"The Flipped Classroom" was a very interesting experience for me and my fellow classmates to say the least. I really enjoyed the software because I had never completed an assignment quite like it. I loved the fact that it kept the class connected even though we were away for a week. The instructional design is really easy and fun to use. The teacher posted a prompt, and then we had to make a video of ourselves responding to the prompt. After we responded, we had to post our video on the flipped classroom platform. We could see all our classmates responses, and we could respond to each other via video. This technology is really innovative because it still keeps a class together without actually physically being in the same room.
Open education resources are wonderful tools for classrooms, students, and teachers alike. These resources are basically open to the public to use for free. The only restrictions put on these resources are what the authors put on them, but at the very least one can still read the resources. Anyone can search for these educational resources and utilize them for themselves or within their classrooms. These resources are incredibly valuable because people of all different privileges can use them equally. An article I found that discusses OER is edweek.org/ew/issues/open-educational-resources-oer/index.html. This article provides a very informative overview of what OER truly is. It first provides a wonderful video to better explain the concept. Then it goes into what OER is, what its uses are, and what its drawbacks could be. It basically explains the fact that OER can be used in classroom settings, but it also could cause issues because anyone can create OER content. Overall, I think OER is a great way for students to get learning materials for free.
I have really enjoyed working on the PowerPoint assignments, and I feel like I have gained some new skills that I will use in the future. I learned so many things from these projects, including how to add footnotes to the PowerPoint handouts and how to add speaker notes. I also never knew how to create a narrated presentation until these assignments. Something that I loved about this assignment was the fact that I had creative freedom to choose the subject I wanted to "lecture" on and what information I put into the presentation. One thing that I didn't like about this assignment was the fact that it was very tedious to add in all of the details needed to pass. It took me a while to complete the assignment because of this fact. One thing that I like about assignment #5 is the fact that we get to create a fun game and again use our creativity to relay information to students. One thing that I don't like about assignment #5 is the fact that it is difficult to keep track of all of the pages that need to be linked to each other. I think I can improve my assignment #4 by spending more time on the presentation part of the assignment. I think that I could have written out a script so that I wasn't rushing through the information. Therefore, while both of these assignments are tedious, they are also really great ways to practice PowerPoint for the future. (I have not started on assignment #5 yet, so I will just provide a screenshot for assignment #4. The screenshot is of the introduction page for my presentation.)
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
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