Reflection on Micro-teaching

For my micro-teaching I talked about useful ipad apps that can be used in the classroom. One thing I wish I have asked in the beginning is does everyone know how to connect the ipad to the projector. I had it on my lesson plan, but I forgot and asked in the middle of the presentation which made the mini lesson more unorganized. The first App I talked about was OneNote, it allows you to write and type on the Ipad. I think this will be very useful for lectures and highly recommend it to everyone. I also talked about Keynote for projecting powerpoint, and talked about how to use the Iphone as a remote. There were different levels of technology prior knowledge in the group. Some people were very advanced and showed other App recommendations. Some required more information on how to set up. I think this reflects any lesson in a classroom, where students are at different level and it is important to include everyone in the lesson. I wish I had an adaptor and used the classroom project to show my group, the Ipad and laptop were hard to show everyone at the same time. For future modifications, I would ask guiding questions and have people explore the Apps hands-on, and ideally, if possible, to have an Ipad per person to follow along. Overall, I found all the micro-teaching topics to be very interesting, and I am surprised how much we can learn about something in 10 minutes.