Listen to yourself. You are doing good.
Now that we all have been challenged to create new ways to interact, work, exercise and stay sane, I find myself teaching all of my classes online in order to stay in contact with my students and reach as many people as possible. Besides all the benefits and shortcomings of teaching online, something happened this week during an online class that really struck me and inspired me to create this new entry on my blog. “I didn’t like listening to myself” One of the great benefits of teaching online is that we can record our lessons and see them afterwards. It is a great tool to have when you feel like reviewing or have questions about homework. When I asked a student today if she had had time to watch the video of the previous class, she answered that she had started watching it but she hated listening to herself so she quit watching it. It is funny because I actually like listening to her when she speaks and I never once felt that her speech was unpleasant at all. ...