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== Session Planning ==
== Session Planning ==


Make sure to prepare a plan beforehand, even if only to ignore it later. Outlining what you're going to do will help you focus, and it may become easier to react when confronted with surprises and distractions.
Make sure to '''prepare a plan''' beforehand, even if only to ignore it later. Outlining what you're going to do will help you focus, and it may become easier to react when confronted with surprises and distractions.


Some things to ponder:
Some things to ponder:
* What is the sequence of events?  
* What is the '''sequence of events'''?  
** Who does the introduction? Who gives a health & safety talk?
** Who does the introduction? Who gives a health & safety talk?
** Pay attention to your own timing (what to introduce when? What to point out/repeat? When to leave space for experiments? When to introduce pauses?)  
** Pay attention to your own timing (what to introduce when? What to point out/repeat? When to leave space for experiments? When to introduce pauses?)  
** Identify inherent timing/other constraints of your session (how long will it take to teach certain things? Are there timing constraints dictated by the use of particular materials, techniques? How best to make use of waiting periods?)
** Identify inherent timing/other constraints of your session (how long will it take to teach certain things? Are there timing constraints dictated by the use of particular materials, techniques? How best to make use of waiting periods?)
* Write down an outline of your plan, this often helps to improve it.
* Write down an outline of your plan, this often helps to improve it.
* Practise a few rounds (e.g. in conversation.)
* '''Practise''' a few rounds (e.g. in conversation.)