steelfingers - here is a great article about the difference between irons and dots. Zins has won 12 Camp Perry's and is a true teaching master IMO.
BLUF - both eyes open, gun up to the eye level not head to the gun and look at the target not the dot. It's all in there. Enjoy and good luck tomorrow.
https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2015/11/10/aiming-the-red-dot-sight/
Miculek says the same thing. At about 1:50