course time plan

doc/gf-course.html

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1>Graduate Course: GF (Grammatical Framework)</H1>
 <FONT SIZE="4">
 <I>Aarne Ranta</I><BR>
-Fri Aug 31 09:01:15 2007
+Wed Sep 12 14:05:14 2007
 </FONT></CENTER>
 
 <P>
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University.
 Autumn Term 2007.
 </P>
 <H1>News</H1>
+<P>
+12/8 The course starts tomorrow at 8.00. A detailed plan for the day is
+right below. Don't forget to
+</P>
+<UL>
+<LI>join the mailing list (send a mail to <CODE>gf-subscribe at gslt hum gu se</CODE>)
+<LI>install GF on your laptops from <A HREF="../download.html">here</A>
+<LI>take with you a copy of the book (as sent to the mailing list yesterday)
+</UL>
+
 <P>
 31/8 Revised the description of the one- and five-point variants.
 </P>
@@ -35,6 +45,56 @@ are just removed, and the word itself is replaced by the at symbol).
 The course will start on Thursday 13 September in Room C430 at the Humanities
 Building of Gothenburg University ("Humanisten").
 </P>
+<H1>Plan</H1>
+<TABLE CELLPADDING="4" BORDER="1">
+<TR>
+<TH>Time</TH>
+<TH>Subject</TH>
+<TH COLSPAN="2">Assignment</TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD>Thu 8.00-9.30</TD>
+<TD>Chapters 1-3</TD>
+<TD>Hello and Food in a new language</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD>Thu 10.00-11.30</TD>
+<TD>Chapter 4</TD>
+<TD>Foods in a new language</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD>Thu 13.00-14.30</TD>
+<TD>Chapter 5</TD>
+<TD>ExtFoods in a new language</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD>Thu 15.00-16.30</TD>
+<TD>Chapters 6-7</TD>
+<TD>straight code compiler</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD>Fri  8.00-9.30</TD>
+<TD>Chapters 8</TD>
+<TD>application in Haskell or Java</TD>
+</TR>
+</TABLE>
+
+<P></P>
+<P>
+The structure of each lecture will be the following:
+</P>
+<UL>
+<LI>ca. 70h lecture, going through the book
+<LI>ca. 20min work on computer, individually or in pairs
+</UL>
+
+<P>
+In order for this to work out, it is important that enough many
+have a working GF installation, including the directory
+<A HREF="../examples/tutorial"><CODE>examples/tutorial</CODE></A>. This directory is
+included in the Darcs version, as well as in the updated binary
+packages from 12 September.
+</P>
 <H1>Purpose</H1>
 <P>
 <A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/">GF</A>
@@ -79,9 +139,13 @@ The first module goes through the basics of GF, including
 </UL>
 
 <P>
-The lectures follow the
+The lectures follow a draft of GF book. It contains a heavily updated
-<A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html">GF Tutorial</A>.
+version os the
-<B>There will be a new version of the Tutorial available around 10 September</B>.
+<A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html">GF Tutorial</A>;
+thus the on-line tutorial is not adequate for this course. To get the course
+book, join the course mailing list.
+</P>
+<P>
 Those who just want to do the first module will write a simple application
 as their course work during and after the first intensive week.
 </P>

doc/gf-course.txt

@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ Autumn Term 2007.
 
 =News=
 
+12/8 The course starts tomorrow at 8.00. A detailed plan for the day is
+right below. Don't forget to
+- join the mailing list (send a mail to ``gf-subscribe at gslt hum gu se``)
+- install GF on your laptops from [here ../download.html]
+- take with you a copy of the book (as sent to the mailing list yesterday)
+
+
 31/8 Revised the description of the one- and five-point variants.
 
 21/8 Course mailing list started. 
@@ -31,6 +38,29 @@ The course will start on Thursday 13 September in Room C430 at the Humanities
 Building of Gothenburg University ("Humanisten").
 
 
+=Plan=
+
+|| Time            | Subject      | Assignment                       ||
+| Thu 8.00-9.30    | Chapters 1-3 | Hello and Food in a new language  |
+| Thu 10.00-11.30  | Chapter 4    | Foods in a new language           |
+| Thu 13.00-14.30  | Chapter 5    | ExtFoods in a new language        |
+| Thu 15.00-16.30  | Chapters 6-7 | straight code compiler            |
+| Fri  8.00-9.30   | Chapters 8   | application in Haskell or Java    |
+
+
+The structure of each lecture will be the following:
+- ca. 70h lecture, going through the book
+- ca. 20min work on computer, individually or in pairs
+
+
+In order for this to work out, it is important that enough many
+have a working GF installation, including the directory
+[``examples/tutorial`` ../examples/tutorial]. This directory is
+included in the Darcs version, as well as in the updated binary
+packages from 12 September.
+
+
+
 =Purpose=
 
 [GF http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/]
@@ -68,9 +98,12 @@ The first module goes through the basics of GF, including
 - using embedded grammars as components of software systems
 
 
-The lectures follow the
+The lectures follow a draft of GF book. It contains a heavily updated
-[GF Tutorial http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html].
+version os the
-**There will be a new version of the Tutorial available around 10 September**.
+[GF Tutorial http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html];
+thus the on-line tutorial is not adequate for this course. To get the course
+book, join the course mailing list.
+
 Those who just want to do the first module will write a simple application
 as their course work during and after the first intensive week.