Serendipity
| "Although I began with predefined plans, goals, and
methods, the critical moments have been those that were
unplanned--responding to a student question, a perplexed look, a request
during class for topic outlines.
"Several times this semester after reviewing the text, lecturing,
homework, and quizzes, my students have needed something more. For
example, last Monday night I had to cover binary arithmetic for students
in my networking class, based on the reactions of the previous week.
It was interactive, not covered by the text, took 3 hours, but they will
get it now. We will review again next Monday.
"I learned that we must be responsive, individualize, and
personalize to create an effective teaching environment." |
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