This week I'm going to start having office hours where I am already online and available for any questions anyone has. This is not a mandatory class attendance nor is it a lecture. I'm staying steadfast to my promise to not give you busy work, and I believe for this class where everyone is doing different work it would not be worth everyone's time to dedicate an additional four hours a week for an online lecture. The intention for this is just to be more accessible without you having to set up a definite time to speak with me or write your questions down in an email. And of course, I am still available outside of these times as well :)
With that said, I will be online in Zoom this week at the times listed below. You don't have to wait till your official class time (see the post below if you're don't know what I'm talking about when I say class times- in short Wheeler teachers are coordinating when/if video meetings will occur for each class block starting this week), it makes no difference to me. And, I can be available beyond the 40 minute time-frame if the time is needed, I'm just not anticipating this being wanted.
To join the Zoom Meeting go to: https://zoom.us/j/131605025?pwd=VHdIUVEyakRlVlFBUUFYVlVxZm82UT09 Meeting ID: 131 605 025 Password: felicia
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In case you missed the memo, all public schools in Georgia will be closed until at least April 24th (that's three school weeks from now for those of you counting). Additionally, for the sake of maintaining consistency between classes and to keep y'all from getting your schedules stretched thin, what Wheeler is doing now is for any scheduled face-to-face/zoom session to fall into the following, Monday-Thursday.
9:00 – 10:00 First Block 10:30 - 11:30 Second Block 12:00 - 1:00 Third Block 1:30- 2:30 Fourth Block I was planning on starting to have office hours starting this week where I will be available on zoom for any questions, and I will still do this and just schedule it to fall into the times above. I'll post more details about this Sunday. Additionally, Friday is now being reserved for students to catch up on work, communication between students and teachers to get on track, and teacher collaboration. As I am not assigning any specific assignments on Friday this isn't particularly relevant to our class other than I am 100% fine with you not turning in your SMART Goal responses in Slack on Friday, but instead submitting them the Thursday before or any day up to the Monday after (or later, I'm stressed about it). I will remain fully flexible on any and all deadlines while we are adjusting. Lastly I wanted to give you a reminder of the *tentative* schedule for this class that I posted when we still went to school (those we're the days!). I'm moving the learning reflection until after Spring Break because I feel like it's been a little rushed for many of you. And I'd also like to give one last reminder to not stress too much over these dates and assignments, they aren't grades and they can only be remediation; the intention is to keep you engaged in learning and school and not to overwhelm you with assignments.
If you didn't get a chance to post your SMART Goal for this week and would like to then it's not too late ("It's never too late - Three Days Grace" -Mars Berwanger)! Additionally, if you are having any technology issues that are hindering your ability to complete assignments in any of your classes (but can still see this), then please let me know. You can email me or fill out THIS FORM
And as a reminder again for if you are looking for somewhere to start learning something new, I have this spreadsheet you can refer to of free resources for online learning semi-relevant to Engineering: Embedded Below or CLICK HERE FOR FREE RESOURCES FOR ONLINE LEARNING I have no new updates for you regarding what the status of classes is going forward other than we will be continuing with SMART Goals and Learning Plans/Reflections in this class, so just keep on hanging in there and try to make the best you can of these strange times. I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe out there, and remember, this too will pass! Gradebook ClarificationNo new assignments are to be entered in the gradebook, even if they are listed as "not for grade." I'm deleting the zero-weighted SMART Goal I added. I'll still keep track for remediation, but it won't be visible in Synergy. Online Learning Resources - Master ListI made a master list of all the online learning resources I've gotten so far which might be relevant for those in this class. You can access it directly HERE SMART Goal ResponsesFor your SMART Goal in Slack on Monday, respond to it in a thread and answer the following questions:
"SMART Goal Response MM/DD:" and then answer the following questions: 1. Did you complete your SMART goal for this week? Why/why not? 2. What actions did you take to address your goal & what obstacles did you face? 3. What new thing did you learn this week? Here's a picture of what your SMART Goal and SMART Goal Response should look like in Slack Those of you who were in class on Friday or who saw the notes I posted that day will remember that I said you had to turn in a Learning Plan by Friday, 3/20. A template for this can be found on the resources page of this site, OR linked below (fill this out and turn it in) and a PDF document better outlining and explaining.
