Hip-Hop Intro Presentation of Idance

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255 Practicum Experience

This semester for 255, everyone was required to fulfill at least ten hours of community service or practicum throughout the semester. Before realizing I had to do this, I had already volunteered to be a Teacher's Assistant for Ms. Cahill's Self Defense course that I took last semester. I volunteered for this because I really believe in self-defense and that children should be educated about easy maneuvers that could possibly save their life.

Being exposed to self defense for a second semester has had a great impact on me as a learner. I feel so much more knowledgeable after this semester because I was able to apply the information I learned as a student and reinforce it by helping other students learn being in a teacher's position.

All of the students in the class were great to work with. Everyone was very respectful and you could tell they all wanted to be there to learn. As the semester progressed, I was able to have the opportunity to see all of them grow as learners, but also as people. It was easy to notice that a lot of them matured through out the semester. I also got to know some of the students on a more personal level because I was in other classes with some of them. I was able to participate a lot in the classroom by doing things such as taking attendance, helping test skills and even lead warm ups. As the semester went on I also become more comfortable with the class. The first time I led a warm-up I was very anxious about how I would be perceived by the class, because everyone is basically the same age, or older than me. The entire class was always supportive of my participation in the classroom and by the middle of the semester I was confident and comfortable with the class. Overall, being able to take part in this experience was very rewarding because I love knowing that I can help someone learn and grow.

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Hipping and Hopping into Lab D!

When I first found out I would be teaching hip hop, break dancing or "popping, locking, and dropping" for lab D, I was very nervous. I don't have much of a dance background and a lot of what I was doing was based on how I had seen dance taught in Rhythms and Dance.

Looking back to Lab A, I just laugh because I don't even feel like the same person anymore. Although I've only learned a semesters worth of work, I feel like it was the most important information I learn as a teacher. I saw such a dramatic change in my teaching abilities and my structure. My voice is another thing that has changed and has at least doubled in volume.

Looking at my lesson plan, my method of teaching hip hop was to teach a basic, attainable, yet challenging hip hop dance in a short period of time. The dance that I taught I choreographed myself based on online resources and previous experiences. The one part of my lesson that I was really proud of was my instant activity. The idea came to me riding on the bus one day after class. My instant activity consisted of square foam pads with each of the numbers 1,2,3 and 4 on each of the pads that were spread out across the dance room. The student would proceed to grab an index card from the center of the room go back to any spot on the floor. Each card had a sequence that the student had to perform (such as 3,4,1,3,2,1,3) with their feet. After the sequence was over, the student would do the locomotor skill stated on the card while going back to the pile to pick up another card. I think this was a great intro into dancing and stepping and everyone really seemed to enjoy it.

My C9 form was definitely a big part of my lesson. This was the first lesson that I really studied everything on the form and tried to incorporate everything into my lesson. My only weakness was that I forgot my intratask variation. I think I had an issue with this because I wasn't sure how to make the task easier or harder with out changing what I was teaching the students in the routine. After talking with Dr. Yang I understood that I could have done something such as having two students try to coordinate their dance together.

Looking at my time coding form, the amount of activity time I had this lesson was definitely my strong suit. I had more management time then I would have liked to have, but it was due to technology issues, which would have been eliminated with a little more preparation. My instruction was 1% over what it should be because I found myself talking in between every dance segment. To improve this, I need to try talking more while the students are still moving instead of constantly making them stop, go, stop, go.

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Curling Was No Match for the 2006 Gold Medal Champ!

Hands down, this was the best lab so far. Going onto the ice and being able to change the environment of the classroom was a great relief after a long jump-roping unit. I had no experience with curling, but I idolized the Olympic games this past winter. Looking back, I'm glad I watched so much because it made teaching that much easier. Although being on the ice had some downfalls such as my carrying voice and safety hazards, the overall experience was a positive one. Looking at my transcript, I wasn't able to make out a lot of what I was saying when I was on the opposite side of the camera trying to interact with the students at the other end of the lines. Because the ice was loud, I wasn't able to make out most of my comments to students. It was also hard to try and make it around to every one because I can't just jog to student like I usually would in the gymnasium. My feedback was lower than usual, but I got as much in as I could. Another issue was my activity time, which can be seen on my time coding form. I wanted the students to coordinate so that all of the rocks were going across the ice the same way at the same time. If some students were throwing one way and others the opposite way, there would be a greater risk for injury. Since I had this structure, the activity time was lower than I liked. I also tried to get through a lot more in my lesson, so I found my self describing things more because I tried to relate everything to the actual sport.