Oh Happy Day!
Nov 3 /20
My class went much better today! My voice was back, my energy up, my camera on and I had a fully interactive lesson with different types of activities through Nearpod. I was incredibly nervous. Not only did I need to show the students that I changed things up based on their feedback, but I was being evaluated by my practicum advisor.
The Nearpod was great and easy to use. I didn’t have all the glitches worked out, but it was much smoother. What I enjoyed the most was that although I was doing another task introduction (IELTS writing task #2) and there was a lot of information, I was able to transmit that info through varying activities, with brief summaries, instead of giving a lecture. We had a group collaboration board, a pair matching activity, we watched a video, and did a collaborative writing exercise. I was thrilled when there was a much higher rate of student involvement.
However, the lesson didn’t run absolutely perfectly. I hadn’t figured out how to do the collaborative writing in Nearpod, so we switched back to Teams and I shared my screen. Unfortunately, in switching back to Teams, I lost my ability to move the Teams window to my second screen, so I couldn’t see the students as we worked together, but it was just a small exercise in adapting to the technology.
It was a good day! 😊