Reflect

Author: richelbilderbeek

docs/reflections/20251127/README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ need those breakout rooms.
 
 ## 11:21
 
-I enjoy how this day has unfolded: 
+I enjoy how this day has unfolded:
 at the start there were 7 learners, of wich only 2 learners
 are still in the course. The other 5 finished their exercises
 and left. I think only 1 or 2 will come back after lunch to do Python,
@@ -21,3 +21,31 @@ Python exercises of the afternoon!
 
 All learners have left... time to prepare my teaching for tomorrow until
 13:00. Let's see how many show up then :-)
+
+I am happy how the morning went. What was new is that I allowed
+the learners to work either alone or in groups.
+1 out of 7 picked to work alone, the remaining 6 I gradually and
+quickly put in breakout rooms.
+
+I had enough time to talk to the learners. I encouraged them
+to share their screens, so that I did not need to ask 'Where
+are you (in the course material)?' all the time.
+Because of the screen sharing, I am sure all learners did all exercises:
+I've **seen** the Python interpreter, the Python scripts and the graphics.
+
+One flaw was that I did not introduce my observer to the learners.
+When all learners were in their rooms and I did a first round,
+I had time to talk to her and discussed this. She apparently
+had a question and helped out. She felt it was OK to help out
+a bit and I trust her judgement. After the first break, I did introduce
+her properly :+1: . I enjoy(ed) having an observer around: let's see
+what she has written down :-)
+
+At 11:37 a new learner came in. I brought her up to speed and this
+felt OK: she did not turn her camera on, because she was ill, and that
+was fine. She worked through the material in her own pace and she
+is already experienced enough for this to go fast.
+
+Although I was quite stressed at the start, the day unfolded gently.
+The group of learners was a pleasure to work with!
+