Self-Reflection for Micro-Teaching One

I feel that my overall Micro-Teaching went very well, the group that I was with were very nice. I wish that they were more talkative when I was trying to start a class discussion. I would say that the lack of discussion was my area of weakness, next time to prepare in case the silence happens again, I will come up with a second activity that I can have my classmates do, in case I have plenty of time remaining. Doing this will help me not finish as early as I did for this Micro-Teaching.

            I believe that my objective was met, my objective was for the class to listen to an Edgar Allan Poe poem, and write a short story or poem incorporating the same emotion that Edgar Allen Poe poem had. But I also feel that I should have had a better objective planned out.  My evidence of this objective is the story that I had my classmates write, I did not collect this activity though.  Now I know for next time that I have to have my “students” do an activity that I collect, so that I have proof of my objective being met.  If some of my classmates did not met or understand my objective, I would say that is because of my lack of content and my lack of asking them questions.

            I learned that I need to come up with a better topic to teach, and also that I need to have a backup plan just in case students to not partake in the class discussion like I assumed they would. This experience showed me that I need to dress more professionally and less casually, and that I also need to practice slowing down my speech. When I re-watched the Micro-Teaching video I felt that I spoke to quickly when I was teaching my classmates.  For my next Micro-Teaching project I now know that I shouldn’t go first, I should watch several of my classmates and see what they do before I teach.  It also showed me that I need to have a back-up plan or more discussion questions on standby. I say this because if the student don’t respond to my original questions, I should have another activity planned.  The Micro-Teaching was an overall good experience for me, and it showed me a lot of things that I need to work on for my next Micro-Teaching.