9 - Flipped Classroom

I love flipped classroom! The majority of my teachers in high school took advantage of this learning tool. The concept is really simple. Essentially, it is when students will listen and take notes on video lectures at home, and then in class the next day they will compete activities and discuss the new material they learned at home. The use of this distance delivery allows for greater time management which is very important during short class periods. This gives students ample time to really understand the information, and allow the teacher to have more time for questions and deeper explanation. Students will acquire a more independent learning style all while making use of adaptive technology, which will do them will in the future.

In high school my teachers used YouTube as platform for their "flipped classroom". Here is an example of my Chemistry teacher's YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/RAZ112652/videos

I google searched using the string " teacher web resources for professional development" and came across a great site titled "Education World". It was made to direct teachers to what works best in the classroom. This resource is filled with news articles, lesson plans, and classroom activities. What I like best about it through is that it reviews classroom technology from apps to high definition tech products. Education World wants teachers to be the best educators they can be for their students so they provide them with all things professional development which is awesome!

http://www.educationworld.com

I really loved this assignment. It allowed me to get very creative, and explore all the different options and available programs I had to work with. I can see myself making great use of interactive powerpoint in my classroom because they seem to make everything enjoyable. The only thing about this assignment is that its hard to just limit it to 15 slides to it is time consuming, and so for next time I would like to be a bit more prepared before I start exploring and creating. In high school I always loved when teachers would create Jeopardy games for us because it was always to so intense and competitive, which made me a better learner, so I want that for my future students as well.