My second teaching experience

My presentation with Bekir felt like a rave party. The pace at which we moved from activity to activity was extremely fast. By moving so fast it is very difficult for the students to connect to the topic and sometimes students can feel overwhelmed. I can remember sometimes in class when this has happened to me. This was the biggest problem of our presentation. I learned that covering everything is not necessarily possible or important. Yet, there are other ways to do this. One suggestion from Dr. Smidt was to split the class into groups and then divide the chapters up between each group and then have each group discuss the topic and then report back to the class. I found this suggestion extremely eye opening and just yesterday suggested using it in another class for a presentation only to get shot down. However, i tried.

My body langauge is something i was not aware can present or portray certain attitudes to the students. I was informed that placing my hands on my hips can create a boundary between teacher and students which can display power or authority. I react this way because i have always been a little nervous when i speak infront of a group or class. This is something i will have to work on and with time something i think i will be able to overcome.