Blog Post #9

For Blog Post #9, we were tasked with creating a Flipgrid with our opinion on the Flipped Classroom. The Flipped Classroom is an instructional method that sends class lectures and materials outside of the classroom, often online. Students teach and learn at home, and then come to class to complete assignments and/or homework. I like this idea, but I do have concerns with its implementation. Often students need help learning the material AND then completing assignments. I think students would be frustrated having to teach themselves online. 

Open Education Resources are those that are free to use and share. Often, students don't perform as well or end up dropping a class because they cannot afford the textbooks. Textbooks today are so expensive! As a student, I can vouch for this. Have you ever had to pay $150 for an access code? It's ridiculous! Here is an article that lists sites with OERs. These are super helpful for students and educators!

https://library.educause.edu/topics/teaching-and-learning/open-educational-resources-oer

For the PowerPoint assignments, I really enjoyed the second assignment where we had to create a game. The first assignment was helpful in that it taught us how to create a lecture. However, I liked the second assignment better because I had never learned how to create a nonlinear interactive PowerPoint. Below are screenshot of the first assignment lecture and then the second assignment game. For improvement in the future, I would like to do more with the lecture. I think there are opportunities to make it more engaging for students.