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Introduction to GA

Learning Objectives#

  • Introduction to the classroom, instructors and roles
  • Review expectations and the student handbook
  • Take a look a the daily happenings & deeper dive into each portion.
  • Communication tools

INTRO to ICEBREAKER#

Two truths and a lie (7️⃣ minutes) with Instructor Demo

  • Write two truths and a lie about yourself in slack
  1. I have cycled from AMK to the CBD to get to work
  2. I currently own 300+ boardgames!
  3. I learnt 10+ programming languages before I entered university

Did it work? It'll look like this:

Preview

  • If you made a mistake go ahead and fix it and send it to yourself again
  • When you've got it, send it out to the sg-sei-30 channel
  • Everyone will click on 1️⃣, 2️⃣ or 3️⃣ emojis
  • Once everyone in the group posts we'll find out if the class guessed your lie!
  • We'll do a few rounds, everyone will get a chance

To add the 1️⃣, 2️⃣ or 3️⃣ emojis Hover over a message and look for the more menu

More Menu

then click on the smiley face 😄, you can narrow your choices by typing in the search bar

Smiley Face

Instructors#

  • Simon Lau - Instructor Lead

  • Neo Jun Siang - TA (Teaching Assistant)

  • Kerin Ong - Student Success Specialist

  • Stefanie Padilla - Career Coach

Roles#

  • Instructor Lead (IL) & Instructor & Instructor Associate (IA)

    • Lesson Blocks
    • Code-along
    • Labs
    • Morning Exercises
    • Afternoon Code Reviews
    • Creating Homework

  • Teaching Assistants (TA)

    • one-on-one help during TA hours
    • will give you feedback on your homework and score if it is complete or incomplete

ICEBREAKER#

Two truths and a lie (7 minutes)

Student Handbook#

The student handbook is a gitbook website.

Let's go through the details of the handbook

Communication Tools#

Slack#

2 channel#

  • sg-sei-30
    • Meant for admin and 📢 announcements
  • sg-sei-30-discussions
    • Meant for class discussion and resources

How To#

Communicate in one of the Stitch channels#
  • @username
    • sends a notification to a specific user
  • @channel / @here
    • sends a notification to everyone / everyone currently online
    • DO NOT use these unless absolutely necessary (usually only instructors/ta's use this)
Communicate privately#
  • Direct messages are one-on-one messages nobody else can see.
  • In addition, you can make group direct messages to talk to multiple people at once, privately.
Other#
  • You can mute channels that you no longer need (Fundamentals)
  • You can adjust the sound / notifications of your messages

Zoom#

Our video conferencing tool!

  • We use breakout rooms for group meetings
  • Don't forget to mute!
  • You can share your screen with us / anyone
  • Grid for speaker view

Actual ICEBREAKER#

Two truths and a lie (7 minutes)

Break#

Stand up, walk around, get a snack