do you have to give them a class evaluation form if they were wearing ear buds for the entire class?
10:56 AM
Anonymous said...
I skip evaluation forms. Here at big state university (bsu, har har), our students volunteer their evaluations in the form of comments like "So, don't really need to know this?"
yes!!! i have spent *way* to much time preparing for library instruction sessions--some of which were mediocre at best (at least energy-wise).
I'll try slamming the door next time.
One of the best instruction sessions I ever did was a spontaneous, 10-minute-late fill-in-job for a librarian who had overslept the class (as I have done). The students were so amazed by my bewildered appearance that they were totally in awe of it and stared straight ahead like: "omg. what is SHE going to do?"
the classroom was somehow teeming with the insane energy of it all which propelled us through a fabulous session on short-story literary criticism
8:43 PM
Anonymous said...
Except in MY case, I am the one that's the damn millenial, and a good portion of the students I do the instruction for are older than me. How's that for nightmare inducing role reversal? The students are frightened by me, and rightfully so.
9:44 PM
The more time a librarian spends preparing for a library instruction session, the more disappointed that librarian will be when it doesn't go as well as expected. Spare yourself the time, energy, and frustration by following this lesson plan:
Show up for class ten minutes late.
Muddle through a database search on "global warming" (no matter what class it's for).
Deride the class for being "a bunch of damn do-nothing millennials."
Dismiss class by abruptly walking out and slamming the door behind you for dramatic effect.
"Instruction, Planning for"
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do you have to give them a class evaluation form if they were wearing ear buds for the entire class?
10:56 AM
I skip evaluation forms. Here at big state university (bsu, har har), our students volunteer their evaluations in the form of comments like "So, don't really need to know this?"
1:09 PM
LMBO!!!
2:39 PM
I also yell out, "You suck!" as I storm out...
4:41 PM
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8:33 PM
yes!!! i have spent *way* to much time preparing for library instruction sessions--some of which were mediocre at best (at least energy-wise).
I'll try slamming the door next time.
One of the best instruction sessions I ever did was a spontaneous, 10-minute-late fill-in-job for a librarian who had overslept the class (as I have done). The students were so amazed by my bewildered appearance that they were totally in awe of it and stared straight ahead like: "omg. what is SHE going to do?"
the classroom was somehow teeming with the insane energy of it all which propelled us through a fabulous session on short-story literary criticism
8:43 PM
Except in MY case, I am the one that's the damn millenial, and a good portion of the students I do the instruction for are older than me. How's that for nightmare inducing role reversal? The students are frightened by me, and rightfully so.
9:44 PM