chapter 10 presentation

• How much effort did you exert preparing for this discussion?
• What is the value in facilitating course content for your peers?
• How does discussing course content with your peers impact your future teaching?

This was not a difficult task to prepare for. We spent probably 2 hours putting together the slide show and practicing how we were going to present. I love talking in front of people, so once we actually had our presentation, I was confident enough in what we prepared to feel completely comfortable in front of the class. This project seemed intimidating at first, but i quickly realized once we started on it, that the project was easily handled. Another aspect of the presentation was when we were going. I was nervous about going last because expectations are so much higher for us. We stayed away from what appeared to not work in our classroom and stayed  with what we knew was fail proof: good discussion and prezi. This made the overall presentation easier for us to present our topic. All together, I think this project really helped me to explore all the different possibilities of presenting!

The people I struggle with most teaching in front of is my peers. They are the ones who know what is supposed to happen and therefor have a better stance on judging my performance. You also don't want to make a fool of yourself. So when put in a class to present tidbits of information to your peers, it really helps to build my general confidence. Because I felt comfortable in front of this group of my colleges, teaching in front of students should be a lot less intimidating ( although high schoolers are pretty ruthless).Not only did it help presenting in front of my peers, but also working alongside them. Different people have different teaching styles, so having to meld to your group really helped me learn to be flexible. For example, I am a comfortable leader. I love talking in front of people and to people. My other group members definitely had a different teaching style. I had to learn to step back in order to let my co-teachers shine at what they are good at.This was a difficult task, because I always like being the leader, but it really helps me learn to share the floor. It also forced me to look at the course content closer and evaluate what was important in the reading. I will need to do this to help facilitate discussions with all of my students.

This presentation really helped to show me what kind of teacher I am going to become. I felt confident in front of the group and willing to take charge. I definitely need to work on sharing the floor with other people when I co- teach, and that is a big problem for me across the board. I need to accept when other people make mistakes, and make a conscious effort at not always being the person to speak up. As I mentioned earlier, I love to talk, but sometimes I talk a little too much. This will have to be restrained once I am a teacher, because students don't like classes in which the teacher is always talking and the student never gets response time. Overall, I am really happy to have been a part of this presentation