Learning Pods & Reflections

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Sometimes, it's hard to participate in a classroom full of people you don't know. So to help with that, you will be assigned to a learning pod for the first half of the semester, and then re-assigned to a new pod for the second half. There will be 3-5 people per pod. At the beginning of every class, you and your pod will engage in a "mandatory 5-minute chit-chat" on the material we covered in the class before. To prepare - before coming to class, identify one or two specific facts/findings/theories we talked about in the previous lecture or what you read about in your book. Choose something that you found particularly interesting. Think about why you found the topic so interesting. Was it because you have a personal experience that relates to this topic? Or maybe you thought of an interesting application for the material? At the end of the chit-chat, we will take a moment to share what we talked about.

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Note that podmates can (should?) help each other in additional ways. For example, they can fill you in if you miss a class. You can also review each other's SARA slides before they are due. I would LOVE to see you provide and receive feedback on the color scheme (are the colors vivid or drab), fonts (size, type, and color), whether the fonts contrast well against the background, if there too much text on a slide, whether there is good use of pictures/clipart, whether the photos/clipart well positioned on the slide etc…