One example of a self-fulfilling prophecy that came to mind
for me was when I played volleyball in middle school. One of the players on our
team was always told by the coach that she was the best player on our team. Our
coach praised her more than any other player and spent time practicing with her
privately outside of regular practice times in addition to spending lots of
regular practice time with her. As a result all of the extra time and attention
that player was given ended up making her the best player on our team.
My video lesson this
week was really interesting. I loved teaching the lesson and I felt that it
went fairly smoothly until I started using the technology that accompanied it.
My site school uses a device called an ActiveBoard that allows the lesson to be
interactive and run through the computer onto the screen at the front of the
room. This device is great when it is working right, but can be a real hassle
when it isn’t functioning properly. About halfway through my lesson there was a
glitch with the device that caused it to stop working correctly. I was able to
correct the issue, but it was definitely a learning experience! I know that
things like that will probably happen again but I was relieved that I was able to
keep teaching through it with minimal disruption. Technology really wasn’t my
friend this week at all! I was really looking forward to viewing and critiquing
my video, but I was really disappointed to find that the first half had been
erased. I knew that there was a camera change mid-video due to a camera issue, but
during the changeover something went wrong and the first half of my lesson was
lost.
Even with all of the issues I experienced I really felt like I learned a lot
this week. I think I learned even more than I would have learned if everything
had gone perfectly. I hope that you all had a better experience than I did this
week or at least learned some valuable lessons.
