this twenty-eighth episode of ventriloquy is the ninth in a series which records the conversations that my students and i have in class, around the microteaching sessions that i've designed to be part of their postgraduate teacher-training course.
this episode is 55 minutes in duration and 13 MB in size.
it centres around issues raised by the teacher-trainees after having participated yesterday as students between the ages of twelve and thirteen on the lesson on types of rocks.
Show notes:
- Backup, backup, backup
- Autistic learners
- Learners' preparedness
- Worksheet design, usage and peer checking
- Animation and slide builds
- Indicating scale and using VR object movies in geography
- PowerPoint slide design
- Unplanned exits from the classroom
- Novel, recognizable and appropriate metaphors
- Situational awareness and alertness
- Assumptions of prior knowledge
- Unplanned introductions of new terms
- Prior knowledge, revisited
- Homonyms and synonyms
- Balancing feedback with one's own values and beliefs
- More tips on Powerpoint usage