PLE POST FOR STUDIO CODE!

I learned a lot about management and instruction through watching someone else teach through studio code. I was not in this class like i stated before where you videotape yourself this semester so i borrowed Crystals video. Through watching her it was great to see how she used management and instruction all through out her lesson. In management she did a lot of organization, transitions, and was great at explaining the lesson all through out her class to the students. In instruction she used a lot of cues, jargons, and simplified the lesson as she went.

The students responded to all the management and instruction because Crystal did such a good job at executing it. I think one of the most important thing was to simplify the lesson as you go throughout and teach it. To simplify to the level that your students can perform. And to be a flexible teacher to moderate any lesson that you have organized. What makes a good teacher is one that can go with the flow and make changes without the students knowing that your lesson has not changed completely. And that you are still in charge and confident. Students are sharks and they know when they smell a weakness. So through watching and coding Crystal she did a great job at not showing when she had to make simplifications.

I think that I would demonstrate more than what she did. Just at the start, so that if I demonstrate on the front end I don't have to correct the mistakes on the back end. I will also have definite transitions on everything so that the students know when they should do something, therefore I wont have to be the hardest, busiest one in the classroom, constantly reminding my students to transition. And to have smoother transitions so that I do not waste precious classroom time.