OBSERVATION REFLECTION FORM

Name: Nicholas Gayan

Grade/Subject: Freshmen / Microcomputers
Observation Date: 12/11/2013 Time: 9:00-9:55
Post Conference Date: 12/17/2013 Time: 1:15
1. As you reflect on the lesson, to what extent were your students productively engaged?
All of my students were kept engaged by being able to view the same presentation on their own
computers that I was displaying on my projector screen. This allows students who may struggle
with being able to see my screen from their seat to view i t closer and to see the animation effects
in the lesson being taught.
2. Did the students learn what you intended? Were your instructional goals met? How do you know?
The students were given an exercise to complete after the review was done. As they were working, I
was able to walk the room and watch them as they worked but even more importantly, answer any
questions the students may have had while working, and then grade the completed assignments that
the students uploaded into Moodle. Every student who uploaded the finished assignment, 21 out of 28
students, completed the exercise correctly.
For the Chapter 3 test, 15 questions directly addressed the lessons content and on average, 85% of
the students answered the questions correctly with a range of 63% to 100%. The breakdown was as
follows:
Question # Correct Wrong
2 100.00% 0%
38 81.50% 19%
39 92.60% 7%
40 96.30% 4%
41 92.60% 7%
42 77.80% 22%
43 96.30% 4%
44 77.80% 22%
45 92.60% 7%
46 63.00% 37%
48 77.80% 22%
68 85.20% 15%
69 81.50% 19%
82 85.20% 15%
83 74.10% 26%
Average: 85% 15%

3. Did you alter your goals or instructional plan as you presented the lesson? If so, why?
No, I did not alter my goals or instructional plan.
4. If you had the opportunity to teach this lesson again to the same group of students, what would you do
different? Why?
I would like to have engaged them using Socrative, an online tool that allows for students
participation in the form of a quiz. Not only does the tool provide instant feedback to the students
on how many students got it right or what responses were chosen, it also engages those using
mobile devices or the computer. Because I had an exercise prepared for them, I instead used the
time give them a more hands-on activity that allowed for me to come around and answer
questions.
5. What strengths of teaching the lesson would you reinforce to focus on student learning?
With this micro-computers class, students are always interacting with Microsoft Office doing
hands-on activities. Thus, studying or preparing for a test is sometimes better when recalling
learned procedures and techniques VISUALLY. Also, since the students are always interacting
with the computer in the visual sense, the icons and images they see in the program has a lot to do
with what they are learning.
Allowing my students to study or reinforce an activity by using the PowerPoint presentation that I
created allows the students to revisit these learned techniques visually without the aid of having
the Word program in front of them.
6. Provide me with several examples of student work on this lesson. The work should reflect
the full range of student ability in your class and include feedback you provide to students.
See printouts.
7. List any items you might want to call to the attention of the administration.
Being able to use my iPad to control my Windows 7 PC laptop running my PowerPoint presentation gives
me the opportunity to walk around the classroom making sure my students are engaged and doing what
they are supposed to do.