Sunday, April 11, 2010

- Lesson: 9 April (Reflections) -

Hi readers,

Had 2 cups of Mocha at Seoul Garden just now, which explains why I'm doing the post right now (about 12.20am)

I've just edited the team blog. Once again, the link is to your left, in the links tab.

I'm very satisfied as to how the previous lesson went, and in this blog post I will share the happenings of the lesson.

Basically, we went through our normal routine: warm ups, bugles' calling and school song, but this week we had the addition of the teaching of solfege and the use of a powerpoint.

I finally feel much better this week after doing the powerpoint, which appears to me to be an effective teaching tool. I'll talk about this later, but it's nice to see the students appreciating the powerpoint. Also, at least this time I get to really be there to help out with the lesson, providing visual aids to the students etc.

Okay, so maybe I'll talk about the powerpoint now because I did it and I should reflect on its effectiveness. On a whole, I think it was useful because it saved us the time for writing on the whiteboard on the spot, and also this week, it was lucky that we had the laptop, because the whiteboard was filled with stuff we were not allowed to erase, so we were left with the significantly smaller easel, which was an excellent teaching tool next to the powerpoint. For next week, I'm trying to think of ways to reduce the glare of the projector from the whiteboard to the students, especially when we roll the screen up when we want to write on the board, so that the writings will be on the powerpoint and they can see what we mean. Right now the presentation may not be as friendly because my laptop is not a tablet pc, so the writing gets very difficult and messy. If we can combine the whiteboard and laptop (sadly we do not have access to the smartboard in that classroom), it'll be good. I'm thinking of requesting Ms Tay to loan us a tablet. Not sure if the school can provide this service, but it'll be worth asking.

This week's lesson was really structured, apart from the occasional slip-up of Benedict on the keyboard and me accidently moving on to the next slide, and the students getting a glimpse of what's next and going oooh and all that. I think the structure is good, it means that we have a backbone for every lesson, and the structure would benefit the autistic kids because they know what to expect, and it suits their condition well.

I knocked out yesterday at 8pm and only woke up at 11.30am this morning. It's not a very good thing, but lugging my laptop plus my files and PE kit to Grace Orchard in Jurong and then back home in Serangoon isnt a very comfortable thing, plus with a travelling time of almost 2hrs home in the rush hour conditions is not very comfortable either, and neither is it doing much justice to my back.

Next week, Wenye is taking the week off, and Isaac has just spoken to me about how he might have trouble attending the sessions, so I might take on the role of teacher, which is both refreshing but scary, because I dont have teaching or choir experience, but I really want to teach, because many times in between the lesson I have lots to say and lots to tell wenye/isaac while they are teaching, but I always have to leave them till transition and breaks, during which they arent very applicable any more.

I'll bring them up during Wednesday's meeting, and we'll see how things work out.

That's all for today.
If I have anything else to add, it'll either be a new post or edits, so watch this space in case there's something new. And on Wednesday too, if I have the time.

Benjamin

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