Project Realized -- Teaching My Lesson

Well, this week was the week that I got to teach the lesson that I had developed as part of my class project. Overall, the session went smoothly, and I was pleased with the experience. For the currently blog entry, I will post my initial thoughts regarding the lesson. I plan on posting a full-scale summary in my blog during the next week.

1. Because of this class, the first thing I did after leaving the session was think about reframing. What could or would I do differently the next time? Unfortunately, this was a one-shot deal... but at least I can write about it in my blog and reflect [more later].

2. Although the class members were gracious and extremely thankful after I was done, I still worried whether or not the lesson was a success...but, don't we all do this after every teaching opportunity? I am going to send the students an evaluation via email (regarding their thoughts about the lesson). However, I won't have a chance to really assess what they absorbed.

3. All of my technology worked as expected except one pre-developed Camtasia video didn't project as loudly as I expected it to. Although I had practiced with it before the students arrived, the acoustics of the room were different once the chairs were filled with bodies.

4. I did as Dr. King and my peers suggested and divulged my hidden agenda to the class. They seemed appreciative and, actually, had several questions at the end of class that they would not have had without my admission.

As I stated above, these are just some initial thoughts upon completion of the teaching session. I will expand on this later in the week.