Facilitating...... could've gone better.

Well, getting my feet wet the first time facilitating was interesting.  There are definitely things I could do next time to improve.    I definitely need to refine my questions/prompts.

My original idea when I made my power point was to have everyone myth bust the myths.  Unfortunately, I made several assumptions.  #1) Everyone would know what I wanted them to do with no prompts.  #2) They're adults so they'll just "get it".

I definitely need to work on prompts and clearer expectations.  I learned a lot from my cohort members.  Definitely learned a lot by watching my classmates.  I definitely will do better the next time I'm planning to facilitate.

Reflections.... like moon beams off the water.....

Okay.... one of the biggest challenges of facilitating ,I think, will be keeping track of everyone once you break up in to groups.  I asked Ken if it was possible to record the small groups, to which he said, "No...not yet."  I think it would be hard to grade small group discussion in larger class with many break-out groups.   I can't wait for that upgrade.  That will be cool.

Things that are really important to think about are the questions and execution. It will be hard doing the mini 15 minute class, but it will be a good taste of what it'll be like in a longer class.  Although, in a longer class, it will be hard to plan the right amount so that you have enough to do, but not an excess.  Or the opposite where you run out of stuff to do and have those awkward pauses.

I chose my topic because while I want to use more computers in class, but with my school and computer lab issues, coupled with my students access to computers and internet is somewhat limited, I thought it would be an appropriate topic.

When I was developing my rubrics for my activities, they are based on some rubrics I use for writing in my class. I thought it would be good to be consistent. So I didn't entirely recreate the wheel.... instead I decided to modify it.  Work smarter, not harder.  :-)