When you travel to a site to train, you will be somewhat at a disadvantage. You are the one who is tired, the one who is sleeping in a hotel and eating food that is not the greatest. So, you need to take some steps to prepare yourself to overcome the disadvantages that you face. On-Site Linux Training certainly poses several challenges that you do not face when students come to you in a virtual class or a class at a location where you do not have to travel.
Use your time wisely. It is easy to waste your time watching TV when you should be reviewing your material or making adjustments to your presentation material.
Set a schedule. One thing I found while traveling is that setting the same time I go to bed, get up, go for breakfast, all of those things help when you are on the road. You have enough changes already, setting patterns for your sleep and eating habits will minimize the impact.
Boost your immunity. Travel can be difficult as it disrupts your weekly schedule, exposes you to countless wasted hours and brings you in contact with lots of people who could make you sick, think Swine Flu here. Usually you do not think about think about the chances of getting sick from a trip but with all the news about Swine Flu, it makes you a bit paranoid. In fact, once you get sick on a trip, you probably will not forget it and you will take extra precautions for future adventures. It is certainly disruptive to any process where you are trying to train or learn. One of the things I do is to take Airborn twice a day during the trip and several days after. Airborn boots your immunity for a short time with extra vitamins.
Keep up with work. It is easy to think you are on a vacation when you travel, but it is not the case. You need to do as much work as possible while on the road instead of leaving it to be a mountain when you get back. Not easy to do but you will certainly thank yourself on the Monday that you return.
Make connections. One of the major advantages of travel is that you can make connections with people face-to-face. Use that to your advantage, spend extra time with students outside of class if possible to build relationships for business in the future.
Get a perspective. When you travel to a location to train, you will have the advantage of gaining a unique perspective about the company you are training for. You will gain insight into the IT department and how they work with their Linux administrators. These insights about the company may help you train more effectively. For example, what resources do administrators have on a day to day basis after the class. You will be able to aid students in finding good resources or provide additional resources for students. One of the projects that we have done is to begin a complete video database online for students that contains the class information so they have that resource to refer to a later.
There are many advantages of traveling to a location to train, but the advantages do not come automatically, you will need to take steps to make them work for you.
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