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Started by Fred Jones, 2002-09-12T20:02:03-05:00 (Thursday)

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Fred Jones

One of the many things I did while involved in my fraternity (TKE) at Shawnee State University in Ohio was to set up study groups... I wonder if anyone is interested in putting together a study time where upper level students could help the people just starting out... or at least give them (us) a clue... "like dude dont take 3 programming classes the same semester" that kind of stuff  would also allow more interaction between newbies and the seniors which in turn keep CAOS running with new faces... I feel that more meetings w/o the pizza stuff for only 30 min or so to brain storm would help too, that way event could happen more often and as more people got involed you would not have to have all the officers there just to run a brain storm session... just a thought...

Victor Cardona

That is an excellent idea. I like it a lot.

Victor

Peter Motyka

Last semester someone suggested having a "computing hour".  They based it off of the business departments "business hour".  From what is sounds like, it is just a small informal meeting to get together and talk about new happenings. I would definitly like to do something like this.  It would not involve too much planning and could increase the CAOS social circle.  I could see doing something like that every other week?  Any thoughts...?

Peter
SIUE CS Alumni 2002
Grad Student, Regis University
Senior Engineer, Ping Identity
http://motyka.org

Jerry

How about having some sort of "looking for a study group" board on this site? People can post what course topic they are interested in forming a study group for, some contact info, maybe available study times. Others could pick who they might want to contact to form a study group.
"Make a Little Bird House in Your Soul" - TMBG...

Victor Cardona

I like that. It allows people to form their own study groups and requires no planning on the part of CAOS.

Victor

Victor Cardona

I really like Dr. Weinberg's idea. However, this could be a cool small-scale CAOS event that we could hold more often. Perhaps we could use it to advertise and discuss topics that were presented by guest speakers that have visited the department.

Victor

Fred Jones

Vcardo wrote--

....their own study groups and requires no planning on the part of CAOS...

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part of the concept of a study group is to introduce people to others that they normally would not encounter... if you limit your study group to the people you know then you don’t allow the "New idea"
to occur... also if feel that  a university chapter of an organization needs to be active in things of this nature to help develop positive contacts within the group of people that are majoring in Computer Science and  to keep the chapter from becoming a "click" group... honestly  the study group idea is to work as a function of CAOS to do two things maintain interest in computer science preventing the classic "first year major changes" and as a tool of recruitment to replace the seniors as they go on and leave for their futures... the hardest thing in the world is to rebuild an organization with only to members...at that first meeting i was at... aside from the pizza and pop, there also seemed a concern and understanding that new members are needed; and being a member of something needs interaction with that group...I dont feel that making less work for CAOS should be a goal.. well thats my three pennies, have fun folks

Jerry

I like both ideas, and they don't have to be mutually exclusive. Each invites a different group dynamic.

The small study groups allow for more of a close knit interaction providing for easy way for individuals at about the same level to contribute and gain from the experience.

Larger Computer Science Hours invite a more diverse group at different levels of educational experience to share ideas. This is great for inviting people into the CAOS activities.

The study groups do not require much in terms central organization, just the up keep of the posting site. The group then takes care of their own organization.

The Computer Science Hour requires a few active individuals to do the organization such as setting times, posting announcements, reserving rooms.

I would suggest trying a Computer Science Hour maybe once or twice a month, but also having a small study group posting board.

"Make a Little Bird House in Your Soul" - TMBG...

William Grim

That all sounds great to me!

I'm normally studying in the evening anyway; so, any time during my study time would be good.

What kind of topics is everyone interested in seeing?  For the moment, what comes to mind are some things on learning how to utilize Unix systems on campus more, setting up personal Unix[-like] systems, and programming get togethers.

Perhaps some sort of group that studies a particular programming problem in some detail would be beneficial as well?  Although, I'm hoping that some people don't try to construe this sort of thing as "doing your homework for you", because I most certainly would not; I'd love to help though.  I just wanted to make it clear what I meant by the question at the beginning of this paragraph.

Well, ttyl!
William Grim
IT Associate, Morgan Stanley

Victor Cardona

I agree with most of what you said, but lets be honest. The CAOS officers are all upperclassmen, and are extremely busy. They are probably not going to have the time to plan and organize study groups before exams or what not. If I am wrong, then I hope an officer will correct me.

At best, I think we should have an area on the CAOS website where all CS students can post messages about study groups that they themselves are organizing. This promotes CAOS by making students go to the CAOS site while still allowing students to plan and organize on their own.

Besides, why would we want CAOS to organize the groups anyway? Who should decided what groups we should have? Are you willing to show up to each and every single group meeting even if no one else does? I am not sure if I am making my point clearly enough. Let me know if the above didn't make any sense to you.

Victor