Group microteaching reflection - Logarithms

There was a lot to pack into a short time. I felt the opening was good, but that the rules of logarithms could have been clearer and better presented in their typesetting. The examples were good, but may have been to challenging for many in the audience.

From the comments of our audience we had 'things that went well' were:

'the history part was good'
'defined what a log is and the laws'
'interesting intro to John Napier'
'examples were somewhat engaging'
'relation to calculator informing'
'Good Hook'
'liked that you picked a few rules in the end and reintroduced them'
'Good discussion about problem'
'This is a tough subject to tackle'
'Having notes prewritten'
'Nice history lesson but too much detail'


From the audience, 'These areas need work':

'watch out for hands in pockets'
'the notes given in Word were cluttered'
'ideas presented in a kind of confusing way, very abstract for high school students'
'this is dry'
'don't like being put on the spot'
'participation should be more thorough an activity'
'bit hard to see the board, be careful not to stand in front of it'
'maybe a worksheet with fill in the blanks'
'put the title of the lesson first on the presentation'
'derivation not needed'
'more concrete example'
'keep rules on same page as questions'
'don't erase or change times law for dividing' 'don't just erase part of the board to show another idea. It causes confusion'

Thank you to all the participants that gave constructive criticism. The many good ideas will be incorporated.

Every presentation will be reviewed afterwards and improvements made to make the next presentation better for the audience and the presenters.