I like the idea of videotaping a lecture to increase awareness of one's own lecture style and make improvements where needed. I also appreciated the information about moving around the classroom, which is different from pacing, in that it can be used as an effective strategy to gain and maintain student interest and not a distraction. I find that coming to class prepared improves my confidence and allows my to be more comfortable, genuine, and engaging when I interact with my students.
I learned that floating or moving around the classroom is very effective to observe all students. It is important to also have effective hand gestures, facial expressions and voice tones to engage students into the lecture.
I have videotaped myself giving a presentation and noticed the annoying things I do.
Now that I know what I do, I can work on decreasing that behavior.
Learning the various voice/talking issues that may only become apparent by video taping/recording yourself during a lecture. I cringe at the thought but it is the only way to get more objective feedback I belive.
I have always enjoyed floating around the room. I cant stay in one place and lecture, it helps me to keep each student engaged.
An important aspect of helping keep students engaged is by being engaging yourself. For example, move around, keep your energy up, gesture with your hands, smile, and make eye contact to make sure that you are the focus of the class, no that what you are talking about is important.
be careful not to over-do it though. Don't be nervous with your movements or gestures. Don't "pace" around the room, "float."
From this module I learned different ways to become a more effective teacher. Pausing for a few seconds after a student asks a question, floating around the room, and practicing my tone and delivery of lessons are things I will encorporate into my classroom.
I have learned in this module that to have students stay on track can be related to My course presentation. Walking around keeps student attention on Me and what I'm speaking about. Eye contact gives individual attention to the student.
How rto make sure that I keep my students engaged by using a variety of methods such s pausing, repeating and being aware of my non verbal cues
I learned to ensure that I need make eye contact with each studednt, and to watch my pacing and hand gestures.
I enjoyed reading about how to engage learners, with content, facial expressions and planning.
video / recording lecture is a good technique to evaluate
I learned that I need to work on my speech to make sure I talk clearly
I learned a lot from this lecture epecially movement in class and also the voice recording review. I will apply that more into my lectures.
Be aware of distractions. such as fidgeting with objects while speaking, lingering eye contact. By videotaping myself I may discover some practices I need to work onl
Eye contact is an essential form of communcation not only for your students but for anyone that you encounter.
Maintaining students' attention is important. Using eye contact, projecting my voice, not fidgeting, and floating around the classroom are key points to remember.
Seth Soronnadi
Learned that; "Fidgeting with something while talking is a common annoying mannerism. Instructors who play with a rubber band, ballpoint pen, or some other object make the object the center of attention. Students easily lose focus on the lecture, as they wonder what the instructor will do with the object next."
A lot of useful information here on engaging students while lecturing. Using a pause to let students "reset" and be able to refocus on the subject or point you're moving on to is helpful. I'm already a pretty animated person when presenting, but I'd like to video myself sometime to see if there are annoying things that I might do while lecturing that I'm unaware of.
I've learned not to use the lecturn as a block between myself and the class. I need to "float" more.
