Micro teaching - reflection
Micro teaching reflection
This micro teaching exercise was very helpful for me. When you first presented the idea for the exercise, my reaction was - no problem! I picked a topic relatively quickly and set to work creating some slides that would help the students learn the topic. Since the topic was quite whimsical, I saw it as a more or less fun exercise that would be entertaining. I created the slides, ran through the presentation once and at the last minute, I saw your notes to clarify exactly how I was going to spend the 7 minutes I had allocated to the 'middle'. I figured that out and was ready to go.
Strengths: The presentation was lively. I think I did a good job of teaching the students the words by having them written out on a powerpoint slide, and then sharing the hand gestures at the same time. I had a cute closing video of my niece and my daughter doing the exercise and this was well received.
Weaknesses: I didn't practice enough because my talk was only about 5 minutes long. And then I was stuck. I was a bit nervous to begin with and then to be done so early was a bit terrifying! Fortunately, my group was great and we talked about and did extensions for the balance of the time.
Modifications: Plan for extensions, practice the full presentation in advance to manipulate timing and activities so that all of the time is planned.
Reflect on pedagogy: My use of the powerpoint slide was very effect - probably more effective than I realized it would be. The students learned the task and the words very quickly. A great tool for the future if I want to have students use many eyes and ears to take in information.
What to do different: Practice the talk/lesson ahead of time the next time. I thought my talk was 10 minutes, and I had even planned each activity so that it would last 10 minutes however, I clearly did not think through things. I think practicing out loud by myself or with a partner will really help.
Group engagement: This was a supportive and enthusiastic group. Everyone contributed and was engaged in the activity.
This micro teaching exercise was very helpful for me. When you first presented the idea for the exercise, my reaction was - no problem! I picked a topic relatively quickly and set to work creating some slides that would help the students learn the topic. Since the topic was quite whimsical, I saw it as a more or less fun exercise that would be entertaining. I created the slides, ran through the presentation once and at the last minute, I saw your notes to clarify exactly how I was going to spend the 7 minutes I had allocated to the 'middle'. I figured that out and was ready to go.
Strengths: The presentation was lively. I think I did a good job of teaching the students the words by having them written out on a powerpoint slide, and then sharing the hand gestures at the same time. I had a cute closing video of my niece and my daughter doing the exercise and this was well received.
Weaknesses: I didn't practice enough because my talk was only about 5 minutes long. And then I was stuck. I was a bit nervous to begin with and then to be done so early was a bit terrifying! Fortunately, my group was great and we talked about and did extensions for the balance of the time.
Modifications: Plan for extensions, practice the full presentation in advance to manipulate timing and activities so that all of the time is planned.
Reflect on pedagogy: My use of the powerpoint slide was very effect - probably more effective than I realized it would be. The students learned the task and the words very quickly. A great tool for the future if I want to have students use many eyes and ears to take in information.
What to do different: Practice the talk/lesson ahead of time the next time. I thought my talk was 10 minutes, and I had even planned each activity so that it would last 10 minutes however, I clearly did not think through things. I think practicing out loud by myself or with a partner will really help.
Group engagement: This was a supportive and enthusiastic group. Everyone contributed and was engaged in the activity.
Excellent commentary and ideas, Sue! It was a good lesson, and I’m sure you’ll have an extra Plan B ready from now in, just in case things are a little faster than expected. I think you got quite a lot from this brief experience!
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