1. In class I learnt many skills and knowledge that I applied to my teaching in my final tour. First of all, one of the skills that I learnt in class and applied to my teaching is to look really closely into the rainforest, and to notice what is happening there. For example, we looked really closely, and spotted a snake, a nice green crested lizard, and also a few cotton hoppers. This managed to get our audience more interested and excited by showing them harder-to-see things. In addition, some more of the skills to keep the audience engaged were to keep them excited. For example, to start off the camouflage part of my tour, I jumped out of the bushes to grab their attention. In addition, I used examples that the audience (3rd and 5th graders) would know about. Furthermore, some knowledge that I used was about the strangler fig, which was the highlight of my tour.
2. I lacked some skills or knowledge in the first tour, the most important was the details about some of the plants I talked about, for example how long it took to grow, or what the scientific name of a plant (strangler fig) was. I wasn't really sure how to answer a few questions, for example, "If the strangler fig is a vine, why is it called a fig?" I found out that it was a vine that usually strangled a fig tree, which explained why is was called a "strangler fig". I improved for subsequent tours by researching more and finding out more information in case an unusual question came up. What I would do differently next time, if I ever had to do another tour, would be not to make the whole presentation too boring, and to add more exciting parts to it, and not to ramble on too long, as people tend to loose interest.
3. I will take what I learned about making talks more interesting from the class activities to use in my life outside of school or other subjects, for example presentations, or if I need to show people something and I need to make it interesting. I will also make sure I am well researched and get the audience engaged and excited by involving them and allowing them to discover interesting ideas/facts such as special facts about a snake or lizard.
2. I lacked some skills or knowledge in the first tour, the most important was the details about some of the plants I talked about, for example how long it took to grow, or what the scientific name of a plant (strangler fig) was. I wasn't really sure how to answer a few questions, for example, "If the strangler fig is a vine, why is it called a fig?" I found out that it was a vine that usually strangled a fig tree, which explained why is was called a "strangler fig". I improved for subsequent tours by researching more and finding out more information in case an unusual question came up. What I would do differently next time, if I ever had to do another tour, would be not to make the whole presentation too boring, and to add more exciting parts to it, and not to ramble on too long, as people tend to loose interest.
3. I will take what I learned about making talks more interesting from the class activities to use in my life outside of school or other subjects, for example presentations, or if I need to show people something and I need to make it interesting. I will also make sure I am well researched and get the audience engaged and excited by involving them and allowing them to discover interesting ideas/facts such as special facts about a snake or lizard.
