Launching something new
I teach 5 different college classes: 1300: Conversational Spanish 1411: Beginning Spanish I 1412: Beginning Spanish II 2311: Intermediate Spanish I 2312: Intermediate Spanish II This semester, I'm teaching my 1300 for the first time as an Honors class. We started yesterday. I've done this job long enough to expect that day 1 will feel a bit awkward. It's important to me that students feel prepared for the rest of the semester. However, I always feel like I've talked too much. When I first started teaching college Spanish, I would go over the entire syllabus. I think I even read it. I've since made a Syllabus scavenger hunt. I make a game of students completing it in pairs using the syllabus. After I declare the winning team I go over the main points I want to emphasize from the syllabus. I skipped this yesterday, wanting to save time. I'm reminded why it's a good idea to give students a break from me talking. ...