Videoing Yourself, best form of self-observation (Guidance to Educators)
Channel: Dr Simon Paul Atkinson - sijen
Date: 2022-04-10

Welcome all . 
Please feel free to share this tip with your colleagues…

Let’s talk about videoing yourself.
Peer observation action plays an important role in enhancing our practice. So does self-observation and reflection. If you are teaching in-person, the best way to do this is to organise someone to film your entire session, focussing on you. But alternatively, you can just set your smartphone somewhere where you can be seen clearly.
When you watch back your session, be kind to yourself, and observe your presentational style, delivery, tone, pace, and clarity. Listen and watch particularly for those times in the session that you may have observed students getting away from you. What could you have done differently to have kept them engaged? It may be uncomfortable to watch yourself, but the more you do it the more you become accustomed to this form of self-critique. I rarely teach or present now without ensuring there is a visual record. If the session went well, I may just delete the recording, I’ll keep the very best for my teaching portfolio, but if the session had any issues, I will always make time to watch it back and think what I will do differently next time.

You could try that and let me know how it goes.

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