For this particular experience I had several goals in mind:
1. For the students to have the opportunity to do a focused and reflective observation together. The value of the dvd or tape was that they could go back to parts of the observation if they had questions. (I don't actually know if any of them did this, but the opportunity was there).
2. To watch together so that they could discuss what they were seeing with one another, without me being present. This gave them the opportunity to begin to develop professional conversations that were not done in the presence of the instructor. (Not that they haven't had numerous opportunities to do this, but this was a very structured opportunity for this kind of conversation.)
3. For us to have a shared observation of a particular practice. Each of them was in a different classroom, with different opportunities for assessment and reflective practice. Here they could all share one observation and discuss it.
4. To do this BEFORE the week that Michelle would come in to talk with us. Viewing it beforehand allowed us to have more time to talk with her. Viewing it before hand and asking them to construct questions for her allowed all of us to have a more focused conversation.
Viewing assignment
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