Term1-Lesson1

Reflection/ Next steps

The first thing I notice is that I as the teacher led the discussion a substantial amount more than I would have liked to, probably due to being aware of the camera. In future I would like to see the learners leading the discussion more than what we saw in this clip. I felt the learners made the connections between the different texts that I was leading them to understand quite well.

The activities were completed completely independently, including the video. In fact, the day that the learners video was filmed I was absent from school sick. The learners were given an iPad by the relieving teacher, and filmed and edited the video completely independently.

Things to Note

The location of this lesson is not the normal table I would have my reading discussions at. Although still located in the class, this particular table location was chosen for lighting purposes for the video. However, upon viewing the video it makes the lesson look inauthentic and separate to the rest of the class. I will be trying to solve this dilemma for the next video, because I think it is important to see the lesson within the whole class context, not just at the group level. It should also be noted, that yes I absolutely did explain to the class that I was going to be recording and asked them to try and carry on with their follow up tasks and reading without disturbing our lesson*. The affordances of the digital technologies and our Google site allow the learners to move onto the next piece of work without needing me to show them where to find it. I had previously seen two other groups before this lesson, and another two groups were due to see me after.

*inevitably there will always be learners who need to see the teacher at any given time as this is a classroom full of kids, not paid actors ("thank you George").

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