Video Taping, Small Group Clip

What are the strengths and weaknesses of this clip if used as a video for small group entry? (Granted, it is too short to do a full analysis, but what do you see that hits the standards in this 28 second clip? This is how you want to reflect on your teaching.)

Did you hear the one student state "TV!"? He was reacting to the camera being in the room video taping (there really was not a TV). Should I be worried about this? No. Just like a fire drill in the middle of taping or the student coming in the room late or the phone call in the middle of the lesson. These are real events in the teacher's life. How you deal with them will show your strength. Do you recover quickly from the telephone call? If so, why? You can talk to that and discuss the environment that you created and your ability to use teacher strategies.

What you have to ask yourself is the following, "Is what I show NBPTS on tape my teaching style?"

Is it you? Is it a bit of the best of what you do?" If the answer is yes, you have a video to write to in the entry. You want to get your videos filmed early so that you can spend time in the writing of the entry. It will take you time to get comfortable with filming yourself, having others watch you, and choosing the best videos so start that process early!

Did I mention the need to start the video taping process early? You do. It will help you become comfortable and critical of your videos. Better to have that accomplished early in the process, say before January, than later. You do not want to have to scramble for the videos in February. It will slow your entry writing process down.

This video was not filmed as part of my NBPTS entries. Permission granted by parents.

Discussion/Discourse: talking between students on the instructional topic; making meaning in a group; sharing confusion and working through it in a setting of students; teacher interacting only when purposeful; not lecture; not teacher-to-student-to-teacher with one answer responses.

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