OK So That Was... Well It Was Something

[toosuto]

I am willing to entertain edumacational hijinx from other ejumacators on my f-list now. So I I figured that going over the syllabus, my expectations, our limitations (in terms of material) and general stuff would take up today's teaching time. It took 15 minutes out of 50. I did remember that we needed to assign drawers in the dark room which took another 5-7. Then I had nothing, and they had no questions yet. Tomorrow I am giving a brief (but hopefully not too brief) overview of the history of photography and maybe an introduction to camera mechanics... I have no idea how to stop today from happening to me again!

Fireflies, originally uploaded by toosuto.

Comments

[justk.livejournal.com]

Not being a teacher but just knowing you: even when you have plenty of material you may be utilizing a consise style that you can change. remember that you are teaching, not giving notes at the end of rehearsal or announcements at the beginning while some director-person fills in the sandwich with actual rehearsal. what YOU say is actaully the focus here, so take your time, elaborate, add anecdotes and encourge questions (which for high school kids need some prompting and perhaps even provocation & sometimes even making them sit in a circle will promote discussion if that is your goal)

and be patient with yourself! - it takes time to get a sense of how long things actually take in the classroom and how your individual students will respond

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

Oh man I totally gave show notes today. Ah well...