The "Flipped Classroom" is where the teacher assigns a video the night before a lesson, to give the students a head start on what is going to be going on the next day. The students will watch the videos the night before so during class time the teacher can work on more individualized practices and activities based on what the curriculum has in store.I like the flipped classroom because it allows the teacher to be more prepared for the activity and have more time as well. I don't like that it takes out a lot of the actual teaching that still needs to be done. This would also severely impact students who don't have access to technology at home because they would not be able to watch the videos and they would fall behind very quickly.
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
While searching for websites that have educational videos, I stumbled upon Edutopia which turned out to be a great resource for professional development. This website has incorporated many of the tactics that I see in our EME class on a regular basis. The website has it's own twitter account, which provides another way for teachers to communicate. The website posts teacher strategies regularly and it also posts different ways that teachers can show school leadership.
One of the more popular articles that this website has is "5 Tips for Avoiding Teacher Burnout". I feel like a lot of other websites can tell you how to be a good teacher and how to motivate your students, but this website can give you help where other websites lack. This website understands that there IS a struggle for teachers to continue because it is such a hard job, even though it is continuously looked down upon by others. This website is always posting new ways to help teachers with their professional development while also adding a hint of emotional development on the side.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-tips-avoiding-teacher-burnout-mary-beth-hertz
On this week's assignment, I was able to use some of the new tricks that I learned in our class. I really enjoyed creating a lesson plan and then actually getting to teach it, but without the class actually being there I felt awkward just interacting with myself. I tried creating an imaginary audience with my pillows but without the responses I still felt awkward. One of my favorite things to do was group pictures together to create a bigger graphic, but I think that's just because I like to press buttons. I also liked how I got to incorporate the new techniques for PowerPoint, like using less words. It was harder than I thought initially because I just wanted to write it all out on the screen, but once I got the hang of it I was actually able to create a slide that only had 5 words. I am also obsessed with the template I found because it is super cute.
While searching for websites that have educational videos, I stumbled upon Edutopia which turned out to be a great resource for professional development. This website has incorporated many of the tactics that I see in our EME class on a regular basis. The website has it's own twitter account, which provides another way for teachers to communicate. The website posts teacher strategies regularly and it also posts different ways that teachers can show school leadership.
One of the more popular articles that this website has is "5 Tips for Avoiding Teacher Burnout". I feel like a lot of other websites can tell you how to be a good teacher and how to motivate your students, but this website can give you help where other websites lack. This website understands that there IS a struggle for teachers to continue because it is such a hard job, even though it is continuously looked down upon by others. This website is always posting new ways to help teachers with their professional development while also adding a hint of emotional development on the side.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-tips-avoiding-teacher-burnout-mary-beth-hertz
On this week's assignment, I was able to use some of the new tricks that I learned in our class. I really enjoyed creating a lesson plan and then actually getting to teach it, but without the class actually being there I felt awkward just interacting with myself. I tried creating an imaginary audience with my pillows but without the responses I still felt awkward. One of my favorite things to do was group pictures together to create a bigger graphic, but I think that's just because I like to press buttons. I also liked how I got to incorporate the new techniques for PowerPoint, like using less words. It was harder than I thought initially because I just wanted to write it all out on the screen, but once I got the hang of it I was actually able to create a slide that only had 5 words. I am also obsessed with the template I found because it is super cute.
Your template is beautiful! I understand what you mean about presenting to an imaginary audience. I feel similarly when I conduct a webinar.
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