MTP Fears and Forcastings: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Bad, Ugly
- What if I have too much time? The dread of the empty space.
- Do I know enough to teach and troubleshoot for participants? How do I get comfortable enough? How do I avoid looking like a techFool in public?
- How do I include technology without having to feel like The Expert?
- How can I balance the thing's usefulness in my classroom while also making the thing interesting to and accessible for participants? How can I serve my own needs and those of others?
- What if no one comes?!?!?!?!?
- What if there's a participant who knows so much more than I do?
- How do I get comfortable with the vocabulary?
- How do I know when I'm prepared enough?
- How do I achieve the balance between being humble and being prepared?
- How can I avoid the cop out of deferring to the group (its knowledge)?
- How do I avoid and also prepare for tech tragedies? for failed logins and broken overheads and pushy HSU students? How many plans do I need?
The Good
- Meeting new teachers. Talking with teachers.
- A timeline that helps keep me on track: to practice, to learn, to do.
- Getting one thing really down, developing one thing that I can use.
- Learning from the other people in the workshop.
- Being enthusiastic during this Dark Time. Keeping hope alive.
- Showcasing student work.
- Providing a service to people who want to learn something new. Sharing the love.
- Good PR for the community, for other teachers and administrators. For the Mighty RWP.
- Opportunity to work with other people, to collaborate with other educators, peers, colleagues, techies--to work with different people on the same subject/workshop/application.
- It's FUN.
