There are always many things that happen while student teaching. During this week, I video tapped myself teaching. There are many things I realized about my students, classroom and about my teaching by looking back at these videos. The room that I teach in is almost like the “head quarters” for the special education department. Both teachers and assistance will come in our room during the breaks and lunches.
Because of this there are so many distractions in our room that I sometimes over looked. In my first hour class there were seven aides in the back of the classroom talking and doing things on the computer. I also have trouble with one student on keeping his attention and now I can truly see why. With so much talking and movement its no wonder my students have a hard time paying attention to what I am teaching. I noticed the same thing during my third hour class. We were doing a cooking lesson and I had other aides walking through the video and doing things in the kitchen. This experience has showed me how to be flexible and how to lead my class even though there are things around me that I can’t control (It is not my place as a student teacher to change the situation of my classroom). What I learned is to more my class to a set part of the room while I am teaching or to do things that others will take notice on how the students need it quieter for them to learn. I have been teaching many things with Active Inspire that calls for the nights to be off or for students to be reading or interacting with the white board. By doing more interactive lessons, it proves to keep the learning in focus.
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