight. I plan on handing them out tomorrow and Thursday. If you are in the Tuesday lab and want to hand in an eval on me please attend one of the other lab sessions or email me and I’ll ensure you can give VTC feedback about me as your instructor.
A few students have been having trouble with the quiz and exams on blackboard. Thank you to those who’ve sent me email about the various problems. I’ve re-opened all quizzes and the exam and they will all close on the 15th of December. That’s the final day I can leave the items open and still hope to get my grades posted to the registrars office on time. If you need to take a quiz or the exam, please DO IT THIS WEEK.
I got into a longer than expected call/email thing and therefore I’m running late for lab. I’ll be there in about 30 minutes and we can get started.
We will be meeting for a paper final exam, on the 16th at 1:30PM in Morill 134. The exam is open book and open note.
I made it! I passed the 4 hour GCPM exam with the second highest score on record!
