[2020] Day 1: What is R

[gvegayon]

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[gvegayon]

Hey @erickawaguchi @NataliaZemlianskaia we have two options right now, you can do either this or #18 . @EmilHvitfeldt and I will assist you throughout the process (and be TAing during the 1-hour pres).

[gvegayon]

Hey @lailylajiang @AbigailHorn, so it seems that @NataliaZemlianskaia is doing this, @erickawaguchi will be doing day 2, and @XUKEREN will be doing day 3. It would be great if you could either help to prepare materials (you would need to coordinate with the speakers) or attend those days as TAs during the Zoom call :). Let us know.

[lailylajiang]

Sure! I can help with the materials with ggplot2 or others if you need.

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On Jul 22, 2020, at 14:19, George G. Vega Yon ***@***.***> wrote:  Hey @lailylajiang @AbigailHorn, so it seems that @NataliaZemlianskaia is doing this, @erickawaguchi will be doing day 2, and @XUKEREN will be doing day 3. It would be great if you could either help to prepare materials (you would need to coordinate with the speakers) or attend those days as TAs during the Zoom call :). Let us know. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[AbigailHorn]

I'm available those 3 days and would be happy to help out as a TA during the presentations!

[gvegayon]

A few pointers for the presentations (relevant for #18 #19 as well) :

1. These are scheduled to last one hour, yet we do expect to see some interaction with the attendees, in particular, speakers should plan for: (a) questions from the public (moderated by the TAs), (b) questions that you can ask to the public (great to see if ppl is following you), and (c) activities, e.g. "load the package and this dataset, and create a scatterplot for these two variables". I would aim for 40 min of contents (or maybe a bit less) so that you have 20 minutes to split for making the interactive part. I suggest doing two pauses asking them to do a plot/markdown/data summary.

2. Don't worry much about the setup. I'll send some instructions to attendees a few days prior to the presentations so they can have R/RStudio up and running.

3. Following the first point, I would keep the presentations simple. Avoid having too much material to go over (so people don't get overwhelmed with it), and stack extra material at the end of the slides. I like the idea of not having more slides than minutes for a presentation, so if you are planning for 40 minutes, try to go for 30-40 slides. Again, this is IMHO.

@erickawaguchi @NataliaZemlianskaia @XUKEREN if you want, we can meet/talk via zoom sometime next week.

[AbigailHorn]

I'm available those 3 days and would be happy to help out as a TA during the presentations!

@gvegayon -- I was just asked to participate in a workshop on mathematical modeling and COVID in LA on August 10-12 and it's something I need to prioritize. Which means I can now only help out live in the session on Day 3 -- August 13. Please let me know if that would be ok -- and if it would make things much more difficult for planning let me know and I'll see what I can do (I can ask the workshop oragnizers to schedule me at a different time so that I can particpate from 10-11am...)
Also, if it would be helpful to @XUKEREN I'd be happy to help out a bit with the slides for Day 3 -- let me know! I could look over what you're preparing, or test the exercises?

[XUKEREN]

@gvegayon Hi George, I can meet anytime next week after 230pm except for Tuesday to discuss day 3.
@AbigailHorn It would be great if we can get your help on day 3!!

[AbigailHorn]

Great @XUKEREN ! let me know if there is anything specific to help with, or if you'd like to chat to plan anything!

[XUKEREN]

@AbigailHorn Sounds great! Let's discuss this during tomorrow's meeting. I am not entirely sure yet what topics we should cover. Need to check with George.

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