9. Flipping out over this technology!

Flipped classroom is a new method of teaching that is revolutionizing the traditional classroom. Flipped classroom uses technology to let students learn at their own pace. In flipped classroom, students can watch lectures at home and communicate with their peers and teachers by online discussions. Through the use of education technology, flipped classroom influences students learning environments and it provides an opportunity to learn through activities. Teachers can create videos for students to watch at home instead of in the classroom saving class time and providing more information for the students to succeed in school.  Flipped classroom improves access to instruction. Here is a link to an educational video that some teachers might assign students learning about the solar system.

The website that I found on professional development you can find by clicking here. When finding a web-based resource there a few things you need to consider to see if it is a good site. The first thing you need to confirm is if the site has the information you need, and in this case, my website did have all the information I needed. Another thing that is important is if the site is easy to navigate. My site is as well. The next thing that is important is if it is appropriate for the age level you are educating.

              When finding a web-based resource you also want to make sure that all content is aligned to NSDC, AASL, and ISTE national standards to be ideal for teachers. And lastly, the most important thing is that the site is credible. My site is from the Library of Congress which makes it very credible. Another way you can check is to look at their references. All and all this is a good web-based resource on professional development.

              Working on this week’s assignment was a little tough for me due to the fact that I was sick on Monday so I missed class. Thankfully, one of my classmates, Kristen Burkett, reached out to me and met with me to help me on the assignment. With her help, I was able to completely understand what had to be done and knocked out this assignment. I think PowerPoint is a great learning tool and I strongly believe that I will use this in the future. Using Jing also is an awesome way to teach lessons. I think that I could even use Jing in flipped classroom. I really like using PowerPoint now that I understand some cool ways I can make better presentations. The only thing I didn’t like about this assignment is how many different elements we had to add. In the instructions, it gave us so many different things we had to add to our PowerPoint that it almost got overwhelming and I kept having to check to make sure I had each one done. This assignment actually took me a pretty long time to complete too. If I were to assign something like this, I would probably assign which slide gets each different feature and how to do it. I would also post an example PowerPoint so my students can make sure they get everything right. Here is a little snippet of the PowerPoint I made.