Selected Student Comments
On teaching style
- "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."
- "Zheng is a good instructor. 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." ... "Very passionate about his field."
- "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 adds humor to computers, which is very unique."
- "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 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."
- "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."
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!!!"
- "Prof. Zheng was a very effective instructor. 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."