Oh Stuidocode...

Once I got studiocode all figured out and actually started to watch myself, it was really interesting to see myself teaching to not only little kids, but kindergarten at that! While watching myself teach I realized that no matter how stressful teaching is, at the end of the day the kids learned something and had fun! My class management for this age level was absolutely amazing. I didn't even realize how I had put my discipline/management at their level by saying " I love how.." and it was really awesome to look back on it and see how well it worked and what a good job with it I really did. I also used my when before what very well and the kids actually listened. My signals were given at the beginning and the kids understood them, however, I could have reinforced them a little better or made then put their equipment down in a specific way for better understanding. At this age it really taught me that I must be specific in my signals and when before what commands or else their are to little to infer what I mean or to do it themselves, but rather someone has to tell them exactly what to do from every little deal to how to not teach the ball to make sure t stay on your dot, things that as adults we just know already.
When i came to my instruction I think that I really did a fantastic job coming down to their level and made the cues super easy and understandable. My demos were enthusiastic and not difficult and allowed them to understand. My feedback started out really general at the beginning of my lesson, however, as the lesson went on and i gained more confidence with this age group my feedback became specific and helpful to the students.
From doing studiocode I have learned not only how to critique myself, but I have also gained a little more confidence in myself as a teacher. Next semester when I teach I want to work on being more specific with feedback and not say "alright" as many times.