Blog Journal 9
"The Flipped Classroom" is a newer instructional technique that incorporates technology on a daily basis. Rather than the traditional teaching format of lecture in class and homework at home, the flipped classroom has students watch video lectures at home and complete what might typically be homework during class. I personally have had a Calculus class under the flipped method, and I personally didn't think it was very effective. I think part of the most constructive aspect of in-class lectures is the ability to ask your teacher questions during class right when you first learn the material. Watching lectures at home was not engaging enough for me and I wasn't able to get any of my questions directly addressed. That year I performed the worst I ever had in a math class, and I think it was due in part to the flipped format.
Open Educational Resources, or OERs, are resources that anyone can use; they typically are found online. These resources are called "open" because anyone can access them, and often anyone can revise/remix them freely. The five "R" rights of OER are the right to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute. So, not only are these sources free to learn from and utilize, they can also be adapted to personal need. On https://www.oercommons.org/oer you can look at a wide variety of OER materials based on the subject you want to focus on. I clicked on English Language Arts, and the site pulls up a plethora of OER sources that are rated on a 5-star scale. This could be very useful when looking for OERs to use.
So far, I have just done PowerPoint assignment 4, but I have already learned a lot about PowerPoint. Before this assignment, I didn't even know you could record audio in PowerPoint! I used that new information and I also learned how to insert presenter's notes which is super helpful for any future use of PowerPoint. I wish I had taken more time to look at layouts and make them varied but cohesive throughout the presentation. Overall, though, I really enjoyed this assignment! After completing assignment 5, I decided I liked it better than assignment 4! Using PowerPoint in a new way was super fun and interesting.
Open Educational Resources, or OERs, are resources that anyone can use; they typically are found online. These resources are called "open" because anyone can access them, and often anyone can revise/remix them freely. The five "R" rights of OER are the right to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute. So, not only are these sources free to learn from and utilize, they can also be adapted to personal need. On https://www.oercommons.org/oer you can look at a wide variety of OER materials based on the subject you want to focus on. I clicked on English Language Arts, and the site pulls up a plethora of OER sources that are rated on a 5-star scale. This could be very useful when looking for OERs to use.
So far, I have just done PowerPoint assignment 4, but I have already learned a lot about PowerPoint. Before this assignment, I didn't even know you could record audio in PowerPoint! I used that new information and I also learned how to insert presenter's notes which is super helpful for any future use of PowerPoint. I wish I had taken more time to look at layouts and make them varied but cohesive throughout the presentation. Overall, though, I really enjoyed this assignment! After completing assignment 5, I decided I liked it better than assignment 4! Using PowerPoint in a new way was super fun and interesting.
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