lab c

I felt really comfortable while teaching this time, and I was very surprised how fast the lesson went by. I think that everything went fairly well and the only thing I guess I really wanted to change was to have a smaller sided wheelchair game. I think I also need to make more defined cues so that I can have a clear demonstration. I didn't give as much feedback as I have in other lessons because I felt that I did more game play so I lost focus a little on giving feedback. I know I did pinpointing and sometimes I get confused and mistake pinpointing for demonstration. Overall I think this my best lesson plan yet even though I didn't get as many points on the time coding form, I had very close to the recommended percentages so I think i'm almost there. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to think of enough tasks on the list, but i realized that there are so many elements to wheelchair handball. For some reason I can't get my video to post I keep getting an error so for now these links will have to work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYZHDsObwEs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mviEFSnz9p0

Lab B2

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Well this was definitely by far my best lab yet, I have really shortened up my instruction and tried to maximize activity levels for the better. My time coding came was the best so far of the other lessons we have done. I keep getting more and more comfortable, the only thing that I am dissapointed about is that my lesson always gets cut short and rushed. I don't feel like a have enough time to fit everything in that I want to teach so I feel a little disorganized at some points. I have increased my feedback and the clearity of how I speak to the class. My transcription was so much easier to hear and understand than the last. I still need to do more congruent feedback and less of just saying "goog job". I am really looking forward for my next teaching lesson in the wheelchair because I haven't had any experience with that so far so it should be interesting.

lab B1

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I really thought that my jump roping lesson went very well. I felt organized and I think I looked more comfortable and sounded mre confident. Looking at my transcript, I did a good job of pinpointing and I also gave so a great deal of feedback which I think really made my lesson better. I think I simplified the cues and just told the students what they needed to know and let them have more practicing and less time listening to instruction.

Transcript

I thought the transcript really opens your eyes and makes you realize how you sound and what words you tend to say. I also think I should talk more loudly and try to be more clear. I need not use things like alright and um. By seeing this I can try to change how I speak. I also need to try to use peoples names more often by giving them feedback.

lab A2 teaching

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I thought the second time coding went much better. My percentages were not exactly what they were supposed to be and I felt as if I ran out of time to get my whole lesson taught. I felt more organized this time, but I think I tried to do too much in a short period of time, with too many instructions. I felt that I had more confidence and using techniques such as a hook, signal of attention, cues, and a demonstration I think I was able to give information in a more organized and useful way. I still need to work on creating more activity time to give the students as much exercise as possible. The more practice the better I will get and even after only the second time being taped I feel more relaxed already.

time coding

Well overall I really wasn't too much over the percentages that were recommended as far as management, instruction, activity and waiting were concerned. Watching the video again and in more depth I did notice how during the instruction there was a lot of fidgeting and moving around. I can see that I need to speed up the instruction as well as increase the difficulty and vary the tasks that I am having the students do to keep their attention and to keep them interested in the activity. I think time coding really helps to see how you are using your time and makes it easy to see where you need to make changes to get students more active.

Lesson Intro

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I'm starting to get more comfortable in front of the camera and building up some more confidence. I also found a signal of attention that I could use other than a whistle that I never would have thought of before. I always thought since I coundn't whistle that there weren't many other options. I think I need to pronunciate more and try to project more voice a little more. The volume that I spoke in I could hear, but a little louder wouldn't hurt. My arms were very rigid and I looked nervous. I need to just relax and loosen up in front of the camera. I had good cues, but I wish I had thought of shorter and straight to the point cues so that students would remember more easily. Other than wanting to change my cues I think I gave a clear demonstration and I sounded fairly intelligible. Next time I would like to have more a catch and be more energetic to grab attention and I feel that if I was more energetic then the students will be more eager to learn.