Blog 9
The flipped Classroom is a concept that I am not too familiar with. The first time I heard about it was this semester. However, from what I have gathered and read, essentially the students prepare themselves for class and read over the material at home before class. Then during class students can get feedback from the teacher on what they don’t understand, or things they might have had trouble with. Then after class students are assigned homework problems that can check for understanding. It is not a traditional way of teaching and I think would be a hard practice to implement.
Open educational resources are also something new to me, but something I think is very helpful. These are resources, and usually online, that cater to all learning styles. Teachers can find something that could help their students, but it might not be age appropriate or might go too in-depth so OER gives them the ability to change and adapt to fit his or her class. In the linked article, the author highlights the benefits of open educational resources. I found it interesting the impact it had on college-level courses, and the overall end of course grade increased while the dropping, withdrawal and failing rates decreased.
I learned a lot during these past two PowerPoint projects. I really enjoyed the interactive one, this is something I never knew how to do. I always only used PowerPoint just to make slideshows, so finding and alternative way to present information was really helpful. The first project with the recording was a little challenging for me. I don’t know if it was me or my computer, but I struggled getting my audio to upload to canvas, and playback properly after submitting. I don’t think that is something I would use all the time, but with more practice I think I would enjoy that feature more.
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