CASW Presentation-1
Date of presentation: 18th January 2006
Time of presentation: 3.00 to 4.15
Venue of presentation: Junior computer lab
Facilitator: Mrs.Dharma Kannan
Participants: Amarnathan, Maheshwaran, Neela tatu, Mohua, Raji Nair, Srinivas

Phase -I-presentation
Case i presented was of grade 9D where i tried a new teaching methodology-Teaching by peers to the whole class. This teaching methodology was tried on 17th january 2006. Students were asked to create a presentation a week ago based on the topic "operators" following the guidelines.

Vision: Peer teaching the whole class
Target Class: 9D
Topic: Operators

Guidelines for the designing presentation:
Title slide
List the operator of discussion
List the categories of the operator
Purpose of each operator
Syntax of the operator
A Working program

Rules for presentation
Text should not be more than 3 sentences in a slide
Animation of each text is compulsory

During the presentation
Both the members from group should explain the topic
Both the members in the group should be able to answer any questions related to the topic
Program should be executed
Members of the group can question any participant to make sure that the class has understood the topic of discussion.
Participants should take down the notes while the presentation is happening

Assessment & Feedback
Teacher takes down verbal comments related to presentation
Suggestions/challenge question is given to the group to take back from class and try it.

I had tried this teaching methodology for grade 6. But had failed to achieve a satisfactory understanding for student. After the ppse workshop i felt i should try the same methodology by providing more clear guidelines to the students and i have tried this now. This has given me more satisfaction and now i have brought this to the group in order to gain more inputs with some of my concerns about the proces.
And hence my key questions were:
1. Will this teaching methodology work for any topic?
2. How can i make students/participants be occupied fully during the presentation?


Phase II-clarifying questions:

Following were some of the question posed by the group
1.Where the students given any time to take down notes
2.Was the project taken home to complete
3.Were the students allowed to take the project home to complete
4.Was there any support rendered for understanding the topic


Phase III- Participant discussion:


Participant’s view
Yes this teaching methodology can be applied for any topic
Examine the draft to refine the entire process
Student will be given special time to write down notes
Assess the process of the presentation
Reduce marks of those students who distract the class
Questions raised by the audience should carry points
Provide graphic organizers or worksheets to keep participants engaged.
Provide with key question for the topic before presentation


My reflection
It can work only if students have some basic introduction about the topic
I would like to implement this
I do not agree with this as I feel note taking during the presentation given the picture of immediate understanding
Yes I will follow this
This was tried and did not work
Topic is short and not many question can be raised-but I would like to try
If graphic organizers are given at the beginning it does not give way for learning. Worksheet can be a better option
Yes, would like to frame key questions.

What am I taking back from this presentation?
Assess the process of the presentation
Provide graphic organizers or worksheets to keep participants engaged
Questions raised by the audience should carry points
Provide with key question for the topic before presentation

I still have 5 presentations to happen in the class and I would like to try all of the above suggestions.