CS211 First Section
Fall 2004
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The following is a summary of the topics the TAs will discuss.

+ Give introductions:

  Students usually like to know who you are and why you're teaching them.
  Giving some background and an idea of your character helps to humanize
  the course and perhaps open them up a bit, which should happen in section.
 
  - Write and say your name.
  - Write and say your department.
  - Write and say your office, e-mail, and office hours.
  - Talk a bit about your background and how/why you are teaching this course.

+ Get student info and take attendance:

  At some point you might wish to hold section in a lab, or you will get
  sick. Having an e-mail list will help! Note that students change sections,
  so you will have to occasionally update your list.

  - Write LAST NAME, FIRST NAME..........NET-ID on a sheet of paper.
  - Tell students about why you want to keep an updated list.
  - Pass around the sheet and pick it up at the end.
  - Bring the sheet for a few more weeks.

+ Explain role of section:

  See Syllabus! Students are required to attend section. If they do not go, 
  they must cover the material on their own.

  - Primarily answer questions about any course material, usually homework.
  - Do practice problems
  - Occasionally teach topics not covered in lecture.

+ Answer course questions they might have:
  
  - Use Syllabus to answer.
  - Write down questions you cannot answer (figuring you might be new, too!)
    and ask instructor.
  - Post the answers in News.

+ Explain how method main works in Java
  - see online notes called "Applications" in Section notes
  - applications need a main method
  - how to compile at the command line
  - how to run at the command line
  - how to use command-line arguments
  - how to convert a String to an int or double (eg, "3" becomes just 3)

+ Answer any other questions
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