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title: mdf orientation planning
tags: [planning, cd]

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## what they need to do at orientation
* multimodal basics ("alternative to what?")
    * backwards design
    * bloom's taxonomy, etc. handouts
    * what's working well in the academic writing in the discipline and what isn't
    * who we are, what the LL is, etc.
    * onboarding logistics
    * ice breaker
* alternative assignment design
    * alignment between form + discipline
    * unpacking of a form together
    * importance of process of making/scaffolding
* live experiences/using the LL studio
* responding/feedback/celebrating student work

## week of August 21:
* tues: 
    * onboarding + multimodal basics
    * could record these sessions for folks who miss
    * draw your diss on a card icebreaker
    * initial thinking about what works in the discipline, what doesnt (activity with a reading from their field)
    * maybe DAS - need to follow up
* thurs: 
    * live experiences/using the LL studio? or save for week 2?
        * stations in the studio
        * they have to combine 3-4 mechanics 
        * they go around to get a sense of the possibilities, then choose a few (like selecting dishes from a menu)
        * then they pitch their workshop idea, thinking about rationales for the mechanics
        * bonus points for coming up with their own mechanics!
        * doing something with games? design a game that makes use of LL studio?
    * could do alternative assignment design here if not in week 2
    * Belle Lipton, 1 - 3 pm
        * need to download qGIS on machines
        * 1st hour - conceptual re: data, maps, storage
        * 2nd hour - demo in qGIS on historical maps

## week of August 28:
* tues: assignment design
    * unpacking of a form(s)
    * defining learning goals
    * designing assignment
    * process of making/scaffolding
* thursday: responding/celebrating
    * jk idea: a discussion around challenges to give feedback on the form/content and how we often suggest "the artist statement" as a way of getting students into the metacog zone in providing rationale for their form choices given their content
    * maybe we could break into lab stations and lab leads could present the ILP and there could be an activity around how to give feedback on those?

## other sessions
* DAS: Wednesday, August 23, 1-3pm?
* Belle: Thursday, August 24, 1-3pm
* HGSU: Wednesday, August 30, 10:30-11:00am
* caitlin/mindich TBD
* ATG (contacted 06/23 - TBD)

## who's around when
new folks around week of August 21:
1. alexia
2. graham
3. bes
4. alexa
5. arianna
6. laura
7. lara (monday and tuesday)

**not** around week of August 21:
- Julia
- Victoria
- Lara (from wednesday Aug. 23 onward)

new folks around week of August 28:
1. alexia
2. graham
3. bes
4. alexa
5. arianna
6. laura
7. Julia
8. Victoria

**not** around week of August 28:
- Lara


## optional sessions we did last year:
* capture
    * audio
    * video
* 3D
    * blender
* editing
    * fcpx
* coding
    * next.js
* designLab w/LLUFs
    * paperLab

## optional sessions this year
* organize them around labs? lab previews?
    * for coding: really quiz/manually coded personality quiz? possible to do this in two hours? (esp. if sets up for initial learning project in codeLab)

## other optional session ideas
* graphic design
* paper folding
* AI

## save for Friday MDF meetings:
* grading/responding and celebrating?

## links
* [last year's orientation schedule](https://hackmd.io/cko3LMyIQP-0WSFVwbs80Q)