Otherwise, it was another day of workshopping and curriculum-prepping. We began the day with the final contemplative session about how to relate to the kids and reflect on traits that make a good teacher. I then met with my instructor team to hash out a lot of logistical and content details.
More and more, I'm seeing that for my year (the rising seniors and soon-to-be graduates of MEET), we're trying to get the student groups to work in teams as if they would in a software company dealing with the forces of industry. The students have learned about the theories and fundamentals of project management and teamwork in the previous year. Now it's time to put that into practice. Both the business and technical content will be integrated. So I'm trying to understand the technical aspects as much as I can by meeting with the group regularly and attending their group brainstorming sessions.
We also met the new MEET CEO. A former European basketball star who studied in the Boston area. He seemed like a very down-to-earth guy, very open and optimistic. A good fit, I think.
After that, Ben (the other business instructor) and I spoke with the client of the upcoming Apprentice event to scope out an problem to address. We then explored a popular street market on Ben Yehuda. Afterwards, we decided to walk home, this time a lot faster. We decided to take a "scenic" route and explored some less ventured roads and paths. Almost decided to go through a ghetto area, but decided against it because we had laptops, phones, and cash on us. But we did run into these kids:
Quite the models, aren't they?
Tomorrow will be the last day for our curriculum prepping and all the computer lab set-up we need. I'll be finalizing all my Week 1 lectures.
Happy 5 Months! You know who you are.
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