New Insights and Their Implications

After observing and watching the video of the first groups lesson plan, I am more aware of how students might view lessons and how reviewing a lesson on video would help with future lessons. Being able to be in the classroom observing how students worked with the technology was my job for the lesson study. I was able to see how the students were responding to the lesson also. I was particularly interested in how the students would did not seem to be forth coming with answers to questions that Brittany would ask. I think that in most cases students will be hesitant to answer questions in a situation where it is new to them or if somebody that they are not used to teaches them. The students for the most part were actively engaged through out the lesson, however they did not seem to have the confidence or as stated earlier were just shy about the situation. Reviewing the video of the lesson is also something that I think is very important. You can reflect on your teaching after you give a lesson but if you watch the video of your lesson you can point out specific examples and ideas you might fix or improve on for next time. I think that lesson study is an effective way of improving your lessons and teaching.