Observation Record: Peter as Teacher and Janet as Coach
Peter Baron said,
I just mailed you the video. That is the only copy, so I'll
need it back.
Our classes are an hour and thirty minutes, so there are
two tapes. Feel free to fast forward.
There were ten students, plus me, their teacher (gray sweater), Katie Favara doing the video (blue sweater), and our Lan Tech all helping out. Additionally, the laptop cart
blocked one aisle and my projector blocked another. My evaluator never showed
up. She had to run kids through the metal detector instead.
Class went well. Students were paired for research, and sat
with their partners for this class, but each had their own computer and did
their own PowerPoint project. We got through just about everything I wanted to
cover, except for animation, and I'll go back and do that with them next
"A" day. In the tape you will see a lot of partners helping each
other, and helping neighbors. The big girl who comes in late was at the
Counselor discussing an upcoming job interview. She is a one finger typer and had to search for every letter on the keyboard.
None of these students had ever been in any of my classes.
I was amazed at how well they adapted to the touch pad on
the laptop computers.
Their teacher seemed confident that she could continue with
the laptops and PowerPoint next class period. She's very nice and even sent me
her IEP before attending one of my Technology classes earlier in the year.
Your job is to count (or time) off task behavior from the
students you can see. It will be tough differentiating between off task and
neighbors helping each other. For most of the class there was at least one
teacher off camera to the right.
Results could be in the form of a snapshot: the average
student was off task 5 times averaging 15 seconds each time.
I would also like any comments you would like to provide on
how well it appears they are helping each other.
Data Gathered by Coach for Teacher
Peter as Teacher, Janet as Coach
I could see only five of the students most
of the time, but those five were engaged and enjoying the lesson.
You provided good instructions and
demonstration of the skills that are necessary to use a laptop, for example,
the use of both hands for some keyboard functions.
The lesson was characterized by appropriate
sequence, and the pace seemed to be geared to the needs of the students. I liked that you asked for student input
about what should be placed on each slide.
Using the projector while you explained was
very effective; they were getting both visual and auditory examples of what
they were expected to do.
The manipulation of images was fully
explained and you did a good job of emphasizing the use of the cursor: “always use the corner of the image.”
The boy in the blue shirt was off-task
about every 8 minutes for about 15 seconds, but only when you were busy with
one-on-one help with another student.
They should have learned enough about Powerpoint
to create another on their own and to see the benefits of an electronic
presentation.
Observation Record: Janet as Teacher and Peter as Coach
Janet writes,
I am interested in your evaluation of my
explanations, instructions, speed and clarity of speech. What else could I do
to improve the directions? Evaluate my interaction with the students and their
achievement of the goal - to create an autobiography.
Data Gathered by Coach for Teacher
Peter as Coach, Janet as Teacher
Peter writes,
explanations
All were understandable clear enough for
the students to follow.
instructions
You told the students exactly what you
expected of them.
speed
The pace seemed a little slow to me, but I
do not work much with ESL students.
clarity of speech
No problem here. Your speech and diction
were excellent. Your sentences and directions were concise, pointed and
directed at the appropriate students, or to the whole class.
What else could I do to improve the
directions?
Unless typing in the URL was a specific
part of the lesson, you could have made it easier for them to get to the
pictures page. The pictures link could have been from an AppleWorks document
that you gave them, or from an easier URL to enter.
As part of the lesson, it would have been
interesting to have the students show you and their classmates where in
Evaluate my interaction with the students
and their achievement of the goal - to create an autobiography.
You have a great relationship with your
students. They seemed genuinely pleased with the results they achieved.
Printing the autobiographies provided them with instant feedback. Good job.