It's Almost Summer!!!

And by summer, I mean summer quarter. (Although, it is almost summer for real -- what, tomorrow?)

ANYWAY.

I thought I might take some free time I have and update the old blog and let you know some things that are in store for us this quarter.

My Teaching Schedule
I've had a couple of you ask what my schedule will be for summer, and here it is:

Monday Afternoon: MS Excel
Monday Evening: Windows XP Pro (NSA 260)
Tuesday Morning: Managing Windows Networking (NSA 218)
Tuesday Afternoon: Designing Network Infrastructure (NSA 264)
Tuesday Evening: Windows Server 2003 (NSA 261)
Wednesday Morning: Strategies for Success

I'm really looking forward to teaching the Strategies class.

Changes in Teaching Styles
Yes, once again, I will be undergoing changes in the way I run class. It's a minor change really -- NSA people, you will experience the same mostly-lab-little-bit-o-ben-lecturing that you're used to, but I'm reinstating weekly homework. I realize that will mean a considerable amount of work for you as students, and I can totally empathize, but information just hasn't been retained recently as well as I'd like it to be.

Ben's Blog Will (Hopefully) Be Utilized More
Ben's Blog now has its own domain name (www.benbedo.com -- try it out!) as well as downloadable powerpoints of what I hand out in class. During the first week or so, I'll be soliciting links to your own websites, if you'd like to share them. Also, I plan on posting more informative posts, like the one on Virtualization, as the quarter goes on, just to provide a richer learning environment.

It's going to be a great quarter!! See you next week!