Reflection #9

Okay. I don't think that any one of us in the class is going to fail this whole teaching prep stuff. From what I can see, we are all doing a good job. The STL presentations have shown me that we are beginning to grasp the concept of teaching and with the help of our teacher, we are gradually applying great tactics. I noticed that on Tuesday the lessons taught were very good. They involved the students, provoking more thorough questions, and got the message across well. I noticed that we still had some gitter bugs (like me) but we are doing awesome. Once again I am impressed with the intelligence of my peers. There is one thing that I think we could improve on when we present and learn to be teachers; I think that we should know our presentation well enough that our heads and eyes can be more attentive to the students. There were several times that I noticed that a student had a question and was raising his or her hand and the presenter or teacher had their head down, looking at the computer power point. I think that I will try to learn my material better next time so that I will be able to get more involved with the students and maybe have to change my lesson plan on the spot. ??