ATAR Notes: Forum
VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Chemistry => Topic started by: thushan on June 15, 2012, 08:51:45 pm
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Nisha here has an idea that we should run weekly tutorials for ATARnotes Chemistry. Every Saturday night, we can gather in a thread entitled "Tutorial n" where n is a positive integer :P and one of us can explain stuff and then a discussion ensues. I can fire questions at you guys off my resources. How's that?
Vote YES on the poll if you count yourself in!
If enough people vote YES then I'll start organising dates!
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Tempted to delete poll :P
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Tempted to delete poll :P
Nah dont. It's meant to be a counter. Couldn't do a poll with one option, so had to do two 'yes''
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HMMMM, still tempted :P
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Lets do it tomorrow :)
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HMMMM, still tempted :P
I'm on it! OK. So we'll have a short briefing tomorrow? What time? I finish tutoring at 7 pm, so how about 7:30 pm?
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How's this going to work Thush?
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Saturday night? Really? I mean I would love to soak in your knowledge Thushan, but unfortunately I like many other members, do have a life :(. What about Sunday nights?
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I prefer Sat night because Sunday is near schoolday
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How's this going to work Thush?
Play it by ear.
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Saturday night? Really? I mean I would love to soak in your knowledge Thushan, but unfortunately I like many other members, do have a life :(. What about Sunday nights?
Gotta make sacrifices in year 12 brah ;)
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Saturday night? Really? I mean I would love to soak in your knowledge Thushan, but unfortunately I like many other members, do have a life :(. What about Sunday nights?
Damnit. Can't satisfy everyone man...!
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Why not IRC?
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Why not IRC?
Now THAT's an idea.
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Why not IRC?
Trolls, at least mods can keep control of things here. Just my opinion though.
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Why not IRC?
Trolls, at least mods can keep control of things here. Just my opinion though.
True. Ergh. Stupid trolls. Beasts with big horns that live under a bridge. Damn them.
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podcasts/vodcasts? might work :P
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You could have a channel on irc and ban any trolls that join
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You could have a channel on irc and ban any trolls that join
Yeah, but then all these randoms could join and clam up the conversations, it'd just be easier if it weren't IRC i think. IRC always goes off topic haha, no matter how many "mods" (wrong word) you have to kick people.
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Weekly skype/cam seshs ;)
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Would absolutely love to Thushan! :)
In regards to IRC, it is possible to set up permissions to that only certain people can speak. If that makes anything easier :)
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Why not post the tutorials on YouTube so that the whole VCE community would benefit from it? Like KhanAcademy for VCE Chemistry if it's possible. I'm pretty sure a lot of people will benefit from it, you can also put the AN logo in the tutorials and promote AN there so more traffic will come here. :)
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Why not post the tutorials on YouTube so that the whole VCE community would benefit from it? Like KhanAcademy for VCE Chemistry if it's possible. I'm pretty sure a lot of people will benefit from it, you can also put the AN logo in the tutorials and promote AN there so more traffic will come here. :)
thushan is stretched for time this semester :( so a weekly sesh is better ;)
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Why not post the tutorials on YouTube so that the whole VCE community would benefit from it? Like KhanAcademy for VCE Chemistry if it's possible. I'm pretty sure a lot of people will benefit from it, you can also put the AN logo in the tutorials and promote AN there so more traffic will come here. :)
thushan is stretched for time this semester :( so a weekly sesh is better ;)
Hmm. If it's a cam sesh someone (besides thushan)should record it and post it on YouTube so other people can benefit as well.
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Why not post the tutorials on YouTube so that the whole VCE community would benefit from it? Like KhanAcademy for VCE Chemistry if it's possible. I'm pretty sure a lot of people will benefit from it, you can also put the AN logo in the tutorials and promote AN there so more traffic will come here. :)
Yeah, that's a good idea, takes the podcasting idea a bit further, good marketing opportunity for thush as well
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Why not post the tutorials on YouTube so that the whole VCE community would benefit from it? Like KhanAcademy for VCE Chemistry if it's possible. I'm pretty sure a lot of people will benefit from it, you can also put the AN logo in the tutorials and promote AN there so more traffic will come here. :)
Yeah, that's a good idea, takes the podcasting idea a bit further, good marketing opportunity for thush as well
paulsterio, professional camera man for thushan?
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Hahaha, considering I see him for like 8 hours every Monday to Friday, meh, why not :P
But yeah, I might consider doing physics ones if this goes well
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Would absolutely love to Thushan! :)
In regards to IRC, it is possible to set up permissions to that only certain people can speak. If that makes anything easier :)
Yes we can (+M option, voice and devoice people), but then how do we decide who gets to speak and not? It'd end up being a bit exclusive. Seeing as the idea here is to generate discussion, imo, forums seem to be the best option. The only problem is that forums isn't as fast and instant, that minor time delay exists.
