9 Approaching education in a new way

The flipped classroom is spoken about a lot, but rarely practiced. Basically the teacher posts a video of the lesson for the students to watch before class. Then in class, the students are ready with questions and the teacher has time to work with the students and apply the knowledge.  This idea is directed for more of an independent learning classroom style so that everyone can work at their own pace. It will definitely help the classroom by allowing students time to learn, but it could also set students back if they forget to watch the video or choose not to. This link is an awesome example to show how a flipped classroom works! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWvc6qhTds

After looking through  a few websites on professional development, I came across one site that looked very organized and useful. The website was Edutopia. It brought up a bunch of topics we have used in class like twitter and blogs. It also had an area for building a professional learning network. This is very important because teachers need to stay connected. I also liked how at the bottom of the page it had more links to different topics that you may be wondering about. For example, Do Educators Really Need Blog Posts. The site is easy to navigate and definitely worth checking out! This is the link to the website! http://www.edutopia.org/diy-professional-development-resources

Working on the powerpoint this past week was interesting. It was not too hard but there were a lot of requirements that we had to make sure we included. It was cool being able to add in different effects. I really like working on powerpoint because you can really do anything with it. You can make lessons for your students. You can have your students make projects. You can even just use it for yourself to keep information organized. I really like how you can download any template from the internet because there are so many options and its a lot easier than working from scratch. The only thing I found difficult was downloading a template to my online version of powerpoint.