Memo on Observations with Video

3/23/04

Let’s see after talking with Ari last night, the sound of Joe’s voice screaming “Don’t leave analysis to the end!” keeps me thinking. It forces me to be observant during observation. I’m coding in a way on the fly. The video taping helps in that I don’t have to focus on what is said, rather I can get in the heads and analyze on the fly. I listen deeply to teacher questions, student answers. I analyze what the teacher says in response (Flanders). I feel like the color analyst on a sports broadcast. Analyzing blow by blow.