Today 4:30-5:35 - I got the chance to go through my COL 101 PowerPoint with Turning Point questions. There was also a web evaluation activity which I think they liked but which confused some of them, which means I need to explain it a bit better.
What went well - My energy level as well as the student's interaction, which I encouraged and they seemed willing to jump right into the mix. Overall it went smoothly from PowerPoint to Web Activity to Library Show and Tell to Library Catalog to Database Search demo. I looked the students in the eye and felt a connection. Even the two students in the front and to my left I was able to joke try to corral when the guy was talking and distracting me. It was pretty rude, but I just decided to make light of it and joke that I should have picked him to demo something as he would have listened better. I also was able to ask students if they found looking into the database helpful, as some of my colleagues thought it was a bit too advanced. . . . I liked that they were following along with me if they wanted, but otherwise they seemed to be watching.
To improve - It went a bit longer than I had hoped at 65 minutes. I have already streamlined the first slide to make it more a part of the aiming/bullseye theme, without the full berry-picking schematic on the slide. To cut down I also may not have as many volunteers or pick the volunteers ahead of time to guarantee they do a better job and can get online faster and us make the points better. I even wonder if I should just do the demo to cut down on time, yet I also don't want to go too fast or miss an opportunity to give them an opportunity to learn. Finally I wrote the following on the board - Why would you need to go beyond the Web? - I need to make sure to discuss with students next time as this is one of the accessment questions
Monday, August 29, 2011
POS150 - National Government
Thursday 8/25/11 7:30-9:15. Chris Newman one of our regular teachers and quite the advocate for quality research sources, especially perhaps due to his librarian wife's influence came with his students. I did a PowerPoint which included Newman's requested video clip on Wikiality from Stephen Colbert's show back in I believe 2006. This gets the students to thinking if they can follow the video.
The class went well, though I did feel that at one time Newman was going on too long about the research guide and I wanted to start the Reference "Scavenger Hunt." Hope he didn't see this as rude, but it was getting quite late and I didn't want to be staying over time, nor loosing momentum for the class.
Overall I believe the class went well, though I vowed to make more of a connection with students in my next class by meeting their eyes more and looking around. It did seem that my thoughts and words weren't as coherent as I liked. I mentioned a gal who was researching birth defects and a couple sentences said birth control instead, which didn't go unnoticed by Newman. lol. Anyway, I want to be less anxious and just enjoy the class interactions and energy of the students more which will also hopefully get them more relaxed and able to learn and ask more questions.
The class went well, though I did feel that at one time Newman was going on too long about the research guide and I wanted to start the Reference "Scavenger Hunt." Hope he didn't see this as rude, but it was getting quite late and I didn't want to be staying over time, nor loosing momentum for the class.
Overall I believe the class went well, though I vowed to make more of a connection with students in my next class by meeting their eyes more and looking around. It did seem that my thoughts and words weren't as coherent as I liked. I mentioned a gal who was researching birth defects and a couple sentences said birth control instead, which didn't go unnoticed by Newman. lol. Anyway, I want to be less anxious and just enjoy the class interactions and energy of the students more which will also hopefully get them more relaxed and able to learn and ask more questions.
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