Student Diarmaid O Connell

Classes Observed 6th Year Design communication Graphics

P. O Donovan Class Teacher.

Date 21/1/21

OBSERVATION CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE OBSERVATION

Surface Geometry This was my 1st class of observing and assisting an on line Design communication class. Thankfully I had a good level of
Question being understanding of the topic of surface geometry as I had covered the topic in collage prior to school placement. I found
completed by 6th year this a very beneficial experience for me to be allowed see how online teaching of DCG occurred on line to leaving cert
students Remotely. pupils. The reality is that these pupils could spend a large proportion of their senior cycling education remotely on line.
“The concept of traditional education has changed radically within the last couple of years. Being physically
1st live class for the present in a classroom isn’t the only learning option anymore with the rise of the internet and innovative
pupils other lessons technologies” (Josep, 2020). These students are lucky that their class teacher is so comfortable with the use
were recorded. of technology so that the level of learning can be maintained throughout the pandemic.

Pg 25 of exam papers. For me personally on School Placement Four I am seeing more and more incidents where I can apply knowledge gained
from study in collage in modules sch as Advanced Graphics and Applied Graphics. The grounding and teaching to a high
Students interacted standard have me equipped with a vocabulary of higher order terminology in the subject area. Colour, and labeling of
well by unmuted and a drawing was another area of the class that I taught the cooperating teacher did very well as it was easy for students
posing questions to to see points and true shapes in different views. It was pupils third full exam question on the Dihedric Angle and as a
the class teacher. result student were gaining a greater understanding with every passing class.

Inclined plan is draw to It is not easy for pupils to be able to learn on line without the social interaction of their classmates and peer learning.
a scale. “need for a greater effort and motivation of students; greater discipline and self-organisation;…dependence
Subject content such on the internet…; technical difficulties and speed of the internet…” (Sharma P., 2019). Issues such as access
to high speed broadband and devices can hamper some pupils reaching their full potential while using on line
as parallel line and
learning platforms.
measurements being
called out inn
millimetres such as in Those pupils who are interested in education it is easy for them to proceeded and excel in their learning but
the Leaving certificate weaker students may need more motivation to interact. “Remote learning and other kinds of education
exam. technology generally benefit high-achieving student but hold others back” (Forbes, 2020.) In this class today
luckily all pupils interacted well and were encouraged to ask questions when an issue or area of difficulty was
experienced by then.
Best Practice such as
X-Y line and surfaces
are all labelled. References
Forbes. (2020, May 8). For Some, Remote Learning Has Surprising Benefits. Retrieved from Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2020/05/08/for-some-remote-learning-has-surprising-benefits/?
Solving of the Dihydric
sh=6a5da1363695
Angle occurred then.
Josep, G., 2020. Educations.com. [Online]
Students were Available at: https://www.educations.com/articles-and-advice/5-reasons-online-learning-is-future-of-
questioned on true education-17146#:~:text=Online%20education%20enables%20the%20teacher,need%20to%20give
lengths and lines of %20anything%20up.
intersections. [Accessed 21 1 2021].

References to the Sharma P., E. M. (2019). Student Concentration Evaluation Index in an E-learning Context Using Facial
marking scheme and Emotion Analysis. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland
where and what
percentages of marks
are allocated in certain
sections.

Colour was used to

assist students to
differentiate the
surface in elevation
and plan that was
going to be developed.

Key information such

as the heights when
developing and where
to find them was
reemphasised.

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