Recently we did an activity in class that required us to come up with lessons to teach the rest of the class in a short time period. I thought this was one of the more effective class periods for us because we as students were all actively engaged and interested in what we were doing. It taught us about putting a presentation, or a lesson, together in a short time frame with limited materials, which is very important for us as teachers because we constantly run into situations like this where we need to be flexible and resourceful with the time and supplies given-no matter how little that is. This activity was beneficial because it proved that even lessons put in place at the last minute can still be meaningful and also engaging to the students-as well as showing the importance of centering your lessons on meaningful, engaging and inquiry-based information so as to captivate your learners and draw interest to the material being presented. I liked participating in other groups activities, as well as developing my own activity in relation to the article we were supposed to focus on for class. Because I had already read both articles, I knew a lot of the background information so the activities were quite simple to catch on to, but even for those who were encountering the information for the first time, these lessons would have been effective. I think you had us do this activity to help us realize how important it is to incorporate the 5 E’s into our lessons as they really do boost students learning. It also showed the importance of presenting only the main ideas when time is limited, and that we could create effective and meaningful presentations in short time periods, as well as showing us the importance of focusing your material to student needs- we were able to understand these presentations because we had read the articles prior to class so we knew what was going on-but sometimes, students will come to class with no prior knowledge, and we must be able to teach to their learning as well.
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