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As a beginning teacher, Mrs Xing should have made a lesson plan since she does not have good knowledge with ICT. By having a lesson plan, it means that she has already completed and researched the subject and carefully reviewed on which method she will use as men tioned that only one-third of the class who were familiar with computers had logged on.
She should ensure the conducting of composition writing will be good start before she instructed her class.
- Mrs Xing should also have at least set a couple of ground rules and its consequences before the students entered the computer laboratory so that they will behave in a more orderly manner.
For example, - Mrs Xing could have asked them to sit according to their register numbers so as it is easier for her to monitor them.
- She could have also affirmed that computers are costly therefore they should observe the computer laboratory’s rules.
- She could have gave them the specific timeline of the initial lesson such as
- The students are given five minutes to do mind-mapping
- Followed by fifteen minutes to complete their essay and should complete the task fifteen minutes before the class ends.
- At the end of the lesson, she would be able to do some conclusion or maybe at least to finish her first round of editing.
This is to ensure that the lesson will be conducted smoothly and to hinder from students to make unnecessary noises.
3 comments:
Yes, I do agree with students having to sit according to their register numbers. Furthermore, the PCs in school would have been labelled with numbers making it even easier for her to move around and access from PC to PC.
And yes, specific timeline is a good guide during her lesson. And I do think two rounds of editing is very ambitious of her. Haha.
I agree on the specific timeline preparation. Time management problem is one of the most important issue to take note in order to conduct a sucessful lesson.
I think she needs to let her students understand her style of the lesson or rather build her own style of teaching.
For example, plan her lessons in a faster pace, students will realise the ugency for this particular lesson.
the timeline is a gd idea...but it'd be a little difficult for the students who have to share computers to finish their work in 15 minutes. hence mrs. xing should have gotten a lab technician to conduct a check on the computers to see if they are all in working order so that she can adhere to her timeline and her lesson can run smoothly.
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