spectrometer_minutes_8-27

Present for Telecon: Steve, Lisa, Nicholas, Bernhard, Scott

Secretary: Nicholas

4:12 PT

Convene on Hawaii telecon line. Attempt to contact Mark.

Travel Updates

Nicholas, Steve, Lisa to rent a car when they arrive in Maui.

Bernhard to arrive Monday at 7:30 p.m. N, S, or L will pick him up.

Bernhard to leave Thursday at 5:45 p.m. (will stay in Maui Mon through Thurs)

Scott to arrive Monday evening and can rent another car.

Choosing a Day 1 Structure

Original plan: "bottom-up." votes for: Bernhard

Steve's alternative: "top-down." votes for: Nicholas

Steve: abstains temporarily

Lisa: wants to defer until input from Mark and/or John.

All: would prefer input from Mark and/or John.

4:23 PT: In their absence, Steve votes for the "bottom-up" idea so we can progress. Group agrees.

4:25 PT: Elizabeth Reader and Mark join. No objections to "bottom-up."

4:23 PT

Activity Timeline (Bottom-Up)_

Discuss Lisa's alternative ideas for the starters

Most agree that these starters are worth persuing.

Scott: would new starters be manageable in the time we've allotted?

Bernhard: could get more time by doing fewer stations

What is a reasonable amount of time per starter activity? Steve and Lisa can make a cereal-box spectrograph in 15 minutes. With pre-cut cardboard, it can be done in just a few minutes. Proposal to run the entire class through consecutive starters rejected, based on worries about group size and individual participation. Or we could do half of class for 30 minutes, and other half does 2 starters in 20, 10 minutes respectively, then switch. But we might not be able to afford 60 minutes for starters.

Removing presentations gives us an extra 25 minutes.

Review and Alterations of Current Timeline

Bernhard: could merge 9:00 demo and 8:45 background presentation.

Mark: class actually starts at 9:00 and ends at 11:00. 28 students now expected, plus one observer.

How much time do we need for individual component Inquiry on Day 1?

Consensus to cut out the presentations on Day 1. We will instead do a homework assignment to prepare a presentation for Day 2, which students would enact. Facilitation on Day 2 would assist this but be less formal than what we had planned for Day 1.

Rough new division for Day 1: 40 min for Intro. 1 hr, 15 min for Starters, Questions, and Grouping. 45 minutes for Inquiry. 5 minutes for closing.

Editor's note: math could be wrong here; Lisa's updates should override.

Facilitation Roles

Mark envisions that he, John, and Elizabeth can help facilitate if needed. Scott can also jump in if it becomes necessary.

So,

Steve: oversight

Scott: observing and documentation I wasn't clear. What I actually meant was, I don't want to sit around and observe/document an activity that could really use my help (because of the number of students) so if I am needed please draw on me -- Scott

Nicholas, Bernhard, Lisa: lead facilitators

Elizabeth, John, Mark: assistant facilitators

Editor's Note: please correct this if I got it wrong.

4:52 PT

Upcoming Telecons

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1:00 HT, 4:00 PT. All but Mark are OK. Will proceed with that time.

Thursday, Sept. 25, 12:00 HT, 3:00 PT (replaces Sept. 24 telecon). Availability confirmation by e-mail.

4:57 PT

Materials Update and Closing

Materials are all accounted for. Some are already arriving.

Task List

Bernhard: Create a written assignment to organize a presentation between Days 1 and 2.