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Observation Experience
Desktop Publishing Indicators: 7.1s, 7.2s, 7.3s, 7.6s, 7.7s, 7.8s,
7.9s, 7.10s, 7.13s, 7.17s, 7.36s, 7.38s,7.37s, 7.39's, 740's, 7.43s, 7.45s
I observed the two other teachers that taught a TA subject at my
school. Their routines were somewhat
the same and I felt it was a good experience to see these two teachers
teaching the same TA subject.
Course: Desktop Publishing
Teacher: Mrs. Coker.
School: Lake Worth High School
Observation: Mrs. Coker began the class by stating the measurable
progress of the class on the objective that they were to accomplish. She
assigned tasks and allowed the students time to share their ideas and
volunteer for specific tasks. The class was divided into groups of students
working on objectives. Mrs. Coker then spent the remaining class time
walking around to the workstations of the students and assessing their
progress based on the objectives given at the start of the class. She would
take time to access the stored files and go through them to further
evaluate the student's performances and make sure that the files were saved
in the proper place. I feel that I gained a great deal by observing her
interaction with the students. She
has been teaching now for over 25 years.
I think that she could have focused more on the end product, but
overall I think very highly of her teaching skills
Course: Desktop Publishing - Newspaper
Teacher: Mrs. Wright
School: Lake Worth High
School
Observation: Mrs. Wright began class by taking roll and then showed the
students an example of what the finished product should look like. She then
reviewed some useful techniques and strategies for developing a good story
and what pictures should look like. She opened the discussion up for
student discussion and questions. The class nominated a student to act as
editor. She then split the class into groups and handed them objective
sheets. She recorded their assignment on the board and made due dates for all
the needed elements. She then spent time with each group going over their
individual objectives and what elements were needed. She met with the
student editor later in the class and they transcribed the assignments into
a check list that could be used to put the final project, the newspaper
together. She is also a first year
teacher, and it was very interesting to see how she handled her
students. I did notice that a few of
her charges were goofing off and surfing non-educational sites while she
was busy with other students. I
could tell that some of the students did not have the same level of respect
for her as they did with more veteran teachers. I felt it was a great experience to see
what another teacher was going through and how she dealt with the same
problems that I was having in the classroom. It was her first time to teach DP and she
was learning the programs at the same time she was teaching them and therefore
this did tend to create some problems.
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