Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-11 Thread Tom Lisa
John, A good classroom experience begins with three things: preparation, preparation, preparation! This is not to say that you didn't prepare, but each class requires additional preparation even if taught before. Another issue that arises is that every class has its own synergy. The concepts th

Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-11 Thread John Neiberger
""Tom Lisa"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > John, > > A good classroom experience begins with three things: preparation, > preparation, preparation! This is not to say that you didn't prepare, > but each class requires additional preparation even if taught before.

RE: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-11 Thread John Jones
Hey, for those of us who teach technology for a living, as myself, we all have those moments. What I find is that things don't go well when I get a big head thinking that I've done this before and don't need to prepare as much. It's as if I get humbled and have to work my way back up again to get "

Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-12 Thread Cisco Nuts
John, First...CONGRATS You can do it!! Yes, there area moments when you feel that way...especially the first couple of timesbut in the end you will come out a champ!! When I started teaching the CCNA/NP a couple of years back, I too felt the same initially, but personally, teaching has

Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-12 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
At 10:48 AM + 2/12/03, Cisco Nuts wrote: >John, > >First...CONGRATS >You can do it!! >Yes, there area moments when you feel that way...especially the first couple >of timesbut in the end you will come out a champ!! > >When I started teaching the CCNA/NP a couple of years back, I too fel

Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-12 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Cisco Nuts wrote: > > John, > > First...CONGRATS > You can do it!! > Yes, there area moments when you feel that way...especially the > first couple > of timesbut in the end you will come out a champ!! > > When I started teaching the CCNA/NP a couple of years back, I > too felt the > same

Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-12 Thread John Neiberger
>John has a difficult task because he has learners of all levels, from >different walks of life. I bet he has a huge mix of learning styles. > >Now, you might think that networking attracts hands-on learners, so if he >were teaching all "real networking people," he would have an esier time. I >have

RE: Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-12 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
John Neiberger wrote: > > As for Myers Briggs, I'm a fellow INTJ. Cool! :-) > However, I really > dislike > their testing process. It seems to consist of "Given a certain > situation would you do A or would you do B" with no room for a > 'maybe' > answer. At least a third of the time I wish t

Re: Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-12 Thread The Long and Winding Road
""John Neiberger"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > >John has a difficult task because he has learners of all levels, from > >different walks of life. I bet he has a huge mix of learning styles. > > > >Now, you might think that networking attracts hands-on learners,

Re: Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-13 Thread Peter van Oene
> >There's more about the Myers Briggs personality "sorter" here: > > > >http://keirsey.com/ > > > >Anyone else want to share what they are, or have we wasted enough >bandwidth > >on this already? :-) > > > >Priscilla > > > >First, you're correct about the mix of learning styles in my class. >This

Re: Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-13 Thread John Neiberger
>> As for Myers Briggs, I'm a fellow INTJ. However, I really dislike >> their testing process. It seems to consist of "Given a certain >> situation would you do A or would you do B" with no room for a 'maybe' >> answer. At least a third of the time I wish there were a "sometimes A >> and sometim

Re: Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]

2003-02-13 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
> >> As for Myers Briggs, I'm a fellow INTJ. However, I really dislike >>> their testing process. It seems to consist of "Given a certain >>> situation would you do A or would you do B" with no room for a >'maybe' >>> answer. At least a third of the time I wish there were a "sometimes >A >>>