Talking about The Flipped Classroom is very interesting. Being part of the flipped classroom involves showing your students information before class. That way when the student comes to class they are aware of the material and want to participate in discussion. Students in a way have to learn and teach themselves information and be prepared for class. They can keep note of what they don't understand and be prepared to ask specific questions in class. I understand the mentality of having a flipped classroom and how it can be beneficial for students. However there are many cons to having a flipped classroom. In reality a lot of students when given work to teach themselves at home, it does not happen. As much as a teacher thinks their students will teach themselves, most probably will not. Therefore this method will only be beneficial to the students who want to teach themselves at home.
OER's are online distributed resources that are free and accessible to everyone. Anyone can use these resources. The article discussing OER that I chose is "OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES" by the Hewlett Foundation. This website talks about an overview of OER and their goals. They want to use OER's in K-12 and help students and teacher have open resources to use to increase educational access. The Hewlett Foundation supports people and institutions that promote OER as well as support researchers that spend their time learning about OER's. The Hewlett Foundation says, "In 2002, the Hewlett Foundation began investing in open educational resources (OER), which are high-quality teaching, learning, and research materials that are free for people everywhere to use and repurpose" (Hewlett Foundation).
https://hewlett.org/strategy/open-educational-resources/#overview
I learned SO much from the powerpoint assignments! This has been my favorite lesson so far. I learned how to do so many things that I will use in my future and as a student. I always used powerpoints in school but never like this. I learned countless things I can do to my power point to make it interesting and fun. Some of the things I learned were how to record my slide show with my voice. I never knew how to do this before and I am positive it will come in handy in any career. I also learned how to create my own type of slide and save it so I can use it whenever I want. I thought this was a cool trick that will save time. I learned how to play with animations and navigation buttons that you can make to take you to different places on the slide. That was my favorite thing I learned. If I ever become a teacher I will know how to make my lessons interesting and fun for my students. I can create an entire game for my students that is educational yet fun. I am so glad I took this course because I learn something new and beneficial every class.
Here are screenshots to my powerpoints.
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