Ask HN: Old CS lecturer looking for advice from current and recent students
Observation 1: You can’t please everyone.<p>Observation 2: If you can prepare something detailed in writing in advance, it’s more efficient to just give it to the students in advance and let them read or view it on their own time.<p>Observation 3: Interactive discussions are the one thing that classrooms are optimized for.<p>Don’t stop the prep work. But if you can lead classroom discussions with safe cold calling, the students with get more out of it. Don’t worry about capturing the results.  You could record it, but it’s the process of struggling and discussing that creates learning.  Written artifacts are supplementary.<p>I commend you for both teaching, and for caring enough about your craft to ask for help. The Lifetime value your students can get is enormous.