Blog Post #9

The Flipped Classroom is an interesting design. Basically, the way you think school works is flipped or reversed. So instead of hearing the lectures in class and doing homework at home the students watch the lectures at home and do their work in class. I understand how this really uses technology, but I am not a fan. At least when I student comes in without his homework, I know that he was in class paying attention. When the students are in charge of taking in the lecture information themselves, I am afraid of what will happen when they don't listen to the lecture. I'd have to give them the lecture while they're supposed to be working on their work. They really do like projects, discussions, and exercises. I'm afraid at how lost a student might feel just because they didn't listen to the lecture.
https://www.refseek.com/directory/educational_videos.html

Now Open Source is a little difficult to understand. So this pertains to the software code that is made free and available and can be modified and redistributed. A lot of the open software codes are free so this is good for people that want to make programs and such that can't regularly afford it. It's good for people who can't code that well and can use this open source as a free template of sorts. This site below gives us a good list of open source sites for various things.

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/open-source-software-list-ultimate-list-1.html

I really enjoyed the Powerpoint assignment. I had never known how to record the powerpoint like that so it's a show instead of a presentation. I really liked showing off my creativity like that. This was my little study guide for the first powerpoint assignment.

For the game it was even more fun. All I learned through that was 100% new, and I know when I become a teacher I'll be making games for my kids all the time.

If you wanna take the Lit term game, let me know. We'll test your memory of high school literature!