Thank you so much for the feedback Sarah! I really appreciate you going through the entire video and leaving such specific comments. It is really neat to hear your comments while being able to watch what is happening in the classroom 'at the same time'.
I am still trying to improve when it comes to waiting for silence before continuing to teach. I spend time at home thinking about students talking over my lessons and what is or is not appropriate side conversations. It would be terrific to get your opinion on how to tell 'good noise' from 'bad noise'. I am well aware that you will not be responding to my response. I know I will learn it in time, but it is great to hear your input. You know so much useful information! I have never actually spelled my name for the students. They have not seen it very much, which is actually fine with me but now appears may be an issue. I don't care much for my last name, so I imagine that is why I have chosen to hide it. I should pressure him to take attendance more because I never take attendance. I have done it before but it would be make me feel better to take attendance each day since I will need to do it. I have a tough time identifying who is off-task when they are seated. Volume is an easy indication, but with phones and computers it is tough on me. I have no idea what they are looking at on their screen, and have no real idea how long they have been engaged in that activity. It stinks that they have constant access to phones and laptops, but I understand that there are pros and cons to this classroom management strategy. A sense of urgency would be great for students. I tend to give them plenty of time to work through problems. I need to do a better job with timing these activities to pressure students while being reasonable. I designed an 'accuracy challenge' which presented them with far too many problems to complete in the time allotted, which puts a different kind of pressure on them. We emphasized accuracy, which is something I would like to emphasize again and endlessly to students. Better communication with the SAT would improve the quality of lessons. He could serve to attend to students who are not paying attention or alert the instructor that certain students are not paying attention.
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Alex KoroljowStudent teacher at SLA @ Center City, Philadelphia. Archives
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