my Qt class...

As mentioned in my last post ( C++ .. ), the much awaited moment came... teaching for the whole batch of 140 2nd yrs..

hmm.. the first class went okay. Made use of ppt effectively, with "warmup section", break in the middle etc.. but lot of disturbances like cricket match scores, noise, ppl sleeping etc.. & when the tempo was about to buildup, somayajulu spoiled it with feedback forms :((...

so, end of class - I.. the students were satisfied, but i was not. Many ppl thought Qt was over & its very confusing. I had to mail them that one more class is pending.


Preparation
I know this was my last chance to teach well ( & infact teach at IIIT I guess )...so, was very determined to make it interesting, enjoyable & most imp, unforgettable !!

I sat in silence for a few mins, going into my deep thoughts as I do so for my story writings & came up with some ideas to make the class interesting. Prepared the ppt with these ideas, made sample Qt programs & put them in order so that I can code before the class on the class PC and make them feel comfortable abt Qt.

Slept well... had breakfast... revised some stuff, took a small nap, bath.. prayer... very light lunch ( to be active ), had juice at coffeshop & get.. set ... go !!

The Final Frontier

1:30 PM now:
Went to the class with budding enthusiasm only to find hardly 10 ppl there :((.. I was shocked & abt to be disappointed as I had put in a lot of thought & effort for this. But luckily after 10 mins many ppl started coming & by 1:45.

Slideshow startd with me speaking with lotta confidence & hopefully makin them understand the things well..

The slides
All slides had the slide transition effects explored well..
1st slide i put this, " Qt --- The last class of ITWSIII".. so, cheers from the crowd.

2:15
Iam going with good pace, ppl are following properly ... revised the previous class stuff... now, comes the twist..

A slide with a puzzle :P.... yeah !! gave a short 5 mins break with a puzzle to solve, now I could sense the energy among the students. i know this batch had intersing minds, good programmers etc, so they wer keenly working on this, girls as usual reluctant to solve puzzles, but they tried out too & a few got the solution..

good to see happy faces now... all are keenly follwing the class & now increased my pace.... went to the coding part... stated off well, coded before them tried to convince them that its very easy to use designer etc etc.. but still, some ppl looked like they were scared to code..

2:45:
Last 15 mins to end this & as u know, Iam known to end things well & my climaxes have always been innovative & successful.... & this is a big moment now, standing before 140 ppl, with all of them keenly watching.... hmm.... this is what I did...

Last slide:
transitions one by one...

heading :: "Final Brake...."

then two pics come... ( already ppl are shouting loudly .. )

pic1: full of lamps
pic2: mecca masjid

now the messages, under them:: 'Happy Diwali' .. 'Id mubarak' ( it was diwali & ramzan coming up next week )

"End of ITWSIII.. Best of Luck" !!!!

wait wait.. its not over. the final twist is this, & this resulted in a loud burst of noise & laughter among the students..

a vertical marquee like doordarshan serials :P, " Thank you..... courtesy: Aravind .... Vikram pudi.... special thanks to Yaso ( had to see yaso's face then, everyone started cribbing at him"...

This ended up with a loud & loud applause..

huh.... mission successful... hurray !!!! Yippeeee !!! :P ...

Conclusion
I got wondeful feedback from the students when I met them outside the class from boys as well as gals... every one said it was an interesting class,,.... the presentation ppts are gr8.... kummesindi... etc etc.. but u know, if I tend to become a prof, lotta challenges to be faced, students of higher classes, higher knowledge, more depth of knowledge etc etc.. so, long way ahead, though this has given some confidence.

anyway, whenver I remember the class I feel very happy & i just go thru that ppt once again to cheer me up whenever iam slightly bored or dejected. This class added to my confidence that I can teach well.. lets see.... I aim to become a professor in future.... now got a PhD call from univ too & waiting for results.... I hope I could do well !!! but, will remember this juniors (u2k4) batch forever in my life for boosting my confidence & help me learn good communication, manmanagement skills ( believe me, I was a very silent, reserved being & used to worry if I am a good teacher or not during my I year :( ) ... 3 TAships for a period of 1.5 yrs... huh..... i guess a record at IIIT !!!! will b back with the latest univ results soon... bye for now..

Sd/-
Arvind