Lesson Reflection Document
Class Year 7
What we did?
We were creating an Elvis at the Abbey project with a pop theme to it.
Lesson 2 was all about working and making tweaks to the sky using a gradient tool on Photoshop.
Please look at attached lesson plan
What went well?
It was great to see that the pupils where using their inner creativity to create some really good-looking items of work.
They where able to grasp the points that I needed to re-enforce through questioning
I made sure the chairs where set out as they came in as it really helped the pupils focus and be really quiet for the introduction. I have noticed how when I don’t do this it is slightly more chaotic and hard to get through the introduction well
I was able to introduce AB tutor well to the classes at first I found that they where really excited about the whole concept but if I just did it and asked them to put their hands of their laps it stopped that initial excitement. The AB tutor really helped with the finer details that I had to explain with for example the new layer creation and add to selection tool box.
The time at the end of the lesson was a good time to show of the pupils work and give constructive criticism.
I found I was able to be more confident with the lesson the more I had taught it showing that experience is so valuable to self-development.
I set some good extension tasks of finding and adding in another “Friend of Elvis” to be put in from the Internet.
I used some good classroom discipline to keep them under control when the noise level became too loud.
What could have been done better?
In my earlier lessons I found that my explanation was quite rushed and not as thorough as It could have been this had a repocusion later on as there where so many questions almost too many for me to handle at once. I found in the last lesson that I did when my delivery was clear and concise they where able to really get on with the work with out too much guidance.
I need to keep an eye on pupils that are running behind due the extremely hi ability sometimes the less able can get missed.
I have to make sure I keep the plenary time for assessment of learning and ict skills not just an artistic critique on their work.
Conclusion
All in all I feel it was a good set of lessons that where executed with good pace and clear guidance.
