Blog #9: The Flipped Classroom, PowerPoint

         The Flipped Classroom is a very interesting concept to me. It consists of different delivery systems, such as Distance Delivery, Online Delivery, and Blended Devilry. Distance Delivery is linked with distance education, which is the delivery of instruction to students who are separated from their teacher by time and/or location. Technology is what compromises the gap between time and/or location. Students do mot see their teacher in face to face settings. Due to advances in technology, Distance education has become more and more popular.
          In Online Learning Delivery, the delivery systems offer instruction entirely from the Internet. Teachers and students use a Learning management system, which is composed of a series of bundled tools that schools can employ to create full - featured online classrooms. These systems usually present and organize course materials, provide assessments, add enhanced activity formats, record student progress with grade books, etc.
           This system of delivery has a very popular feature, called an open source delivery. What this does is offers free services to help create and formulate assignments, wikis, chats, forums, surveys, lessons, workshops for peer assessments, etc. Another tool that we use currently that is apart of this learning system is BlackBoard.
            LMS systems are very beneficial because they all operate the exact same way, so once you learn how to use one, the others are just as easy to navigate. With all of its features, LMS offers opportunities for students to participate in instruction at any time and from any place and for teachers to create innovative, pedagogically sound Internet based lessons for students regardless of their location.
          The last type of delivery systems are blended delivery systems. This combines the elements of both face to face instruction and online learning. Some schools offer courses that meet regularly like traditional classes but with online support components. Other schools may offer occasional face to face meetings as support for an online course.
          This blended system combines a traditional and online experiencing of learning in the classroom. Blended learning offers some unique advantages by providing the type of learning experience learners are most likely to have during their academic and work careers. Face to face training models are to time consuming and way to costly.
          Blending online training and in house training is already the business norm. Another advantage is improved access to instruction. Teachers can use the communication tools in online learning to interact with students who cannot attend class. Students can use these same technologies to interact with peers.
           Here is a link to educational videos about flipped classrooms. Believe it or not, they are at the bottom of an educational blog from Edutopia:   Video
          The Powerpoint information dissemination taught me a lot about Powerpoint software. I learned how to download a free template from the Internet, and use it as my own template for my own PowerPoint presentation. I also learned how to set background images for my slides, instead of uploading a picture and stretching it out to make it seem like I placed a background there.
           I also learned how to use and edit the master slide of a powerpoint presentation, which allows me to customize the layout of my slides and have more say in the design, as well as how I choose to present my information.
          There was nothing that I did not like about this project. What I did like the most was the fact that I had the freedom to make a presentation as if I am currently a teacher, teaching the grade level and subject that I want to teach in the future. It is something that I do not get the opportunity to do in any other class, and it really makes me challenge myself to see how great of a teacher i can become. I also like the ability to use free templates from the Internet, that are more complex and innovative.
          If there was anything that I would improve for the next time I created a presentation, it would be to limit the amount of bulleted lists I have in them . I feel like i can create a more innovative, unique way to have my information pop off the screen that doesn't involve the same old, boring bullet points.                                                                       
          The PowerPoint Interaction assignment also taught me new things about the PowerPoint software that I didn't know were possible. I learned how to not only find but download a gameshow template on to PowerPoint software. 
          I also learned how to incorporate sounds with animations, which as crazy as it sounds was something I did not know how to do going into this assignment. I also learned how to hyperlink buttons, such as a home button that can navigate players of the game I made (Jeopardy) back to the overall question board. I also learned how to insert hyperlinks on shapes, allowing people to click the shape and move to the next slide.        
           There was nothing about this project that I did not like. What I did like was the fact that yet again I had freedom to choose whatever game I wanted to create, as well as the CPalms standard I got to base it off of. These assignments give me the opportunity to create these projects as if these are going to be used by me in a future class of mine, which gets me really excited.
            Next time, if I was to do anything differently, it would maybe be to challenge myself and work in a group for this project. Personally, I like to get things done on my own schedule and be responsible for everything. But adapting to change is something that I need to give myself an opportunity to try. Below are the screenshots for my PowerPoint information dissemination and my PowerPoint Interaction assignment: