No, I have been in
hibernation—quite the opposite. Since June, I have delivered ten lesson plans
and spoken at two conferences. Now that mid-November is here, and I anticipate a
bit of a lull, perhaps I can tell you about all of these experiences.
The best thing about
my teaching this term is that I have greatly benefitted from the research
that Amber and I did in 2012/2013. The lesson plans and methods to develop those
plans were adaptable to this term, allowing me to switch up components as well
as easily build new components. For example, I could return to a lesson plan for one
class, modify it slightly according to our observations, and re-offer the lesson;
it was essentially and “off the shelf” package. Indeed, that was one of the
goals of our research. In other classes, I could take parts of two or more
lesson plans and combine them to suit the course to build new objectives.
Finally, I used our six methods (discussed here http://classroomarchivist.blogspot.ca/2013/04/i-just-have-to-tell-folks-about-this.html) to develop new lessons when I could not find a
plan that was suitable. All in all, the term was less stressful because I had
a wealth of lesson plans and methods to develop new lessons. Whew!
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