I walk confidently into the room of my PD session on Google Apps and Extensions, excited that not only will I be teaching these topics, but that I am going to try a new approach. I practiced everything 2 days before and again the night before. All of my links worked and I had the flow of the day down. You know where this is going, right?
Screencastify just had a major meltdown. No one could get the extension, then it wouldn't save - a general mess. Not only that, this was the section that I was going to try the new "Iron Chef" method of teaching. So not only did they not get to try Screencastify, but I did not get to experiment with my new teaching method. So, I decided to move to Nearpod. Disaster number 2. The old computer I was borrowing was too slow and kept timing out. So, no one got to use Nearpod. Lastly, my parter showed Google Hangouts with limited success, but by then, we had lost them.
This was my first district wide event in my new position as a tech coach. Failure is not feeling like a gift. Kids are forgiving, adults - not so much. You get one chance to make an impression, and I am worried, that I lost some people. I'm hoping the gift from today will make itself clear over the next 24 hours because I'm bummed out.
I know we are all our own toughest critics, and it probably wasn't nearly as bad as I perceived it to be, but I can't help but be disappointed. I was such a confident teacher, and failure of this magnitude was a rarity. I have to move on because that's all I can do. I will continue to look for the gift in today. I'll let you know if I find it.
This was my first district wide event in my new position as a tech coach. Failure is not feeling like a gift. Kids are forgiving, adults - not so much. You get one chance to make an impression, and I am worried, that I lost some people. I'm hoping the gift from today will make itself clear over the next 24 hours because I'm bummed out.
I know we are all our own toughest critics, and it probably wasn't nearly as bad as I perceived it to be, but I can't help but be disappointed. I was such a confident teacher, and failure of this magnitude was a rarity. I have to move on because that's all I can do. I will continue to look for the gift in today. I'll let you know if I find it.