Our group did a good job of integrating Desmos into our lesson. It was one way to help our learners be engaged and interested in the topic. Many students did enjoy using Desmos as it taught them an important skill for future math classes. However, some feedback talked about how they wished we shared our screens on a projector for visual aid. I initially thought it would be okay just to write down the instructions on the whiteboard but I realized I really need to think about my learner's perspective. Further, some feedback talked about our group's need to work on voice projection and body language. Using whiteboards and teaching the class is hard to do simultaneously, so our group was speaking to the board many times. This is something I need to be aware of in the future. Also, our group didn't have a proper closure. I need to be flexible as a teacher because I realized our lesson did not exactly go the way we planned it. I really learned the importance of lesson preparation and walking through the lesson in my head beforehand. Further, co-teaching was also very challenging to do. I think this is because we needed to spend more time collaborating and working on our lesson plan as a group. However, trying to combine all three of our ideas into one lesson plan was difficult. I also found that allowing students to use whiteboards would've been beneficial for group work instead of giving them handouts. Even if there were no vertical surfaces in my future classroom, I would buy portable ones so that students can freely write down their thought processes and answers. Ultimately, it was a great experience to co-teach and I found many aspects that I could work on as a teacher candidate.
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