Office Hours
Visiting your instructor during an office hour can help you succeed at De Anza. Sometimes you may not be sure if you understand the course material; you may be confused about an assignment; or you may feel that the instructor did not grade your work correctly. It is much better to come in and talk about it and solve the problem than it is to leave your issue unresolved.
Perhaps more importantly, a visit helps the instructor get to know you as a person. Many of us have several hundred new students each term! When you take the time to make a personal contact it helps the teacher make the connection between you and the name on the roll sheet.
Please visit me during my office hours, call 408-864-8511, or send email to mitchelldan@deanza.edu any time you have a question or problem relating to the course. You do not need an appointment to see me during an office hour, but you can make one if you prefer. My office is in room A15 in the A1 building located in the Arts Quad. My office hours are:
I may meet some or all of my office hours in room A91 rather than in my office. I'll make an announcement in class.
Monday
11:30-12:20 |
Tuesday
11:30-12:20 |
Wednesday
11:30-12:20 |
Thursday
11:30-12:20 |
Friday
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(Office hours are subject to change as announced in class and on my web sites.)
If you cannot visit during a scheduled office hour, I am available to meet at many other times by arrangement. Call me or send email to set up an alternate office visit. When I'm online you may be able to contact me at DeAnzaDan using Instant Messenger.
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Spring 2009 Term
Spring 2009 classes begin in early April, and registration has already begun. Visit the De Anza College web site to find out more about admissions and registration. My spring schedule includes: Music 1A: Introduction to Music- MTWTh at 9:30-10:20 in A11
- MTWTh at 10:30-11:20 in A11
Music 51: Introduction to Electronic Music- MW at 12:30-2:10 in A91
- Friday-only at 10:30-1:50 in A91
Music 8: Intermediate Electronic MusicFor more information about courses I teach, visit the web sites for my Intro to Music and Electronic Music classes. Send me email if you have questions - see the Contact Info section lower in the sidebar. I posted an extremely important note about enrollment for the winter 2008 term - it still applies for the spring 2009 term. Please read it!
Recent Posts From My Other Sites
Music 1
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Final Spring 2009 Grades Posted. Test grades and final course grades are now posted at the Online Grades page in the sidebar. (The extra-credit number is indicated on the page showing test and report grades. Congratulations to those who did all three extra-credit events and earned an extra 1/3 of a letter grade in the course.)
Have a great summer!
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End of term notes - with more to come. Congratulations to those of you who have completed the final Music 1A
test and turned in all remaining work and extra credit. I have scored
and graded the tests and I hope to post the results along with your
final course grades during the next next 24 hours.
There is
one loose end to tie up still. A few students who appeared to be on
track to complete the course work did not show up to take the test this
week. I have emailed these students. If you are among them you must
contact me immediately to explain what happened. I must turn grades in
very soon and I cannot assign you a passing grade without that test.
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Dan Mitchell's spring 2009 final exam week schedule. As of Monday, this is my final exam week schedule - subject to change as the week continues of course.
Monday, June 22
9:30-10:20
| Music 1A regular class meeting including re-take of quiz 10. | | 10:30-11:30 | Music 1A regular class meeting including re-take of quiz 10. | | 11:30-12:30 | Office hour (may be in A91 for part of the time) | | 12:30-2:10 | Music 51 regular class meeting - including test #2. |
Tuesday, June 23
9:15-10:30
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exam session for the 9:30 MTWTh Music 1A class. Session starts at 9:15,
but you may arrive as late as 9:30. Tests will be collected at 10:30.
| Later
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hope to provide a couple hours of open lab for electronic music
students later in the morning or in the early afternoon. Watch the
electronic music web site for more information.
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Wednesday, June 24
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9:15-10:30
| Final exam
session for the 10:30 MTWTh Music 1A class. Session starts at 9:15, but
you may arrive as late as 9:30. Tests will be collected at 10:30.
| 11:30-1:30
| Final exam session for the MW Music 51: Intro to Electronic Music class. Final project playback
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Thursday, June 25
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All day
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have no final exams scheduled on Thursday, but I will likely be on
campus at least part of the day. Please email me if you want to make an
appointment ot meet.
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Friday, June 26
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9:15-10:30
| Final exam
session for the Friday-only Music 51: Introduction to Electronic Music class. Final project playback and test #2.
| 11:30-1:30
| Final exam session for the Music 8: Intermediate Electronic Music class. Final project playback
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| Source: Music 1; Updated: 6/26/2009. |
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Electronic Music
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Spring 2009 Grades Posted. I have calculated and posted spring 2009 grades for the Introduction to Electronic Music and the Intermediate Electronic Music classes. I heard quite a few very fine final projects this week - congratulations! I hope that I'll see some of you in my Intermediate class (Music 8) next year, and that many of you will consider other music classes. Email me if you have any questions about other music department offerings.
Have a great summer!
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Missing Projects? (This time, for real!). Unlike a message I posted here on a related topic earlier this week, this one is actually relevant - and possibly very important - for students taking electronic music classes this quarter.
We have now completed all three electronic music final exam sessions, at which we heard final projects for both Intro to Electronic Music classes and for the Intermediate Electronic Music class. There were a lot of fine projects, by the way!
However, several students who have been active in the electronic music classes did not show up to their finals, or make alternate arrangements - and this means they have submitted no final project. According to course green sheets, I must assign a failing grade if you don't complete a final project. So, if you have a project you need to contact me IMMEDIATELY - and by "immediately" I mean within the next hour or two following the posting and emailing of this message.
Dan Mitchell
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Last-minute lab time for Intermediate Electronic Music students. For those students in the intermediate class, you may be able to pick up a bit of final lab time during the 9:15-11:15 final exam session for the Intro class on Friday - but no guarantees.
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Quotes
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Bertrand Russell "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." - G Dan Mitchell (gdanmitchell@gmail.com) |
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H. H. Williams "Furious activity is no substitute for understanding." - G Dan Mitchell (gdanmitchell@gmail.com) |
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George Orwell "Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." - G Dan Mitchell (gdanmitchell@gmail.com) |
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| Source: The Quote File; Updated: 6/12/2009. |
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