If I were a teacher for a 9th grade Geography class, I would use data collection such as surveys as feedback from my students on lessons that are taught throughout the week. In the survey I would ask questions such as "How did the activities we worked on in class relate to the topic of the lesson?", "Which part of the lesson helped you best understand the lesson?" and "What changes should be implemented in the next lesson?". I could also use tools such as Excel to report students attendance, grades, and class averages on assignments and exams.
The topic that I found most interesting when reviewing my classmate's blogs were the ILP projects. I could tell that my classmates put a lot of time and thought into their projects. Between the ILP projects and PowerPoint assignments 5 and 6, I learned so many different ways to use PowerPoint. For example, in one of my classmates ILP projects she used PowerPoint slides as a time-lapse for a art project she was working on. Another example is enhancing the quality of PowerPoint Slides by using less words on slides and downloading PowerPoint templates from the internet. Lastly, using PowerPoint to make interactive games for students to quiz students on content material.
A technology-related skill I would like to learn next is how to start a Vlog on YouTube. There are so many YouTube channels of interesting Vlogs with cool graphics and background music, where average individuals become internet sensations by video recording their daily lives. Vloggers on YouTube have thousands of subscribers, and I think it would be cool to learn about the do's and don'ts of Vlogging, and understanding what makes a Vlog popular and interesting to others.
Link to a Popular YouTube Vlog
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Post #9
The Flipped Classroom is an instructional design where teachers have changed the teaching style from lecturing in front of a classroom and having students work on the content material for homework, to providing video lectures for students to listen to as homework before class.
This "flipped" method originally was implemented to help absent students stay up-to-date with class material, but now allows teachers to redefine how they use their time in the classroom setting with all students.
According to chapter 10 in the class textbook, "During class time, students work with content in group or individual activities and with their teacher, clarifying and deepening content understanding. In this model, the teacher’s role changes from 'sage on the stage' to 'guide on the side'" (Lever-Duffy, McDonald, 2015, p.238).
Flipped Classroom Model
The skill I have acquired from working on both PowerPoint assignments was being able to use PowerPoint in a non-traditional way.
Before being assigned the first PowerPoint assignment, I have never made such a high quality PowerPoint before. I have always wondered where presenters would get cool layouts for PowerPoint presentations. But after completing the assignment I found a great deal of resources that helped me enhance my PowerPoint design.
Another skill I have acquired was converting the PowerPoint into a show. Before this assignment I have never used the speaker note section, and the majority of the points I needed to make were written word for word on the PowerPoint slide.
Recording my voice over the slides made understanding the PowerPoint more effective, and I will be using this feature from now on. I didn't like that I was having technical difficulties when attempting to record the slideshow from my Mac computer. I ended up having to complete the assignment on a different computer.
The skills I acquired in the second assignment was making an interactive game using PowerPoint. Before this assignment I didn't even know it was possible. It was a little difficult to put together but I enjoyed it a lot.
This "flipped" method originally was implemented to help absent students stay up-to-date with class material, but now allows teachers to redefine how they use their time in the classroom setting with all students.
According to chapter 10 in the class textbook, "During class time, students work with content in group or individual activities and with their teacher, clarifying and deepening content understanding. In this model, the teacher’s role changes from 'sage on the stage' to 'guide on the side'" (Lever-Duffy, McDonald, 2015, p.238).
Flipped Classroom Model
The skill I have acquired from working on both PowerPoint assignments was being able to use PowerPoint in a non-traditional way.
Before being assigned the first PowerPoint assignment, I have never made such a high quality PowerPoint before. I have always wondered where presenters would get cool layouts for PowerPoint presentations. But after completing the assignment I found a great deal of resources that helped me enhance my PowerPoint design.
Another skill I have acquired was converting the PowerPoint into a show. Before this assignment I have never used the speaker note section, and the majority of the points I needed to make were written word for word on the PowerPoint slide.
Recording my voice over the slides made understanding the PowerPoint more effective, and I will be using this feature from now on. I didn't like that I was having technical difficulties when attempting to record the slideshow from my Mac computer. I ended up having to complete the assignment on a different computer.
The skills I acquired in the second assignment was making an interactive game using PowerPoint. Before this assignment I didn't even know it was possible. It was a little difficult to put together but I enjoyed it a lot.
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