hes a which burn him

Stardate 22 Nov. 07

Ok micro teach completed, I worried I wouldn’t have enough to talk about, so I added more did a big PowerPoint thing my first one btw. I ended up running over as a result. With the benefit of hindsight I perhaps got carried away in the need to compete in a multi media environment, I’m a boy I love my technology. In my regular classes I don have access to interactive white boards; if I had I’m sure I could make use of them. Stained glass is a visual subject I have my laptop with me to show photos on, but without whiteboard or even a projector it’s less than ideal. I understand the college has projectors that can be lent out but the previous time I attempted it they needed them back before the end of the lesson (I run till 9 I think they leave sooner and I’m not allowed to leave the room).I would like to do a session introducing some stained glass software I have that some students could find useful. There was essential information to get across before anyone touched any tools and required elements to be included within the micro teach session. This left barely enough time for the practical section, I could have left it out but as the part that reflects what I actually do. Looking back over the task results I was pleasantly suppressed how much had been attempted and achieved. In my normal introductory session the practical side can last 2 hours and I generally have less new students. Seventeen beginners all cutting glass for the first time as I mentioned in the beginning of this journal is noisy scary and exciting, the session passed off without incident (someone usually gets cut, normally me).So to review should I have had the courage of my convictions as I originally planed dropped the multimedia element and done just the practical session yes I should, but would I have been marked down for it yes I would. Reflecting on the session its surprising how I can talk about my subject, I do know a lot about it. Standing talking about the rules and regulations thing as we did before, I felt tongue tied and stupid, in the area of my specialty it comes easily. I was so nervous before it I’m use to long teaching sessions but something about the how can I explain it, Its like the class being full of spies , they appear there to learn but there actually all out to expose you as a charlatan, made the whole thing more taxing. Coming back to the time thing, the micro teach was all about the time restraint so me complaining I wished I had more time is more to do with me hoping to make it a worthwhile session, I tried to pack a lot in, I wanted to see if I can teach from the front of the class do a PowerPoint do all this teacher stuff that I rarely have time to do in my own lessons. But if one learner is maybe inspired to come join my class, and one or two expressed an interest then I win right..

micro teach big panic

12^th November

Well I missed a lesson due to illness which I hate to do feel guilty and not ill enough all the time, and don’t get to enjoy it. So the following week I returned and tried to catch up what I missed. I had in my absence spent some time working on my micro-teach lesson plan and its not begging to come together. It’s stupid I get into such a panic about these things because I half feel I should write the final version first but I made myself brain storm lots of ideas onto paper in a disorganised mess and from this I cleared my mind of all the little bits and pieces I need to remember to include. Once I had them all together it came together quite well. I was thinking about ways to asses the learners achievements and decided for the task that a sheet of paper containing lines to cut and a space beside each line to draw down the cut glass edge would allow us to compare the goal with the result in a simple manner. The part I’m most concerned about is the use of the time effectively. I don’t want to talk for 30 minits because it’s not reflective of my lessons and how I work, that said I need to speak about safety as it’s relevant and important also I should discuss the tools we will be using .I’m nervous about asking questions to the group, for whatever reason I don’t want to appear patronising and I don’t want to ask questions for the sake of it. So much to worry about huh I bet you’re glad u don’t have to do this. Why am I worried about 30 minuets I regularly teach 2-2.5 hours.