Video Taped Lesson Evaluation #1

Alright, I hated this assignment- having to watch myself teach, especially a lesson that wasn't my best. But I guess that's the real point of this thing- to improve.

The Lesson:
Mississippi Studies, Mississippi Artist Project- poetry

Things I Did Well:
The board looked the way it was supposed to look. I was dressed appropriately. I spoke loud enough. I opened and closed the lesson like I was taught. I talked to the objective... I think. I knew the material. I managed my time. I moved around the room, although I circled the room and often walked in very odd patterns across the room. I was able to improvise and do so successfully. Overall, the lesson was effective, but it definitely could have been better.

Things I Need to Work On:
Whenever my mouth moves, my hands move. And my hands tend to move at whatever pace my mouth is moving which at sometimes can be very fast. I talk crazy fast, but at least I was loud enough this time around. I look like I'm directing traffic. I rushed my notes, because my lesson was over ambitious- I tried to accomplish too much in the 50 minute period. I didn't assess a pretty big portion of my lesson, which therefore, renders that material useless and a waste of my time. I didn't collect the work that I said I would collect for a daily grade. I modeled but that definitely needed to be better. Rather than building to a higher level of questions, I tried to start at that level which wasn't effective. I lost/confused my student when I did that. I need to make my questions more specific and more clear. I also need to make sure that all of my directions are stupidly simple and crystal clear.