TURN IN LEARNING PLAN HERE What the current cobb county status isI posted this in Slack on Friday, but in case you missed it the big news relevant to at home classes is that while the school's building is not open no new grades are to be entered in the gradebook and no student will be penalized for any work that they can not do while the school is closed. I'll say it again in case you misread it: no grades will be taken while the school's building is closed. With that said, instruction is still expected to occur. Additionally, the general course load is not supposed to be much, just ~30 minutes per class per day. What this means for this classI've never liked grades anyways so this could be for the best as now we are learning for learning's sake and not the sake of a grade. So what does this mean for us?
Getting started learning from homeAs I said to those of you on class in Friday, this is an opportunity for you to practice being an individually driven learner. Especially in the world of Engineering and STEM (STE*A*M) where technological innovations require someone to be learning throughout their life, this skill is invaluable one as you are going to need to be comfortable learning well beyond the years you are in a classroom environment. What I propose is for everyone to take time to learn something of their own individual choosing. If there something, ANYTHING, you really wanted to be learning, then start with that. Or, if there is some project you have at home I encourage you to work on that and I'll be happy to help however I can. Or, if you just want to learn something that is meaningful for an Engineering career, I have a few resources below of ways you can learn these.
The two skills I'm going to recommend for you to learn are learning to code and learning CAD. What I like about both of these is that they are both pretty individually learned skills so it's not much different to learn at home versus in a classroom. And, without a doubt the most important practical skill for any Engineer (or anyone inside or out of a STEM industry in my opinion) to learn is coding. I hear from peers of mine who have graduated with every degree, from Mechanical to Aerospace to Civil to Aerospace to Electrical, that they wish they took more classes on coding or had a Computer Engineering/Computer Science major. Learning Programming
In case you somehow missed it, all Cobb County Schools are closing starting Monday, March 16th, meaning today is the last time I will see you all for a little while. I want to spend time today putting the Electrical Engineering unit on pause and instead to get us ready for the shift to what school will look like for the next while. In short, I'm hoping we can take advantage of the fact that because we are all not going to be meeting in the same room it will be easier for us to learn things of our own interests instead of the same content as a class. If you aren't at school today, read the PowerPoint linked below and remember these two things:
Here are the notes to read (Please read them and re-visit them! I'll keep posting on this blog, but the specifics details are all here): homeboundlearning_foundations.pdf On our half-day yesterday we as a staff watched a movie/documentary titled "Angst" whose goal is to raise awareness about anxiety, specifically in the current teenage generation. (the movie has a site btw linked here: https://angstmovie.com/). I found it relevant and meaningful as a teacher and as a person, but I feel like the message of the movie is missing the target if a discussion about anxiety is only going to the staff and not to the students. I'm not sure how to best go about this and what is possible to do in the short term, but I wanted to get some feedback from you all before proceeding, and therein lies the purpose of this survey. It's anonymous and you don't have to answer every question if you'd rather skip any, but I'm going to leave this linked on my blog and QR codes in/out of my classroom. I'd greatly appreciate any insight you have!
Survey link: https://forms.gle/vdS3UARnUL4coqbL6 The goal for today and the remainder of this week is for us to move off the paper and into the real world as we build circuits we've learned about. We will be doing this in two parts:
Today we're going to look at the building block of most circuits: Series and Parallel circuits. The notes are linked below, but I recommend taking notes of this today as it is a little more math and theory heavy than most of what we're used to in this course.
Notes: ee_seriesparallel.pdf worksheet: seriesparallelwksht.pdf notes from class: ee_seriesparallel_notes.pdf |
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