Friday's Micro-Teaching

This past Friday, I had the opportunity to observe a few peers perform their 20-minute micro-teaching lessons with students from their associates' classes. It was a very educational experience because I learned so much from watching other people's triumphs and mistakes as teachers. Their are so many subtleties in teaching that I never even realized existed prior to this experience. It seems as though it will take a teacher many successes and failures to even begin to perfect the art of teaching because it is so complex. I guess the good news is that we are all on our way with these opportunities to watch ourselves on tape and also watch veteran teachers in our internships/placements.
It was a positive experience to see myself on video for the mini-microteach and I am aiming to improve on a few major faults for the micro-teaching. I hope that by focusing on just a few improvements I will not overwhelm myself with thoughts during my lesson.