Presentation Reflection

For my write to learn exercise I did Admit and Exit slips. To prepare for these I initially read over the information that was presented in content area writing textbook and figured that I could use many of the tips they presented in the book into my presentation. I then decided I would make a power point to show to the class and after putting everything I wanted to put into the power point I realized it was 12 slides! There was no way I was going to have time to show this to the class and still have time for them to have an opportunity to do it themselves. Plus, who wants to hear 12 slides worth of information that can be done in 3! I decided I would shorten the power point for the class into ONLY the essentials. I included the demo picture along with the picture they would do an exit slip on. I also included just a couple uses that these can be utilized for. After trimming down the presentation I ran through it a couple times to make sure I had everything I wanted to say in my 5 minutes of time and I found I would have more than enough information to relay in that time. I was ready to go.

            During my presentation I felt that I was able to relay how easy and useful these slips can be for any subject and for any lesson plan. I think that was the part as well that I really wanted to get across, this can be used for ALL SUBJECTS. I think this was also something my classmates took away. One thing that was written down on my “Pat on the Back” was how useful the slips would be in a classroom.

            If I got the chance to do this again I would zip through my information so I would have time to go through a couple of the slips and actually show what I would do. I quickly summarized what I could do with the lesson plan for the next day, but I would actually show this if I had the chance again.