Blog Journal 9

A flipped classroom is a class that has students learn and apply knowledge in a different way than a traditional classroom.  A flipped classroom has most of the actual learning content online, where students can either watch videos or online lectures to learn and gain the information or knowledge at home.  When the students come to class the next day, they are able to participate in activities or hands-on things where they apply the skills or knowledge that they learned online the night before.  This not only allows students to learn something on their own time, but it is also considered by some to allow for time in the classroom to be spent more effectively.

Open educational resources are resources that are readily and freely available to teachers or learners, and can be used for researching purposes as well.  Khan Academy is an example of an open educational resource.  You have to first make a free account, but after that you choose between being a teacher and a learner, and based on what you chose there are a number of tutorials and lessons that are freely available to you.  This website was personally helpful to me when studying for the SAT.  The link to Khan Academy is: https://www.khanacademy.org

One thing that I learned by doing these powerpoint assignments is that you can create interactive non-linear presentations.  I did not know that you could do that through powerpoint, as I have never done something like that before.  I had also never voiced over a powerpoint, but it was a lot easier than I thought it would be.  I thought that the interactive powerpoint was the most fun to create.  However, the linear presentation from the first assignment would probably be easier for me as a teacher when creating lessons.