Microteaching Reflection

During my three days of microteaching, I learned some things that I think may be useful to me. The first thing that I learned is that I absolutely despise teaching over zoom. Many of the suggested improvements to my lessons would have been corrected by simply being in person. One of the worst parts about it is not having any connection with the students in the class. With them all being on one camera, I could not see their faces and it was very hard for me to even pick up their names. Engagement from the students was good for a zoom class, but the discussions were not able to be led very deeply because it was hard for me to read the students because I could not see body language of facial expressions. Another thing that I learned is that teaching over zoom, really makes me move through the content quicker than I originally plan for. During my first day, I taught what I had outlined in my first day lesson plan as well as half of the second days instruction. I am very happy that I had everything ready to go and their was very little interruption in the content delivery, but I would've liked to see that first day go a little more as planned. I think some things that I need to work on is enthusiasm and clarity with expectations. As far as the lab on the third day, It went exactly to plan and I was super happy that Mr. Haussener was able to get the supplies gathered for the sausage making lab.