GAANN Teaching Report – Aileen Benedict

Reflecting on Course Improvements (GAANN Report #6)

on September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 By Aileen

Photo by Susan Weber on Unsplash It is now the start of my 7th semester (Fall 2022). Before getting in too far, I will take a moment to reflect on last semester (Spring 2022) and goals for the upcoming semester. In the Spring 2022 semester, I taught ITCS 3162 (Introduction to Data Mining) once again. [...]

Teaching to Inspire (GAANN Report #5)

on January 2, 2022January 12, 2022 By Aileen 1 Comment

Photo by Morgan Sessions on Unsplash My teaching goals for the Fall 2021 semester included: Teach the ITCS 3162 class (Introduction to Data Mining)Continue developing my personal website and teaching portfolioAttend two CTL (Center for Teaching and Learning) Seminars In my previous report, I mentioned how explaining the course material to students helped increase my [...]

When One Teaches, Two Learn (GAANN Report #4)

on May 22, 2021May 22, 2021 By Aileen 1 Comment

Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash My plan for this Spring 2021 semester included: ♥ Co-teach the ITCS 3162 class (Introduction to Data Mining) in Spring ’21.♥ As a part of co-teaching: (1) develop activities for the students to get hands-on experience with the data mining process and related tools, (2) provide various lectures and [...]

Becoming More Involved in Teaching (GAANN Report #3)

on February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 By Aileen

My desk at home. The only place I saw this semester. Fall 2020 was my first fully online semester due to the pandemic (last semester was also online, but we had to transition from in-person to online partially through, which was also a challenging experience in itself). Here, I will reflect on the semester in [...]

Steps Towards Teaching (GAANN Report #2)

on April 17, 2020May 13, 2020 By Aileen

Photo by Green Chameleon on Unsplash As GAANN Fellows, we had the following goals for the Spring 2020 semester: Get more experience with the course management system;Conduct problem sessions;Complete another teaching seminar course (ITSC 8665);Continue developing our personal websites and teaching portfolios; andAttend at least one CTL workshop and write a report reflecting on what [...]

Reflecting on My First Semester (GAANN Report #1)

on December 1, 2019May 13, 2020 By Aileen

Every semester, we develop a teaching experiment plan to guide our learning process as we gain more experience and expand our ideas of teaching. Here is my report on my experiences throughout the Fall 2019 semester. It's been a pretty good semester! 🙂 The teaching seminar discussions and workshops I've attended have definitely gotten me [...]