So, this is my first blog entry for my new instruction internship with Gorgas Information Services! \u00a0Is there a word that encompasses both a sense of overwhelming terror AND mounting excitement? \u00a0Hysterical, I think would be the word, but in a totally good way. \u00a0I\u2019ve met with my internship coordinator, Sara Whitver, and I\u2019ve mapped out my semester so as to keep myself on track with all my \u201cduties\u201d as a newly minted instruction intern. \u00a0Lesson plans, tutorials and instruction sessions, OH MY! \u00a0And while I\u2019m a little bit overwhelmed (make that \u201cquite\u201d) I have found that the assigned readings given to us by Sara have been extraordinarily comforting in their own way. \u00a0For example, our reading this week, \u201cHow Do They Conduct Class?\u201d made sure to note that good teachers\/lecturers\/instructors are not made by their ability to speak publicly (something I struggle with) but by their shared concern for the learner. \u00a0\u201cTheir focus is on the nature and processes of learning rather than on the performance of the instructor\u201d (134). \u00a0So, while I may be nervous as can be, I know that if I make the focus of my internship the potential \u201clearner\u201d and treat my planning processes with care, then I should be prepared enough to pass on a rewarding instruction experience. \u00a0(Or so I tell myself.)<\/p>\n
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So, this is my first blog entry for my new instruction internship with Gorgas Information Services! \u00a0Is there a word that encompasses both a sense of overwhelming terror AND mounting excitement? \u00a0Hysterical, I think would be the word, but in a totally good way. \u00a0I\u2019ve met with my internship coordinator, Sara Whitver, and I\u2019ve mapped … Continue reading “I have a bad feeling about this…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":465,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/instructionadventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/instructionadventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/instructionadventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/instructionadventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/465"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/instructionadventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/instructionadventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/instructionadventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/instructionadventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/instructionadventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}