This morning when I came into the class, Mary Lynn's daughter Sadie pointed to a bottle of white wine and said, "Isn't this for her?" Her mom said, "Yes, honey it is." I said, "You got me a bottle of wine?" She said, "Yes for making it through your first week."
I looked at the bottle of wine and it was Pinot Grigio which is my favorite. I never mentioned liking wine or anything to her so it was very intuitive of her to know what I'd like and to be right on and very sweet of her to do something so nice for me. I really appreciated it. I've been kind of cautious about things and wanting to not feel too comfortable until I get to know her but she's extended herself a lot to me so it really doesn't seem to make much sense to be guarded because of a bad experience last time.
I was very nervous to have my 1st observation. Until it was happening/over, I had a lot of nerves. It's like putting an event together. I love doing it but you feel so excited about the unknown that until its over you really can't relax much. The kids really seemed to enjoy the images of Keith Haring. When I said that he made people laugh at his face alone they all laughed when they saw an image of him as an adult. I think I gave them permission to by what I said or how I said it. One of the kids said a subway was a restaurant which also made me laugh. It was nice to see the assignment come together. Next time I want to use the side wall to demonstrate what to do. I was unexpectedly surprised with all the positive things Kathie had to say about my teaching. It felt nice to discuss it and review how it went and think about ways to improve and to have things I did right be noticed or pointed out. Some things I wouldn't even notice myself, just things I may do by instinct, but it was nice to have them be acknowledged as positives.
Mary Lynn is doing a lesson which involves looking at images and text alone and combined from Shepard Fairey for her national certification. I thought the lesson was great. She needed her lesson video taped and had to have the video show the entire class, but show her speaking and them talking as well. She wanted to have the camera on a tripod but I told her the best way to do it would be to let me walk around and film her. I looked at the specs for the video requirements and that was only to prevent shaking and told her I could handle it and do a really nice job for her and she trusted me to do it and it ended up turning out well. With filming things turn out really well when you are able to be in the moment and be intrusive on some level by being right there. It feels when you watch it that you were there and you aren't missing anything. You are having the experience and it is as if you were there. Setting up a tripod really wouldn't have the same outcome.
Mary Lynn is doing a lesson which involves looking at images and text alone and combined from Shepard Fairey for her national certification. I thought the lesson was great. She needed her lesson video taped and had to have the video show the entire class, but show her speaking and them talking as well. She wanted to have the camera on a tripod but I told her the best way to do it would be to let me walk around and film her. I looked at the specs for the video requirements and that was only to prevent shaking and told her I could handle it and do a really nice job for her and she trusted me to do it and it ended up turning out well. With filming things turn out really well when you are able to be in the moment and be intrusive on some level by being right there. It feels when you watch it that you were there and you aren't missing anything. You are having the experience and it is as if you were there. Setting up a tripod really wouldn't have the same outcome.
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