I was observed by Ola Olayinka. I thought she was really excellent and I appreciated that she arrived on time and stayed for the full 2 hours of the session. I was with MA Arts and Cultural Enterprise students and spoke to them about the ‘Online Intervention’ project. I applied what I thought was logic to how I delivered the session but needed to move things a little around on the fly as it became clear that students wanted to know things immediately which I had planned to discuss a little later. Things that went well:
- I arranged a former student to speak about her project and why she found this part of the course so rewarding
- The hands on card activity went very well and student could turn theory into practice
What didn’t go so well was that I miss calculated the order in which to deliver the project information and this led to one student exclaiming that he had no idea what was going on.
What I got from this is that even with a lot of planning there are no guarantees that you will get it right. I did however feel I could be spontaneous as I know the material. The hands-on was vital to the students understanding and confidence and they will create a Google Doc to continue their ideas in preparation for the following unit.
Thinks I would like to improve include:
- Eye contact with all the students
- Being louder
- Speaking quicker
Link: presentation
Link: student ideas