Blog #9

A flipped classroom can be very efficient or it could have the opposite effect in my opinion. In a flipped classroom students watch the lectures outside of the classroom online then use in class time to work on activities and work with their peers on the focused subject. A flipped classroom really depends on the students and how the students work, I can tell you from experience that there are a lot of lazy students, especially in high school and college who are focused on other things and will not take the time to sit down at home and watch these online lectures. Supporters believe that using this type of classroom learning will be more beneficial to the students, but I believe it depends on the student. Here is an example of a flipped classroom and what it should look like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_p63W_2F_4

Professional development in an education environment happens with time and experience just like most other jobs. New teachers have trouble managing time, lessons, and other small details that go into being an efficient teacher. Though as time goes on and the years pass with new students and new parents you develop professionally by figuring out how you will manage your classroom and how it runs. Here is a link to an informational website/blog that talks about professional development and also has other teachers talking about it as well: http://www.edutopia.org/teacher-development

New skills I learned during the interactive powerpoint was how to manipulate different compents of the slides, hyperlinks, and order of the slides and where they go as you click on them. I liked how creative you can be with the buttons and options you have to choose from as you create the game. I also like how you can manipulate the games to age, grade, gender, subject etc, creativity is endless. I did not like how much time it took to create this game, I would create more for my classes if it took less time. I will probably use these games for test and quiz reviews, it is also very good for vocabulary practice!