Slides should be an excuse to structure the first 45' of class:
15' on project management
10' to monitor all groups from the Google Docs projects sheet
5' on questions and answers about the projects
5' to remind everyone of how far they should be in their textbook readings
Show course webpage with textbook and Stata Guide chapters
Answer theoretical questions briefly, provide empirical examples during practice
20' to introduce the session topic and replication code
Every do-file contains detailed notes and is meant to be finished at home
The solutions for the short coding exercises in the slides are on the wiki
… so the slides basically tie up everything together:
the first and second part of each session
the course documentation (website, readings, code, Google Docs, wiki)
Disclosure: count 5' to 10' for lateness to class (both teacher and student-induced). This means that the 20' for (3) are more like 15', and that the break has to be 10' at most, even when the students have interesting questions and ideas about their projects to share over coffee.
Slides should be an excuse to structure the first 45' of class:
… so the slides basically tie up everything together:
Disclosure: count 5' to 10' for lateness to class (both teacher and student-induced). This means that the 20' for (3) are more like 15', and that the break has to be 10' at most, even when the students have interesting questions and ideas about their projects to share over coffee.