Blog Post 9

Essentially, the Flipped Classroom is a classroom structure in which the classroom structure is changed from that of a collective structure- one meant for the group- to one tailored for individuals. Instead of standing in front of the class and formally instructing, there are activities that are meant to be discussed amongst peers, and the teacher may sometimes provide further instruction or information on top of that as part of the lesson plan, but they do not default to instructing the lesson first and foremost as the center of the stage.

As for Open Education Resources, they are as they sound- essentially they are freely accessed, open source text, typically meant to help instruct and provide resources for teachers for their lesson plans. An example is Academic Earth, which can be found here. Essentially the website acts as a place where teachers can locate lectures on various topics and helpful information, which typically include those on the college level, which is oftentimes left to the wayside whenever discussing educational resources, most of the spotlight going to the elementary and high school levels.

Throughout the powerpoint assignments I feel as though as for new skills I didn't learn anything new- certainly, I made use of certain functions that I have previously never used, which was interesting from an educational standpoint. Yet at the same time, I wouldn't say that these new features were anything groundbreaking, and to an extent I don't feel to have learned anything that I might use in the future- I constructed my powerpoints the same as I would any other powerpoint, and seemed to have already been doing just fine.