Personal Concerns and Next Steps

After teaching the lesson with Geometry Sketchpad, two concerns came up for me regarding my teaching abilities. First, I am having a hard time trying to find the correct pace when giving the lesson. I feel as if sometimes I am talking to fast and other times I feel like I am going to slow. When you are only given a few times to present lessons, you really don't have that feeling of being comfortable. I think the more opportunities you have to present lessons, the better idea you will have for how to pace yourself and you will be more comfortable. Second, I feel like I didn't a full grasp of how to use Geometry Sketchpad. I felt out of place talking about the software because it didn't seem like it was doing what I wanted it. It showed up in the lesson when the angles were off by hundredths. I just feel that I need to have a deep understanding of how to use the software or the material at hand. In most cases I have the knowledge of the material, but I just didn't grasp the software as much I thought needed. I think that having more time with Geometry Sketchpad would have allowed me to feel better about what I was teaching and more comfortable in general.