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Ed 2500
March 30th, 2016
Carson Van Iderstine
I presented a micro-teach on the Syrian refugee crisis, and specifically, why there
are migrants and refugees coming into Canada - and much of the rest of the world. I
believe that there are many things that went well, as well as some that did not meet
my expectations. Fortunately, I taught this same material to my 5 th grade class in
my practicum, and was able to mend the mistakes that I made during my Ed 2500
presentation. I believe that my presentation had three main flaws: the timing of the
presentation, the amount of time spent/amount of work to do, and relating the
presentation to Lethbridge.
Timing the presentation: this was a simple mistake that I should not have made, and
partially attribute it to my potential concussion however, it is my responsibility to
ensure that the presentation is timed correctly. During my presentation to my 5 th
grade students I had no actual time limit; however I still timed the presentation to
practice the proper method of presenting.
Time spent/amount of work to do: I had originally planned to use a worksheet +
information that my TA taught in a lecture. It was all prepared, and ready to be
taught. However, to do this, I felt I would not gain the same knowledge and
feedback that I would if I created my own presentation, and researched the
knowledge myself. By creating my own presentation, I was able to teach a subject
that I believe to be extremely important and relevant, which I would not have been
able to do had I followed the pre-made math worksheet like I had originally intended
to do. I essentially used the original pre-made worksheet as framework, and made
my own questions in the same manner as on the worksheet. I made the questions in
the same way because I had observed the original worksheet being taught, and the
amount of time the students spent working on it amounted to about 10 minutes
the perfect amount of time for my presentation! The problem with doing this for my
micro teach, was that inevitably, my students were much faster at completing
the tasks than my actual 5th grade students. I had prepared a secondary assignment
(much like my TA has done for different presentations) for the students who finished
early coloring in pictures of refugees: I chose this, as it has no set time limit, and is
a good way to spend time doing an arts related activity that remains on the same
subject as the presentation. When I presented to my 5 th graders, I couldnt give out
the worksheets as the students were eating lunch while I presented, so instead I
asked many questions to ensure that the information I presented was absorbed.
Relating presentation to Lethbridge: While presenting to the students, I feel that I
could have related the information more to Lethbridge showing that this was a
current issue, and one that Lethbridge, as well as Canada is partaking in. In the
presentation to my 5th grade students, I did my best to consistently compare the