Don't talk to me about O week

So it's week 4, things are heating up; assignments are looming, life is knocking on the door and insurance company youi would not stop calling me!

While I love all my mates at other unis and recognize O-week is an awesome time, I quickly lost interest in hearing all the stories and events as I put my nose to the grind stone again.

Having an interesting and full on week I wound into Friday, already wishing it was the weekend. At an ungodly 9:30am I had a lecturer who insisted on writing one thing on the slid and then saying an entirely different thing, so much fun. It didn't help that Andrew from youi decided to call me for a 3rd time in the middle of the lecture to see if I had chosen a company, seriously feeling stalked. I think I confused anyone listing to my converstation as I eneded the phone call with a "If I want you, I'll call you!"

Rolling into my SPC tut in less than the best mood, but it's just so damn hard to stay pissed with Keith as the tutor. Intrestingly enough my bi-polar coaching worked rather well to display how different people/teachers/coachs present feedfoward and the then result or lack thereof it can have on people/students/athletes.



Wow, I was sooo close to finnishing tyhis blog for the week before I got ulitmatly caughtup in the hype and crazyness of the online community. What's that, teachers sharing and mentoring online from all over the world. I HAVE to share but a sample of the great teaching blogs I found before I continue with my blog;
To Learn About It, Write About It
Teaching With Soul
Musings On Teaching...
The eLearning Buzz


SO, I really enjoyed Keith's description of Feedfoward and the difference seeing the positive possibilities of the action/activity which is being preformed. This opens the augmented information concept into a whole different light for me. While we are consistently providing our students with information about their performance and actions is this being carried out in the best way? Admittedly it would be difficult to video each individual student in a class of 25 and provide this kind of information, especially in PE classes where often you only get to spend one or two lessons on any give topic.

The question this raises for me is; how else can this information be used in teaching and the classroom? Students often learn from observation and imitation, while I may not be able to video them, what about having pre-prepaired videos of students showing the correct form and places in the action which students often perform incorrectly, allowing them to view this on someone else their age may be the thing they need to connect the dots.

The Spectrum of Teaching Styles opens up a number of discussion topics and reflection, which teaching styles suit, which ones would I like to incorporate more or less, just to name a few.
I'm sure every teacher wishes students would find their subject and material engaging enough to be "Self-Teaching", although this might put teachers out of a job! Whether students know it or not they are continuously learning, in such a connected world it has put questions and explanations just a google away. In my opinion it's important to incorporate every one of the teacher styles into the classroom, as different students and subjects require a different way of teaching. Mastering these styles, well thats a different kettle of fish!