August 24, 2007
Teaching
I’m completely out of my mind tired. But I have to write something here. I met such bright, incredible students today. I’m very happy with where I find myself.
I’m teaching two classes that I almost wish could come together. One is Introduction to Music Business, and the other is Special Topics in Arts Technology. It’s more than a little daunting to set up a syllabus. How do I know when I’ve taught enough? One of the classes has a book I can follow, but the other I am just taking every wonderful thing I’ve ever learned and teaching it in a class. Today I got to present Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Monument, John Snow’s cholera map, the Clock of the Long Now, and some work of Fernanda Viegas to people who have never seen these things before! Can you imagine how excited I was?!
But it’s still scary to know how much to teach so I have asked one of my old mentors Professor Kevin to meet with me (and thank goodness he agreed) - and I’ll pester him to give me the answer to the question.
Meanwhile,
is Theory like HTML? No, says Kevin,
He’s just so smart, even if he’s getting older now. He’s even older than 30, I think.