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.
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