Having given some thought to the way my first \u201cdry run\u201d went, I decided to make some adjustments. \u00a0I also had a gratifying and validating discussion about these changes with one of our fearless Jedi leaders, Sara. \u00a0I determined that I had allowed my natural, convivial manner to overrun the lesson plan I had chosen, and that I needed to concentrate on what was lacking (steering the direction of the exchange) my being more didactic in my approach and lend more of a lecture style to my instruction. \u00a0While not abandoning my \u201cauthentic self\u201d as I so lauded in my response to \u201cThe Courage to Teach\u201d article to which we responded, I wanted to challenge myself to \u00a0distance myself somewhat from the conversation in order to meet the goals of my lesson plan. \u00a0Also taking a suggestion from our meeting that followed the initial session, I decided to make a rigorously organized lesson plan (even if it does only cover ten minutes). \u00a0 I had also determined that the practice of technique would require narrowing my focus as closely as possible, so I chose to focus on a lecture based format that would only cover a small facet of what we will actually be attempting to convey. \u00a0I also resolved (this time) to go entirely low-tech. \u00a0Using Scout and speaking at the same time was more of a challenge than I had previously anticipated. \u00a0This is certainly a balance I want to address, but first I prefer to move out of my comfort zone on a more personal basis. I realize that I enjoy technology not only as a useful tool, but am also tempted to use it a buffer, and tend to get bogged down in technical rabbit holes. \u00a0This is fine for exploratory sessions, but for the purposes of our experimentation, I think it is most important for me to get ahold of time management and sticking to the subject intended for the session.<\/p>\n
As a side note I greatly enjoyed today\u2019s \u00a0observation of Karlie and Brett\u2019s wonderful co-teaching session. \u00a0They set the bar high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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