Blog Journal 9

1.  The flipped classroom is basically changing the way classrooms function to help students deepen their content understanding.  An example of this is a teacher recording their lecture and having students watch the lecture for homework, rather than teaching it in class.  This way, when the students come to class, they can do other activities, group work, individual work, and discussions about the lesson they watched for homework.  This also gives the student better access to the information that they need, they can access their teachers actual lesson!
-Below I have linked an example of a flipped classroom lesson.  This is my Psychology teacher from high school, we were given a week to watch this lesson, then the next week in class we did discussions, games, and other activities in relation to the lesson we watched at home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUnH1D5hbqQ

2.  I think something that is really awesome is Open Education.  This is making education available to anyone.  One thing the podcast mentioned was MIT's Open Education program where they have lectures online so anyone can view them.  I think this is pretty amazing to be able to view lessons to one of the most prestigious schools in the country for free!  No matter if you get a grade for the knowledge you acquire, you are still learning and that is all that matters.
-Below I have linked the website to MIT's information that they have available to the public.  Here they have many different topics and subtopics that users can explore and look for specific topics or choose more general information.
https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

3.  I acquired many skills on powerpoint through doing these two projects.  The main thing that I learned is how to record my voice and put it over a powerpoint, I have never done this before.  I think my first time was okay, however I think there are ways to edit your audio and make it have cleaner cuts.  In addition to this, I learned how awesome the use of animations are!  They can really make a powerpoint more fun and interesting especially for younger students.