Blog Prompt for Week 3: Lectures

Remember: If you are blogging this week, your entry is due by 12 p.m. on Wednesday, September 8. If you are commenting, your comments are due by 12 p.m. on Thursday, September 9.

Directions for bloggers:

In a 400-500 word entry, please respond to the following questions:

• Based on your experiences as a student, what does effective lecturing look like? What does ineffective lecturing look like? Because blogs are public documents, please avoid mentioning specific instructors or classes.

• Based on this week's readings, how might the ineffective lecturing have been improved?

• How will you apply what you learned about lecturing from this week's readings to the lecture component of your teaching demonstration?*

* If you've already completed your teaching demo, feel free to write about how you would apply these readings to future lecturing gigs.

Guidelines for commenters can be found in the Blog Prompt for Week 2.