At NTPRS this year there was a new rotating format that really worked. Presenters stayed in the same room and groups of teachers rotated in and out. Nothing was carved in stone, however, so there was a lot of choice. Bryce and Linda presented together, with Bryce doing the “teacher talk” piece, commenting on what Linda was demonstrating. I went to their session four times.
Each lesson from Linda (Mandarin) was a tour de force in SLOW. SLOW can’t be intellectualized. By experiencing the same lesson four times I was able feel Linda’s warm glacial pacing so deeply that, when I presented, I was able to go much slower myself. I have never gone slower than in my two Thursday sessions and it made a huge difference.
I really don’t think SLOW can be learned any other way, actually. It is in watching SLOW done by a master that we get it. And if we don’t get SLOW, then we might as well not even try to learn the other skills because they won’t work.
Related links:
https://benslavic.com/blog/2008/10/17/jody-on-slow-1/
https://benslavic.com/blog/2008/10/17/jody-on-slow-2/