Week+9

Note the change!: Due Jan 5

Microteaching //Microteaching is a way to get experience at delivering a lesson, with the essential elements of a good lesson, in a compact format, and having lots of fun doing it! Prepare a ten-twelve minute lesson on a topic of your choosing – a hobby, a topic, a skill, an interest, etc. – which you will present to your colleagues. Your lesson should include clear goals, a captivating opening, essential questions, and closure. You will deliver this lesson to a group of your colleagues (you can decide whether you want them to be themselves or to play as students). In the past, Pardes students have presented microteaching lessons on topics as diverse as The Black Plague, beer, how to make brownies, how to read Polish, elementary Turkish, and much more. Be creative, and have fun!// As an observer, aside from enjoying the presentations think about what the presenter did that made you think differently about teaching. As a presenter, take some time to reflect on your own presentation: a- What were you pleased with regarding your presentation? b- What might you do differently were you to do it again? c- Did you learn anything from your own presentation? d- Twelve minutes is very little time. Do you think you used your time effectively? Did you succeed in teaching what you wanted? How would the time issue affect the way you plan future classes?