COMP 915, Fall 2009
Technical Communication in
Computer Science
(The course formerly numbered COMP 321)
News of the day:
- Instructors:
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Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
- EMail: brooks@cs.unc.edu
- Office: 214 Sitterson Hall
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Phone: 919-962-1931
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Stephen
Weiss
- EMail: weiss@cs.unc.edu
- Office: 159 Sitterson Hall
- Phone: 919-962-1888
Class Meetings: Fridays 10:00-11:15 in
Brooks 008
Grading
Based on
assignments,
class teaching performance, and participation. Broad curve.
Two free
late assignments
if turned in next class; other lates are half credit.
Text Book
McKeachie, Wilbert J., Teaching Tips,
Twelfth
edition, Houghton Mifflin, 2006
Check out the
used book market. Used copies of McKeachie can be found for
about a third the retail price. But be sure you are getting the right
edition.
Other readings
will be handed out in class or available on the web.
Miscellaneous
Name and date on everything you give
us.
Also,
keep a copy for yourself.
Course links
Course
Objectives
Course Plan
Schedule of
20-minute talks
Slides from
talks
Center for Faculty
Excellence
Instrument of
Student Judicial Governance
Computer
Science addendum to the Honor Code
Registrar's memo
number 8
Registrar's memo number 24
The wandering "only"
Aug. 28:
16: Why get a Ph.D?
Aug. 28: Public speaking
Assignment 1: Evaluation (due September 4, 2009)
Attributes of good teachers
Assignment 2: Learning Styles (due September 11, 2009)
Felder paper
Assignment 3: Teaching methods (due September 18, 2009)
Assignment 4: Objectives (due September 25, 2009)
Assignment 5: Syllabus (due October 2, 2009)
Assignment 6: Text selection (due October 9, 2009)
Assignment 7: Thesis topics (due October 16, 2009)
Assignment 8: Testing (due October 30, 2009)
Assignment 9: Large Classes (due November 6, 2009)
Large class handout
Assignment 10: Dealing with controversial topics (due November 13, 2009)
Assignment 11: Grading and cheating (due November 20, 2009)
Einstein, Weiss, & Newton generated by http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/
Assignment 12: The academic marketplace (due December 4, 2009)
Academic marketplace PowerPoint
Criteria for University Faculty
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