Blog Post #9

The "flipped classroom" refers to the teaching method of students watching prerecorded lectures done by their teachers while they are at home, so they are prepared on the material before coming to class. This allows students to focus their time on other things such as class work or projects rather than be bogged down with lecture and complete homework later on in the evening. More and more classrooms are adopting this style of teaching because the technology available to us in these days makes this method easier to use. Students get to spend their class time actively engaged in the topic rather than be educated on it, which is being done before class. I like this style of teaching, it is more involved and teachers are more able to help their students when they have questions about their work. Providing class time for students to engage with each other and help teach each other these topics while being aided by their teacher looks to be a solid method of classroom management in my opinion. Here's a link to how it can benefit certain students, as it is a more flexible scheduling than the conventional classroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojiebVw8O0g

"Open" software basically means that any user has the power to go in to the lines of programming and make changes how they see fit. They can take that modified code and release it to other users who can enjoy their benefits. This has become more and more common as the community of devs continues to grow. Using something open source means taking away potential profits from the original company that created the program, as new and potentially better ideas are added without the consent or knowledge of the parent company. I believe that open source programs lead to creative uses that benefit the public more than the parent company intended, and overall has more positive results on a social level.

After going through each of these power point assignments, I have concluded that I had more fun the the information dissemination project rather than the interactive game PP. I ended up going over board about a topic I was really interested in and lectured for over 10 minutes. However, I did learn a lot more from the PP game assignment, such as how to make an entire interactive game on PP. I cannot imagine myself using those features too much, but I have the know how to be able to do that now if necessary.

Side note: I would post a screenshot but I cannot for the life of me find Paint or anything like that on this computer. I will see if I can add them later