Blog 12

During our first tutoring session down in the CAS, I was the tutor, Angela was the student and Nick was the observer. Before our session began, Nick explained thoroughly what his objectives were for observing our session. He gave examples on how our identity would be protected and gave us the permission forms to sign. He was very friendly.

During our session, Nick observed quietly and did not interrupt or disrupt our session in any way. I felt comfortable and wasn't really bothered by him being there. Angela and I have known each other since high school, so we are very comfortable with each other. From knowing Nick from class, I was familiar with him. Perhaps this is why we were comfortable during the session.

Nick took a lot of notes on our body language. When I asked him about his notes, he mentioned that in his notes he wrote down that I would lead the session sometimes. I was a little frustrated about this because I am trying not to do it as much, but I'm glad he noted it because it made me aware that I still have to work on that.

For my observations, I plan on using my laptop for notetaking. I want to observe body language, tome of voice, gestures by the student and the tutor.(Later adding head notes).