There's nothing saying that we can't experiment from week-to-week I guess.
edit: oh I misread 'it is' as 'is it'
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I dont think the posting thing will work well. itll probs get mass overload, ESPECIALLY considering how bloody awesome Thushan is :P
Instant messaging is effective, but with lots of ppl itll get out of hand, - to overcome this itll need moderation..
i think if thushan did something like douchys podcast for biol, thatd be cool. - i.e., based on general consensus, discuss some topic or theory which may be causing grief, or an explanation for some really good question. for questions to be asked, i guess you could open the thread at the start of the week, people ask away till a certain day, then it gets closed. then make it the podcast which thushan does in response to that weeks questions. he could also create questions based on the podcast so its more interactive while you listen to it..
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Time delay is too much in a forum I reckon, and IM is too uncontrolled, we need to have a system where we have a leader and whoever wants to talk pages the leader and the leader will select the next person to talk based on who paged first, who hasn't had much of a say...etc
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Could we do this for Methods too? I'm rubbish at that :P
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Could we do this for Methods too? I'm rubbish at that :P
Yeah, if this works, we'll see how it goes
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We'll discuss exactly how to do this tonight at 7:30 pm on the Tutorial 1 Thread that I will post.
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Where's the tutorial? Am I missing out on something?
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Why not IRC?
Trolls, at least mods can keep control of things here. Just my opinion though.
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Ill give you the benefit of the doubt. Dude, IRC can bbe moderated easily
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Why not IRC?
Trolls, at least mods can keep control of things here. Just my opinion though.
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Ill give you the benefit of the doubt. Dude, IRC can bbe moderated easily
Yeah, I know it can, it's just way too accessible to literally anyone, that was my issue. Unlimitted trolls (potentially).
Either way, the Skype session was a success, so Skype it is.
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Could we do this for Methods too? I'm rubbish at that :P
Yeah, if this works, we'll see how it goes
How about Spesh and Bio tutorials as well? :P
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Could we do this for Methods too? I'm rubbish at that :P
Yeah, if this works, we'll see how it goes
How about Spesh and Bio tutorials as well? :P
I don't think spesh tutorials will work over skype.
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How about assigning each day to a different subject. It'll provide a great way to end the day ^^
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I think it would be best to use teamviewer over skype..
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I think it would be best to use teamviewer over skype..
That point's already been considered in the Tutorial 1 thread:
OK here's my verdict:
Forum threads:
Quite a popular choice in the polls. Great idea, my original idea. However, we have a problem - it's not instant, so we'll have all sorts of people talking at the same time and posting out of sync. Not my favourite idea to be honest.
Skype:
Most popular choice. Very good idea. Problems include privacy and issues with moderation. Privacy can be alleviated with new Skype accounts, and I'll deal with moderation. But if anyone decides to troll and make trouble on Skype, that'd be awful, and I'd have to take action there. But I know you guys won't make trouble! As for non-availability, downloading Skype is free. And as for talking vs typing, i'm thinking typing is better because not everyone has a mic and bandwidth doesn't die. Anyways, I'm thinking this is the best option, so we'll go Skype.
IRC:
Issues are graphics, hard to read text, cannot send files over. Not a very popular choice from what I see.
TeamViewer and that:
Seems good, but people seem to like Skype better.
So Skype it is.
Guys if you could make Skype accounts for AN and make your account name a variant of "ANthushan" or "ANlaseredd" or sth and PM me when you've done it. You can use your real Skype if you want. Add "ANthushan" to your AN Skype address.
We'll gather on a thread on AN called Tutorial 2, then we'll open a Skype convo once we have the ppl rounded up.
See you guys @ Saturday 7:30 pm.
If there are any issues with me making it, I'll let you know early.
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I think it would be best to use teamviewer over skype..
Flaws of this method have already been suggested, unless you can think of a critical reason which would make Teamviewer the better choice.
How about assigning each day to a different subject. It'll provide a great way to end the day ^^
That would work, but there are more VCE subjects than days of the week, and it will be impossible to find ex-students to take niche subjects, would work, but only for the very common subjects at the moment.
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Why not IRC?
Trolls, at least mods can keep control of things here. Just my opinion though.
couldnt u just ban the sad sacks that troll
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Why not IRC?
Trolls, at least mods can keep control of things here. Just my opinion though.
couldnt u just ban the sad sacks that troll
Haha, it's ironic that you suggest this :P
You can, but it would be annoying having to ban randoms again and again.
ANYWAY, Skype is the preferred method, so why discuss this now? ???
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Stop suggesting IRC guys, it's not an improvement over Skype and so far, there seems to be no trolls.
If you are going to suggest something, it should offer a marked improvement
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Why not IRC?
Trolls, at least mods can keep control of things here. Just my opinion though.
couldnt u just ban the sad sacks that troll
Haha, it's ironic that you suggest this :P
You can, but it would be annoying having to ban randoms again and again.
ANYWAY, Skype is the preferred method, so why discuss this now? ???
i didnt even know whats going on
but i voted no