Massage Therapy 240 - Thursday, June 9, 2011
It was the first time a Massage Therapy class had been to the library, so I created a research guide. Creating the guide meant that I learned alot about the resources we have here at the library. This gave me a sense of ease with the materials, as did going through each of the reference books I pulled so that I could say intelligent things about the sources. I also refined the PowerPoint so that I didn't have as many slides, and I changed a few things about the slides so that it seemed to flow more than usual.
This was one of the best classes I have taught, and it helped that the students and teacher (Deb Keisler) had been together as a group for over 1.5 weeks. It also helped that they asked questions (one gal in particular) and that I had prepared so much and had plenty of time to cover all the materials I had prepared. I also introduced myself to the class as a research expert, but told them that they have done research too, so please interject if they have expertise and ideas they want to share.
The teacher afterwards said that the class surpassed her expectation - she was thrilled with it! Wow this gave me a great feeling and yes, I was rewarded for all the hours (around seven) I spent preparing the library guide, PowerPoint, and aquainting myself with all the various resources.
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