Post on 20-Jan-2016
ISD 200:INTERNATIONAL STUDENT DEVELOPMENTWEEK 1
Ryan Packard
Arlette Fellores
John Belmont
Sign-in Sheet
Fail to sign in, fail for the day.Sign your name and your academic major (business, art, math, engineering, etc.)
Agenda for Today• Ice Breaker: Getting to know one another • Course syllabus:
• Objectives• Format of assignments
• What former students have said about ISD 200• Last quarter grade statistics• Personality Test• Assignment 1
Academic vs. Experiential
Academic ExperientialISD 200
Academic Experiential
Most Classes
However…
Find someone who…
Getting to know one another
Syllabus
Cover details together
FORMAT OF ASSIGNMENTSAND EMAIL
Pay close attention to this!!
This guy grades your assignments(for better or worse)
Format of Weekly Assignments
Your full name Date
Class
Assignment number
All of this information is in
the syllabus!!
Format of Email
Assignmentnumber
Email Address
Attachedassignment
All of this information is in the syllabus!!
Artwalk – First Thursday in Pioneer Square
What students say about ISD 200
“In ISD class, there are many humorous academic teachers, such as John, Ryan, and Rina. They totally change my thought that American lectures are very intriguing rather than dull.”
What students say about ISD 200
“As a person with poor communication skills, I learned [in ISD] class how to easily communicate with others [of other cultures], and that really helped me develop my communication skills. In different occasions, I tried to apply what I learned, and it did work.”
Last quarter statistics:
Number of students: 55Students with 4.0: 23Average grade: 3.6 (out of 4.0)Students who failed: 5
Personality Style Test
First Test!!
But didn’t John say there weren’t going to be any tests in this class??
He lied
General question
How many of you have a class after 1o’clock?
REMEMBER:
MISTAKESHAVE THE POWER
TO TURN YOU INTO SOMETHING
BETTERTHAN YOU WERE
BEFORE
Assignment 1- Due Wednesday, July 9th, by 5pm
Answer both of the following questions:No more than 1 page!!
• What do you look forward to in regards to your time here in Seattle?
• What do you worry about in regards to your time here in Seattle?