Week 1 Notes: Sunday-Thursday, August 24-28, 2008

Sunday Meeting: Class meets at 1:00 pm in Science 3821

• Sign up for 45 minute meeting with instructor
• After meeting, attend langauge placement exams/conferences in ARH

Monday-Tuesday: Individual meetings in Science 3811

• Read: Elements of a Liberal Arts Education from the College Catalog
• Prepare a [very] tentative 2-year plan of courses
  • Consider what courses might fit your goals over your first 4 semesters at Grinnell
  • Consider connections with elements of the liberal arts
  • Consider subjects you want to build upon (perhaps for a major)
  • Consider some new subjects to explore
• Bring results of your language placement exams/conferences
• Be prepared to discuss your academic interests and priorities, as we start planning course preferences
• Expect to talk to faculty in other departments, if questions arise
• Work with instructor to fill out registration form
• Be sure to turn in your registration form to the Registrar's Office BEFORE 3:45 pm on Tuesday!!!

Wednesday: Registration Conversations at 3:00 pm in Harris Center

• About 2:00 pm, check your schedule of classes using Pioneer Web.
• If your schdule has the tutorial plus three 4-credit courses that you are comfortable with, then you are done!
• If you did not get three 4-credit courses (beyond the tutorial) or if you are not comfortable with one or more courses on your schedule, plan to attend registation at 3:00 pm in Harris.
• See me when you arrive; we will work through whatever troubles need to be resolved.

Thursday: Class meets at 8:00 am in Science 3821

• Use Pioneer Web to submit class questions on Quinn, Sections 1.1-1.3 by Wednesday at 5:00 PM
• Work with one other student in the tutorial to find a recent news article (within the past week) that suggests something of popular image of computing (what computer science is, what computing folks do, or how computers are used).
  Here are three examples retrieved on Saturday, August 23, 2008
  • Wireless recharging one step closer to reality from CNN.com/technology, updated 8:59 am EDT on August 22, 2008 (source: Associated Press).
  • Guerrilla Ad Campaign Pushes Boundaries from National Public Radio, August 23, 2008, reporting on the exploits of Donnie Hoyle working with Photoshop (interview of Troy Hitch with reporter Scott Simon).
  • Gartner Tech Forecast: Cloudy and Getting Cloudier from the New York Times, 5:30 pm August 19, 2008 by Steve Lohr.

created 23 August 2008 last revised 24 August 2008
For more information, please contact Henry M. Walker at (walker@cs.grinnell.edu)