BLOG JOURNAL 9

The flipped classroom model is one in which teachers make instructional videos that students can watch at home. In this model, as the textbook describes, “students listen to prerecorded videos made by the teacher for homework" (Lever-Duffy and McDonald). I personally like this model because it allows students to watch the lecture at their own pace and allows the teacher to go around the room and work with students who are struggling with the material one on one. It almost seems silly not to teach this way, since videoing lectures is so easy. I always found lectures in school boring. However, if I was watching a video on the lecture, I’d be able to watch a little at a time, and pause the video if something didn’t make sense. Not only does it allow students to learn better at home, but it also saves class time for actually working with the material. My favorite example of a flipped classroom is Khan academy. Here is a link to the Khan Academy youtube page. https://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy

One of the terms mentioned in the podcast was open content. After looking online, I found that an example of open content is wikis. With wikis, people are able to go in and make changes to the content without asking the person who first created it. Another one of the open terms mentioned in the podcast was open source. The specific type of open source material discussed in the podcast was open source software. This includes open office. Another example of this, not included is the CentOS project. It aims to “deliver a robust open source ecosystem.”  https://www.centos.org/


Using Powerpoint has helped me learn new tools it has to offer. Before this class, I knew how to make a basic slideshow, but I didn’t know how to add my voice in over the slide show. I also didn’t know how to center the graphics I included before doing these assignments. I realized that if you drag the image to the center of the section you are working with, lines will show that help you almost snap the images into place. I liked that these projects are different and allow us to use different skills. Both will be helpful. The second one is better as an activity for students and the first is better as a lecture that students can watch by themselves, creating a flipped classroom like we discussed in the first paragraph.




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