Dr. Tal Lavian UC Berkeley Engineering, CET Administrative Notes: Week 2

Grading – One more time All students start with A+  Every week you can keep it or reduce it a bit Students will be graded on  Weekly blogs– 25%  Weekly YouTube– 25%  Weekly blog comments comments – 10%  Class participation – 25%  TBD – 15% Participation is required in all classes You can miss one class for a justified reason – please let me know in advance Emphasis is on learning and exploration of new and interesting topics  You will be fine

Grading – One more time Most students did excellent work in Assignment #1 and #2 Most students – kept their A+ for this week (not all)  Every week you can keep it or reduce it a bit Keep the pace

Units Class is designed for 2 units. 3 units – with approval If you registered as 1 or 4 units – please change

Class Projects Most of you did a very good job on the Blog posts and the YouTube clips Do not re-invent the wheel – copy good ideas from other blogs and YouTube clips – Class crowdsourcing community learning – is the best – Newton – “Standing on the shoulders of giants” – We need to eat our own dog food Plagiarism is not just accepted – it is required – Learn from your friends and do better next week

Assignment #3 Read the Blogs of other class members and YouTube I’d like you to learn from your friends and do better Post 8 comments (4 on Blog posts and 4 on YouTubes) For each of them, put some efforts to learn, understand, and show that you understand Provide 3 constructive comments (positive, how and why it is good) Provide 1-2 comments on how it can be even better Re-do your “Top 10 Inventions” with your new top 10, after getting the collective knowledge of the class

Need some help in class marketing We have some room for more students in the class Open questions: how can we get more students? Please provide one answer – I’ll ask in class Any suggestions on how to publicize?

Please understand I’m dyslectic – it is very hard for me to read I tend to work fast without checking every word I’ll have grammar and spelling errors I can’t see them Sorry in advance