HW 2

You can now try Homework #2 in Webcourses.

It is due on Wednesday morning, 10:30 AM.

Homework 1 is now available; visual podcast ready.

Homework 1 is now ready in Webcourses. Look for the Knightro folder on our home page in Webcourses.

The homework is due on Monday, 10:30 AM, sharp, the beginning of our lecture.

You'll have four attempts on the assignment. Your grade for this assignment is the highest score you attain, so work carefully.

ALSO: Today's lecture is UP in our iTunes U area.

We will have homework this weekend.

Just to let you know -- I will be preparing a homework assignment for you all in Webcourses this weekend:

1. available by lunchtime Saturday if not sooner, and
2. due on Monday morning, 10:30 AM.

I will post another announcement here when the homework is ready.

S.I. schedule

Here is the schedule for Supplemental Instruction (S.I.) this semester:

Monday

1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

COMM 147

Monday

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

BA 213

Wednesday

1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

COMM 147

Thursday

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

HEC 118

See if you can make at least one of these S.I. sessions each week, and it will really help with getting a nice grade.

Yesterday's lecture is up.

The visual podcast of yesterday's lecture, with

1. diagrams
2. outline
3. iClicker questions
4. etc.

is now UP in our iTunes U service.

Early iClicker 2 bonus points are UP.

I just got the iClicker 2 roster sorted out and now the bonus points are up in Webcourses if you were registered by Wednesday or by Friday. 83 students got a bonus point on Wednesday, and 138 got a bonus point on Friday. Nice.

The rest of you, get that iClicker 2 registered in Webcourses, ASAP, because today we start official class participation. If you missed registration last week, it could not hurt your grade; today, however, it starts taking bites out of your grade if you are not registered.

Friday lecture podcast is UP.

The visual podcast for today's lecture is now available in iTunes U.

I will be camping out in Georgia from tonight until Monday evening, so I will not be answering course mail in Webcourses for a while.

Diffraction Youtubes

We observed diffraction of laser light off the surface of a set of staples from a Swingline stapler. We also compared that to regular reflection from a small mirror.

But there are many other places where diffraction occurs, many different sources of light that diffracts. I have several YouTubes up that show diffraction in action. Look at my diffraction playlist.

I also like a diffraction YouTube from Saint Mary's Univ. up in Canada, especially from about the 0:25 mark.

Buy back rebate for old iClickers

We have to use the iClicker 2 for this class.

For those with a 1st generation iClicker (no display, no alphanumeric), there is now a buy back rebate from the iClicker company. It is a short form in PDF to mail in and get a rebate. Look in the iClicker registration folder.

Register your iClicker 2 asap, in Webcourses.

You can now register your iClicker 2 in Webcourses. Look for the iCliker 2 icons.