Throughout this class I became more confident in my abilities because I no longer felt that my fears and doubts in myself were a problem. My classmates all shared the fears and doubts as I did. We learned that we all have our shortcomings and that is fine.
The three presentations I did throughout the quarter were also enlightening to me. Each presentation I attempted a different style: powerpoint presentation, spoken, and spoken+whiteboard. Teachers who can lecture without any visual support have a skill that I do not. I felt that powerpoint left to little for me to express as the presentation should state it with fewer words. Using the whiteboard as a visual representation felt more comfortable to me. My colleagues had to follow what I said while also being able to see the most important ideas behind me.
I learned more about how I want to teach and the vast array of teaching styles. I hope to be able to use some of the ideas that I learned in my readings and my classmates presentations someday to experiment further with what works for my teaching style to improve my teaching in the future.
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