Tracy King

3DLA Reflective Statement

Creating a Positive Learning Environment

Learning environment – I chose to arrange the room in a horse-shoe shape with participants seated behind desks. This enabled everyone to have a clear view of the screen for my power-point point and video presentations. The desks were needed as the icebreaker and activities required making written notes. I provided fish shaped biscuits and sweets to promote the FISH theme and ensured participants had pens, post-it notes and paper required for the activities and icebreaker.
I began my session my introducing everyone to Nemo swimming in his bowl of water. This was to attract their attention and give the indication that this session was informal and fun.

My session started with a run through general housekeeping information to ensure members knew how long the presentation would last, where to locate toilets etc and a few rules on using mobile phones etc. The aim was to help participants to feel more relaxed and familiar with their surroundings. I also checked everyone was comfortable with the temperature and seating within the room.

Presentation Strategies

My presentation began with an icebreaker whereby everyone wrote their mood on a label and wear it throughout the session. Members were asked to read out their label in turn. The purpose of this activity was to get learners to think about how they were feeling, eg ‘tired, uncomfortable, stressed’. This was revisited at the end of the session.

I made my power-point presentation colourful with lots of cartoon fish images to portray the ‘Play’ aspect of the FISH Philosophy and to grab members’ attention (appealing to the visual learners in the group).
My slides outlined the objectives of the session and I also wrote these on the whiteboard for reference.
I delivered the origins of FISH, the four FISH principles and