ESAL 0370 Reading Lab Lesson Plan – Hour 8
This lesson was a great learning experience with regard to how online classes should be taught. We tried to have students individually work on their assigned tasks. We put them into individual breakout rooms, uploaded the presentation that had the exercise, and copy-and-pasted the instructions into the shared notes section. This meant that some students had to wait for us to get to them, and they were left hanging with nothing to do.
Having students to work on something individually is not a problem in a real classroom. Handing paper out to students isn’t either. That day I learned that micro-managing virtual classrooms is not ideal for an online lesson. We will stick to group work from now.
Apart from that, I tried to speak a little faster without sacrificing precision, and I think it went well, as they were able to carry out the work that we assigned. I hope to continue to improve my speech as I gain more experience teaching.