Teaching induction all day today.

Some of it compulsory. Some of it only compulsory if you've never taught before. I decided to stay for the whole day in any case as I can always benefit from learning new things or seeing things from a new angle. I was glad I did there was some really useful stuff.

Yet another folder in the Uni's ubiquitous color to start the day off (I've already got one as a staff pack and one as a personal development file from the library). This contained all the teaching material (and the stuff for the days of this that are to come).

What was best about the day was getting the full student experience:
lots of stuff thrown at us in a very short space of time
too much talk and too little interaction (though the afternoon improved things)
a room that was too hot and crowded
with some serious construction work going on outside so you couldn't open the windows and still hear anything
projector bulbs failing (though pretty impressed with the quick response of techy help)
sessions over-running so that lunch was cut rather short

it was a great demonstration of what the students will no doubt be feeling like as from next week. But despite all that, it was a good day. I particularly enjoyed the afternoon on learning styles (which I've looked at before but this was a different 'system' and I came out a little oddly); followed by a session on setting and writing learning outcomes which was useful.

Back to the office fairly exhausted - certainly with my brain far too full - but no chance to go home...

(will write about that tomorrow though)