Post #10 The Final Blog!

   Data collection most likely won't be the most useful thing for me as a hopeful 1st grade teacher. I don't see myself having any data I need to collect from my students unless it's an activity on favorite flavor of ice cream. Excel on the other hand has a lot of uses, that I didn't even knew existed until we learned about it for our skill check. Excel had alway scared me so I stayed as far away as possible. Now that I have kind of learned how to work it, I can see myself inputting my students' grades and assignments into it.

   I'm not sure what topics this specific prompt was talking about but I really liked seeing everybody's different opinions on "flipped classroom". I found seeing all the different experiences opened my eyes to more positive and negative aspects of it. I still didn't change my opinion, but I see why some teachers choose to do it.

   I would love to learn everything my computer is capable for. I believe there is so much my mac could do, but I'm only skimming the surface. I will probably search the depths of google and absorb as much information as I can. This class has made me realize how much technology can do for teaching and I hope to always learn cool new skills throughout my career.

 

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#9 flipping classrooms and learning new skils

   The idea of a flipped classroom is to let students listen/ watch lectures at home, then come to class to do projects and have discussions. Which sounds pretty simple, but I can't help but think of how it wouldn't work. We can ensure students are listening to us in the classroom but we have even less control over what they do at home. Every time we'd be given things to look at before class, I know 75% of the people in my classes didn't actually look at it.
 
   It also seems to have some advantages, such as making it easier for students who are homebound or shy in class to participate. It also is a great way to start and integrate educational technology into students' classrooms and homes. It would also help in situations where students are absent, they wouldn't be missing the actual lesson.

   You can visit Khan Academy as an educational videos source.


   In our powerpoint for information dissemination I had trouble with the Master slide, I still am not sure I did it right. But overall, I very much liked putting together my own lesson and making it a show. I really felt like I was a teacher while working on this assignment.

    In our interactive powerpoint, I learned a lot of new skills and actually really enjoyed making the powerpoint. I like the idea of teaching/reviewing through games so this was very fun for me.