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intro_to_cs2009-10-27 12:38 pm
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Plans and Scheduling
Okay, so, picking a schedule!
There are 24 lecture videos for the class, so what I'd like to aim to do is start with lecture #1 next week (11/2), do two a week on Mondays and Wednesdays, take a break around Christmas and New Year's and finish up the first week in February.
I'm thinking that if there are enough people who have different scheduling needs, we could try to split it up something like this:
a) Twice a week, start in November - finish early February
b) Once a week, start in November - finish end of April
c) Twice a week, start in January - finish March/April
Then also if you had to jump in and out at any point, you could pick back up with whichever pace fit best.
The tricky part about learning on your own, at least for me, is the lack of dates to have to stick to and the lack of anything prodding me to put down the novel, turn off the CSI rerun, etc. and do some serious reading or lecture-watching. So you want enough flexibility that you don't get overwhelmed, but not so much that you get... underwhelmed.
Thoughts?
There are 24 lecture videos for the class, so what I'd like to aim to do is start with lecture #1 next week (11/2), do two a week on Mondays and Wednesdays, take a break around Christmas and New Year's and finish up the first week in February.
I'm thinking that if there are enough people who have different scheduling needs, we could try to split it up something like this:
a) Twice a week, start in November - finish early February
b) Once a week, start in November - finish end of April
c) Twice a week, start in January - finish March/April
Then also if you had to jump in and out at any point, you could pick back up with whichever pace fit best.
The tricky part about learning on your own, at least for me, is the lack of dates to have to stick to and the lack of anything prodding me to put down the novel, turn off the CSI rerun, etc. and do some serious reading or lecture-watching. So you want enough flexibility that you don't get overwhelmed, but not so much that you get... underwhelmed.
Thoughts?
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"I think you can in Europe."
The schedule sounds great, although just on a personal note, I'm in the middle of a move so pushing the start date back a couple days or a week would be awesome beyond the telling. I doubt I'd be able to give full attention to the class with my world being turned upside down and vigorously shaken.
Does it say what books/references we should get on the side?
no subject
I was thinking next week = Lecture #1, which is 90% "hi, welcome to the class, blah blah, bad jokes about Harvard students, etc." and then the week after that, start in on #2 and #3. Would that work for you?