Selected Student Comments
One of the reasons I like teaching is the students. I like to share my knowledge with them; and I feel really satisfied when they understand the value of my work and appreciate it. No doubt there are ups and downs (sometimes emotional) in teaching. But when I read some positive feedbacks from them (and occasional emails from my former students), I feel my effort is worth it. I selected some of these comments here only to encourage myself to keep up.
On course content and organization
- "He was always very well prepared, and he always tried to relate current events in the news to whatever his lecture was for the day." ... "Many examples that were given which related to real life scenarios. Great course for any student , especially the narrow minded computer users like myself."
- "The various analysis presentations. This gave students an idea of what's going on in the IT world and how fast technology is growing."
- "Fun class. The group presentation/discussion format was very enjoyable and a great way to learn the info."
- "Dr. Zheng mixed in blogging, classroom participation, challenging homework assignments, guest presenters, and group discussion in with his lectures in what I felt was a perfect formula." ... "Dr. Zheng introduced group creation and the formation of group blogs as part of the course. The idea was extremely innovative and yielded some of the best class participation and new idea generation of any class I've ever seen. The course implemented very practical assignments and presentations."
- "The assignments were a great hands on way to learn the material and I really appreciate all of the class notes being online."
- "He is very organized." ... "He made sure he went according to the schedule and stuck to it. Students were not unclear about his expectations for the course."
- "Takes a varied approach, keeps class interesting, always has unique ideas, very knowledgeable and presents quite well."
On personal teaching style and credibility
- "He is a good prof. If you don't want to learn, then you wont like him, because his teaching style is to invite you to explore. but I liked his class. happy with my grade." ... "His responses are carefully crafted to point you in the right direction, but not give away any answers." ... "Helped students initiate, self motivate and learn at the same time."
- "You can tell he cares a lot about CIS. He's always very excited." ... "He is very enthusiastic about his teaching and you can tell that he really loves what he does and wants us to learn as well. He has good visuals and is funny at times."
- "Jack is very knowledgeable and interested in the material he teaches. Everything he says is dead-on and insightful, plus he is very organized and grades fairly."... "The way Dr. Zheng is able to explain a technical subject and show how it is applied in the business world was key to my learning."
- "He is a nice guy (as a person) and strong instructor. Jack Zheng sure know the subject very well; however he doesn't explain very clearly. But it will come with experience. He is also VERY helpful outside of the class. The way of his material presentation in NOT in any way boring. HE IS A GOOD INSTRUCTOR. One of those.... you guys...need to keep!!!"
- "He was mild tempered and would always answer questions. He also had a quarky humor which helped break up the atmosphere of a standard computer class."
- "He often stays after class to answer questions, and he’s even happy to talk to students on the public transportation rail system after class (I’m not embarrassed to say I took advantage of this several times)."
Encouraging ones
- "This is the very first class I've taken at Georgia State. I can only hope that the other instructors at this university are as cool as Mr. Zheng. It was definitely a positive start to my education here."
- "The instructor was excellent. There was never a dull moment. The late night class was a joy after work hard all day at work -- you kept it interesting and exciting. You should considering conducting seminars for CIS 2010 in different workshops or private tutoring. You will make a great professor. Keep your sense of humor. Thank you for introducing access database and explaining the boarder spectrum of the computer world."
- "Introduce a second JAVA class. Let Jack teach it!!! " ... "Great instructor, and I wish I can have similar Instructor in other courses." ... "Made the course very interesting and fun...Made it fun to be in school in May!!!"
- "I enjoyed learning from him and could confront him with any issues or questions with ease. He seemed to enjoy teaching and sharing his knowledge with the class. Prof. Zheng was a strong point of course, himself."
- "I consider myself highly computer literate, and this course only furthered my knowledge of how computers are used in this world."