Thursday, April 07, 2011

Can You Spell A.D.D?

I'm right in the process of preparing a special class for our church stake Relief Society enrichment meeting. (In plain english; a class for our women's church group for the entire 3 city area.) I have to teach for 50....count them....minutes! And I have to do this 3 times in the same day! I will probably have about 40 women in each class. As I have been preparing my presentation, I have decided that those who organized this, don't know how hard it is to teach for 50 minutes! lol I teach seminary for about 45 minutes every week day, but I have a lesson already planned out for me for that. I have to come up with this one myself!

And so here I sit blogging..... Can you tell my mind has drawn a blank about my presentation? lol Either that, or I'm A.D.D., which I already suspect is the right answer. (I've also checked facebook, my email, and my blog roll several times already....)

As part of my class, I am putting together a power point presentation. Honestly, I've never done this before in my life! But my children made power point presentations all throughout their elementary school years, so I figure if a kid can do it, so can I. :) So far it's turning out okay, but I only have one week left, and I still need to practice with the projector. Can you also spell STRESS? :S

10 comments:

Euripides said...

50 minutes of teaching's nothing (says the guy who does that for a living).

Put your main points, some good quotes, and some clever photos or pictures into the PowerPoint presentation, then go from point to point using the PowerPoint as an outline. Get the women engaged in the topic and the discussion. Gather examples and stories to illustrate your points. Invite others beforehand to teach specific topics (perhaps one per class).

Honestly, I find it easier to teach 40 students than to teach 4.

All my best. You'll be terrific.

Delirious said...

Thanks Euripides!! I like what you said because they specifically asked me to make it "hands on". The title of my class is, "Armchair missionaries: Sharing the gospel through the internet." I thought about actually using the internet live, but I'm not sure if the church internet works well, and I don't want to base my whole presentation around a sketchy internet. So I've taken a few screen shots... But you gave me some ideas of how I need to engage the women better. I do think you are right, 40 is easier than 4, and adults are easier than teens. lol

Nene said...

Good luck! I'd much rather teach a room of teenagers than a roomful of women. Heck, I'd rather teach a roomful of men than a roomful of women. :0+

Grannymar said...

You are a long way from A.D.D. You were researching for your project and it looks like blogging and Euripides came up trumps!

I wish you well. Leave Stress outside the door and be YOURSELF! I find that I work best if I sit on the same level as the group and involve everyone in the conversation.

Rummuser said...

I suffer from ADD. Please read my post on Monday the 11th inst.

Delirious said...

Great point Grannymar! I actually could speak standing on an elevated podium, but I really want to stay on the lower level like you suggested. :)

Delirious said...

Ramana, were you referring to this coming Monday?

padmum said...

Don't worry...I ma still trying to find my way through the blogging sites...bewildering and benumbing.

PPT is just a jumped up Word document all boxed up.

Inklings said...

I just attended one of those women's conferences, and the time goes faster than you think it will. When I have to teach classes like that I have a tendency to over-prepare, then I can cut back if I need to. I also like to involve the class in discussions and let them teach themselves part of it.
I think you will do great - it's barely more than your seminary lessons.

Amber said...

that's a great topic for you! I'm sure you'll do wonderfully!