Blog Journal 9
The flipped classroom is a very interesting concept. It "flips" the way learning is typically accomplished. Usually, students learn by listening to a lecture or lesson of some sort presented by the teacher in a classroom setting and then are assigned homework to do later to deepen their learning. However, the flipped classroom does the exact opposite. The students are expected to watch a lecture from an online resource on their own prior to coming to class. Then, they spend their class time doing activities that will further the concepts covered in the video lecture. The link below takes you to a site called "presenfationtube.com" which is a resource that I found that would be very useful for a flipped classroom. This would allow the teacher to make a lecture, such as a power point that they could narrate with their own voice and make it available for all students. The students could then watch this video on their own to learn the material and be ready for any classroom activity.
http://presentationtube.com
Open content is when someone with a license to the information shares their educational sources to the public for free (usually digital). They essentially give others the right to do whatever they wish with their work and educational resources, unlike a copyrighted piece of work. This allows people to continually creatively build on that information to educate others and improve the original. Below is a link to a site that is a great resource for open content that we learned about from the podcast. They offer free courses, a variety of subjects, skills, and tv and radio features.
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/
From the power point assignments I learned many new features that would be very useful in my teaching career. Previously, I had only been familiar with the basics and how to make a simple presentation. Now I can do things such as making "master slides", I can add actions to shapes and create "buttons", and I can link those buttons to take you to a certain slide. I can also add transitions and animations in my slideshow. I can use many of the new power point skills that I have learned especially as a future kindergarten teacher. I can make interactive quizzes for my class or even a "choose your own adventure" story using this software.
http://presentationtube.com
Open content is when someone with a license to the information shares their educational sources to the public for free (usually digital). They essentially give others the right to do whatever they wish with their work and educational resources, unlike a copyrighted piece of work. This allows people to continually creatively build on that information to educate others and improve the original. Below is a link to a site that is a great resource for open content that we learned about from the podcast. They offer free courses, a variety of subjects, skills, and tv and radio features.
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/
From the power point assignments I learned many new features that would be very useful in my teaching career. Previously, I had only been familiar with the basics and how to make a simple presentation. Now I can do things such as making "master slides", I can add actions to shapes and create "buttons", and I can link those buttons to take you to a certain slide. I can also add transitions and animations in my slideshow. I can use many of the new power point skills that I have learned especially as a future kindergarten teacher. I can make interactive quizzes for my class or even a "choose your own adventure" story using this software.
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