Teaching Practicuum

I had to teach a subject in my education class today, and even though I've probably taught in the hundreds of classes, I actually felt nervous this time around. I was teaching Miller & Steinberg's Developmental Model, which I integrated with the Johari Window, and it went really well. I had decided to integrate two separate subjects of interpersonal communication into one, using one to feed into the other, and even though it was not the way I had learned it, I thought the connection would be interesting for an audience to follow. It went well. I was very happy with it. Sure, I can improve on little things, like when I was explaining the cultural implications and integrating them into the M & S model; it could have been a bit more clear, but that's why we do these assignments, to learn how to improve our skill in teaching college courses.

All in all, I was pretty happy with it.

Later on in the evening, I worked with the individual events people who are going to NFA next week in Atlanta (where I'll be going for 8 days for nationals), and I'm happy with their progress. I've always been about the educational product of the discipline, and I'm seeing vast improvements and higher levels of confidence with my students. That, alone, makes it all worthwhile.

Not much more to say. Relationships are kind of stagnant for now, and I have a feeling they're about to become nonexistent again. Oh well.

Stumble It!