Hey all, some of you were interested in Tom's video. He has posted it on his blogg, but I offered to put it up on my blogg as well. So here it is
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
for your consideration
Hello friends,
I just had a few minutes to do some extra calculations. This is what I came up with. I spend about 21 hours a week in class in the School of Education. So I figure that we have about 16 weeks of total class from August 27 until mid-December. So I will spend about 336 hours in class this semester for my 18 credit hours. Now with a quick calculation I have figured that I am spending about $23.81 per hour (based on $8,000 per semester of tuition) when I am in class. Just for fun I further extrapolated what we spend as a class per hour (about 55 of us), which means when all of us are in one room together for one hour, we spend about $1,309.52 give or take a few pennies. So a three hour class period garners the University about $3,928.57. Or lets say we watch two hours of video, we effectively just spent $2,619.05. Interesting when you add it all up. I wonder how much it costs to buy one of those videos?
To those of you who are out of state, your tuition is almost exactly double. So you pay about $47 per hour in the classroom. Not too bad when you think about what you get, right?
So next time you feel a little uncomfortable asking a question in class... do the math, you have probably already paid for the answer.
I just had a few minutes to do some extra calculations. This is what I came up with. I spend about 21 hours a week in class in the School of Education. So I figure that we have about 16 weeks of total class from August 27 until mid-December. So I will spend about 336 hours in class this semester for my 18 credit hours. Now with a quick calculation I have figured that I am spending about $23.81 per hour (based on $8,000 per semester of tuition) when I am in class. Just for fun I further extrapolated what we spend as a class per hour (about 55 of us), which means when all of us are in one room together for one hour, we spend about $1,309.52 give or take a few pennies. So a three hour class period garners the University about $3,928.57. Or lets say we watch two hours of video, we effectively just spent $2,619.05. Interesting when you add it all up. I wonder how much it costs to buy one of those videos?
To those of you who are out of state, your tuition is almost exactly double. So you pay about $47 per hour in the classroom. Not too bad when you think about what you get, right?
So next time you feel a little uncomfortable asking a question in class... do the math, you have probably already paid for the answer.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Getting back into the swing of things
Well most of us are in our class placements. I have been testing out our new technology packages. I really enjoy the Mac Laptop. The camera is going to come in handy, but I am not very impressed with the quality of video and pictures... perhaps that is because we have the settings adjusted to get as much time and memory out of the cards as possible.
This week I have been also checking out the technology in my class room. We have a very neat set of "clickers" that are similar to what you use in a restaurante or bar to play a trivia game. I think they will be very useful for reviewing and the students can check their own knowledge with out really having much at risk in the way of others seeing what they answered or a teacher seeing their work.
My wife and I have also had a baby since my last post, watch for pictures in the near future.
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