Weeknotes 2024 week 4

Tried

Experimented with a new way to make feedback videos responding to student work. Instead of actively pausing/unpausing the recording, I filmed myself reading (and responding) to the work, and then used Recut to cut out all the silences. Now it’s a more accurate recording of my initial response upon reading. It wasn’t as smooth as I’d hoped, but I think I’ll try it again. I just have to be a little more performative (and consistently loud) when voicing reactions. And I could also combine both features, for example to pause and collect my thoughts for final remarks/evaluation at the end.

I printed the text of Ingrid Robeyn’s 2019 Van Hasselt lecture as a little booklet to gift to my faculty’s dean. Reminded me how fun it is to make simple little booklets/zines. I did a series of those a while ago. Perhaps I should do more of that again. Easy way to be creative.

Today was my last meeting as a teacher in the first year ME design project courses (because I’ll start to work part-time at Architecture starting February 1st). I wonder whether I’ll miss it. Probably. But it also felt like a good moment to step away.