Category Archives: IST Start Up Week

Reflection 3/18/13-3/22/13

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Accomplishments:

    • Personal Security MOOC
      • Meeting on 3/20 to discuss with Gary
      • Set up a meeting for Monday 3/25 from 10:30-11:30 with Brett to discuss badges
      • ID meeting on 3/25 to solidify things a bit
    • IST 220 (Friedenberg)
      • Meeting set up for 3/14 from 1:30-2 to discuss
      • Mark pushed it back until early May
    • IST 230 (Newcomer)
      • Email from Larry that he likes the tables that have been created
      • Sent him a reply that we will replace static tables with the interactive ones and let him know
      • Talked to Greg on 3/12 about updating the course with materials that we created. This the page to be updated: https://online.ist.psu.edu/ist230/node/27. He got sick and couldn’t complete it.
      • Checked on 3/14 and tables were replaced. Now, we need to add the 2-variable examples and make the directions a bit better. Need to check back in on 3/21 to finish the project
    • IST 250 (Bixler)
      • Met with Brett on 1/30 to discuss adjustments
        • Mostly items that Brett will fix
        • He will send me changes to the curriculum as Word doc for me to update
    • IST 420 (Ocker)
        • Spoke with Rosalie about both 420 and 301 for Summer ’13. I moved the reminder to mid-April to allow time for her to finish up a few items
  • Spring ’13 Courses
    • IST 110
      • Sec 007 (Jim F)
        • Sent results from mid-course survey that he gave.
        • All appears well
        • Request to send student work and give feedback
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001 (Newcomer)
        • Consulted on student interaction
  • Summer ’13 Courses
    • IST 110
      • Sec 001 (Farugia)
        • Emailed Farugia and got the okay to set up the course based upon Spring ’13 version
        • Completed 2/13/13
      • Sec 002 (Newcomer Folkers)
        • Emailed Deirdre on 2/26/13 about course since she will be teaching it.
          • Couldn’t find this email that I thought I sent, probably just forgot 🙁
        • Sent a follow up on 3/20 and got a reply right away to go ahead
        • Completed setting up the course and emailed Deidre of the changes on 3/21
        • Added video from Summer ’12 upon request
    • IST 111S
      • Sec 001 (Folkers)
        • Set up the course based upon SP 13 version
        • Follow up email with Deirdre to let her know that it is done on 2/12/13
    • IST 210
      • Sec 001 (Gary H)
        • Sent Gary an email n 2/21 about what he would like done to populate his section
        • Copied and completed setting up for Summer ’13 on 2/21/13
      • Sec 002 (Fred A)
        • Sent Fred an email n 2/21 about what he would like done to populate his section
        • Follow up sent on 3/14
        • Fred said that it would be fine, so I set it up on 3/14 and let Fred know
    • IST 220
      • Sec 001 (Nick G)
        • Talked to Nick on 2/21 & agreed that moving his section from Spring ’13 and making adjustments to fit the summer makes the most sense. I plan to wait until the end of April to move items
      • Sec 002 (Mike M)
        • Emailed Mike on 2/21 about plan. He was fine with it.
      • Sec 003 (Hyunjeong)
        • Contacted Hyunjeong about when she would like me to move her materials over to Summer ’13 section
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001 & 002 (Larry)
        • Will need to merge the sections for Larry to populate
        • Checked with WC on 3/12 about 2nd section being on my profile
        • Checked on 3/14 and had both sections on my profile
        • Thanked WC for the help
        • Called Larry about merging sections
        • I merged the sections on 3/14
        • He will populate the space from there
    • IST 240
      • Sec 001 (Hal)
        • Will contact Hal in mid-April about populating Summer ’13 section since he has a few items to update
    • IST 250
      • Sec 001 (John O)
        • Copied over Spring ’13 materials to Summer ’13 space for John
    • IST 295B
      • Sec 001 (Kari)
        • Contacted Madhavi on 2/20/13 about populating the Summer ’13 section
    • IST 301
      • Sec 001 (Ocker)
        • Spoke with Rosalie
          • Sounded like she would populate her own section
    • IST 302
      • Sec 001 (Clark)
        • emailed on 3/8 that will copy over SP ’13 materials
        • he replied that it sounded good on 3/11
        • set up the section on 3/12 and emailed him
      • Sec 002 (Jesse Bill C if needed)
        • emailed on 3/8 that will copy over dev space materials
        • This section is not showing on my profile since 1st section is not full
    • IST 331
      • Sec 001 (Cantor)
        • Emailed to set up a meeting to discuss changes that need to be made before Summer ’13
        • Bill responded that he would be at UP on 4/8 & 4/9, so we will meet f2f on 4/9 at 3:30
    • IST 402
      • Sec 001 (Cameron)
        • Melissa will do this
    • IST 420
      • Sec 001 & 002 (Ocker)
        • Looks like a merge
        • Rosalie still needs to finish a few things reminder for mid-April to check back in
    • IST 440W
      • Sec 001 & 002 – Merged (JW)
        • merged and populated the course on 3/12
        • had to update the course announcement with BB Collaborate info
        • updated the communicate tab to remove live chat
        • sent email on 3/12 that the process was completed
          • Jim said he’d check when he has time
    • IST 495
      • Sec 001 (Kari)
        • Contacted Madhavi on 2/20/13 about populating the Summer ’13 section

Ongoing Projects:

    • Updated google spreadsheet for Summer ’13 

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

    • Need LMS that better integrates and includes tools that we use in our classes.

Important Dates:

  • MOOC Jan 4 – March 15 called Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
  • MOOC Jan 14 – Mar 4 called Fundamentals of Personal Finance
  • March 4 Vacation Day
  • March 5 Vacation Day
  • March 11 Prof Dev: Voice Thread at PSU: Hands on Training Session
  • March 15 Out for the day
  • March16 TLT Symposium
  • March 18-22 IST Startup Week
  • March 18 WAH from 2PM
  • March 20 March Gaming Brownbag on Currency Exchange
  • March 29 Vacation Day
  • April 1 Vacation Day
  • April 2 Vaction Time AM – 4h
  • May 3 Vacation Day
  • May 6 Vacation Day
  • May 27 Memorial Day – Holiday
  • June 14 Vacation Day
  • June 21 Vacation Day
  • July 4 Holiday
  • July 5 Vacation Day
  • July 11 Vacation Day
  • July 12 Vacation Day
  • August 19 Vacation Day
  • August 20 Vacation Day

IST Start Up Week

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I had a chance to watch several session on JustinTV. Definitely nice to be able to keep working while checking in with the conversation.

My favorite session was one given by David Hua (Sincerely) and Rajiv Eranki (formerly of Dropbox). I really liked the attitude and energy of David, especially. He has this real vibrancy that you can see he is a real guy who is doing great things. The thing that sticks the most with me was how David responded to a question on being a “Rock Star.” He mentioned that he thought it was really important to be humble and that there were so many people in Silicon Valley that have done amazing things.

I was also surprised when Rajiv mentioned how they hired to their team. It was more about how well someone had done and whether they had won competitions. Also, it was important to be someone who was within the friend network. Being able to get along with others was so important.

A quote that stuck with me was one that David lived by “You can go fast by yourself, but far with others.” Definitely like his spirit of working with others to do great things.

A great question asked by one of the students was about whether it would be best to start with a big company then go to a startup. Or go straight to a startup. David answered this well. He could see that starting in a big company made sense since you would learn so much there. Then you could turn around and move to a startup with that knowledge.

Definitely a week, looking forward to what comes of it.