Failure is a learning process and in order to learn, look forward to the future and never turn back. This is a quotation that is written on the diary that I used when I was 12 years old. It is my mantra as I go through life.
You had planned a wonderful lesson package where it involved showing a certain Youtube video to the kids. Lugging the monster-weight LCD was a breeze, setting the tangling wires was a ‘kacang putih’ effort but…the visual was too dark for the students to see. Scratching the head, looking and thinking, times moved on and the noise grew. ‘Can anybody figure out what’s going on with this dark visual?’ I asked. Within mlliseconds, my young Padawanians jumped to action and press the buttons on the keyboard…..I was saved by my students. The moral of the story is be comfortable to seek help from these kids as they will love to help you. You are not a failure to them but a learner in the process. Just like the kids….
Yin, I have same experience also. Facing with technology, we must admit they are our teachers. I learned to use FB with my students. They teach me how to create a group, how to tag a photo, how to link a video clip from Youtube, then only I could be able to use FB as a T&L platform later. So, I strongly agree that "In regards to technology, be comfortable failing in front of your students".
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