Ok what can I teach in just 15 minutes? What is 15 minutes? I can talk about something for hours. During my lunch networking appointments I have an elevator speech, but we still go on for a hour and never seem to cover enought stuff. Who am I targeting in the 15 minute lesson plan? Sure I can teach Risk Assessments standards to my collegues at work but they have a basis to build on and prior know hows. What will I teach? What do I really know?
So I started thinking about the 15 minutes and focused on just that. I took a kitchen timer and set it for 15 minutes. What can I do in 15 minutes? Move around during 15 minutes. Stay off the internet, that's a time soaker. See how much you can talk in 15 minutes about anything. I set the timer while making dinner and talked my way thru dinner prep.
I found a book on Amazon.com. From Telling to Teaching by Joye A. Norris, Ed.D. This booked helped fill in the Who What Where When and the just the How is up to me. I found it to be a quick read and an important lesson in setting up my 15 minute lesson plan. The book has a workshop approach to helping you design a seven step plan for your lesson.
15 minutes? I can't wait to have some fun with Apples and Oranges...
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Nice post; quite interesting. Time is indeed a very mysterious thing. In my opinion, we do not master it......it masters us.
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This is a very interesting post. I would have never thought about putting together an assignment for 15 minutes and at the same time making an effective lesson. If you do it please let me know how it turns out.
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