Lab C - Hantis

I couldn't be happier that Lab C is over with. Lab C was a long process that I am glad is almost finished with. Though it wasn't easy, it was a great experience. I learned a lot about myself as a teacher. Most importantly I am more comfortable in learning new games and activities that I have never heard of before. I broadened myself as a teacher and in my opinion have gained new strengths.

C9 Form
      C9 Form

The TA's form and my form are very similar. One key factor that I missed out on was my safety statements, this was one element that I missed out on and need to work on for next time. The TA shows on the form that I did well with checking for understanding, but when i watched the video I feel like I could have done more. Checking for understanding is important because I want my students to know what they are doing and not look confused. Some of the activities I did, it wasn't as smooth as I wanted it to be and I feel like if I checked for understanding more often then it wouldn't of happened. Parts on the C9 form that I agreed with was that I did well demonstrating my activities. When I was showing my activities my demonstrations were different and in my eyes they were helpful to the class. Also what I really liked was my closure because I added standard 3 into it and said that the students could play this game anywhere because it is very easy to set up. My C9 form in my opinion was good, but it could be better, I want to get a perfect score on it.

Time Coding
       Time coding

The time coding form is my favorite form to look at because I feel its the most important. Time is a huge factor in teaching, and the more the students are active the better in my opinion. My management time was 9% which was under the 15% it had to be. I was happy to see this because the students were not standing around not doing anything. My activity was above 50% and this was important to be because I wanted the students to be active for as much as possible. Another good part to this was my time waiting, I had one problem with my computer in showing a video and that was the only time the students were waiting. I'm glad i fixed the problem fast and it wasn't a bigger problem. The only part I have to work on is the instruction, I did that for a little to long, if I can shorten that up my teaching would have been better. I want my next time coding form to be perfect next time and get the full points.

Teacher behavior scale
      This form was interesting to do because sometimes you don't notice what you are saying to other students and also I realized that I didn't do it enough. A lot of the times I was giving feedback I would just say "good job." That is not helpful to a student because they do not know what they are doing good on. I need to be more specific feedback. When I need give feedback that was helpful, I always started out with being positive first and the told them something they could work on. Also I could work on relating my feedback back to my cues, I did it a little bit, but not enough. My cues are important because that is what I want the students to focus on. If I am able to use those more, the students will be able to learn the activity better. This form is very helpful and it allows me to pay attention to my teaching more, which in the ned will make me a better teacher.

Goals
     My goals for Lab D are to be better with my instructions to my students and also to be more clear. I talk very fast when teaching and this can be very confusing to my students because then they are very confused. If I can work on speaking slower then my students will be able to understand the lesson better. Lab C was a great challenged and it went very well. I'm excited for Lab D because its another milestone I want et over and also it will be another great learning experience for myself as a teacher.

Lesson plan