Our Microteaching Day !

10th October 2012 was a memorable day for all three of us. It was our micro teaching day. Since we were  in Group 3 and our micro teaching day coincidentally fall after the recess week (for diploma holders), we had more time to prepare for our big day. 

During the recess week, besides meeting up for lesson plan and consultation sessions with Mrs Stevenson regarding our lesson plan, we have also started planning for our table presentation. Our initial group theme was Victoria Style Tea Party but one day Halloween Party theme just came across my mind and our group decided to work on it. We made a trip to Daiso at IMM to shop for the decorations, Giant to buy the treats, Popular to buy materials and also a bell. Liyana even went to Geylang to source for cloth for our mannequeen and table cloth while Adeline went to buy balloons and utensils. 

We researched online to get some ideas on how to decorate our table. We discussed and exchanged ideas whenever sparks came across our minds. We also did last minute shopping like buying napkins from Spotlight and ping pong balls for our creepy eye balls. 

In midst of preparing the decorative items for the table presentation, we had to finalise our powerpoint slides and also recipe handouts. Not to forget doing some research and read up at home before performing our best on the day itself. 

On that day, everyone was so impressed by our table setting. We managed to borrow a skeleton figure from the  Biology Lab to be used as our mascot of the day. We kicked-start our micro teaching with some expectations and also recapitulation of theories which they have learnt in the previous lesson. The micro teaching was running smoothly for first half of the session as we kept closely to the planned timing and we were even ahead for 30 minutes. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the pumpkins in the pumpkin's soup took too long to be soft and so it caused us to exceed the allocated time.We were also weak in explaining and answering  some of the students' questions which we need to read up more and improve our content knowledge.

Below are the feedback from the teachers for our group:

Strengths :

1. We have done well for preparation. They never expected that we would be so well-prepared, be it table setting, ingredients preparation and etc.
2. We are confident in delivering and carrying out the practical. 
3. Our voice projection is good and everyone in the lab could hear us clearly.

Room for improvement :

1. We have to manage our time well. We can skip some demonstration steps which are not the main teaching points, to save time. 
2. We have to brush up our content knowledge. This is the most critical part as teachers are not allowed to deliver wrong information to the students, further causing multiplying effect. 

Overall, it was a successful micro teaching day for us. We will reflect on our mistakes and make sure that we will never repeat it. 

The Halloween backdrop

Mr Skeleton - our mascot of the day. 

Red Sea with eye balls

the skull napkins. 

Halloween candle holder.

part of the decoration.

Spooky Yoghurt Cupcake

Close up for my cupcakes.

Ghostly Quiche

The overall table presentation.

our group photo.

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