Digital Movie / Flipped Classroom

This week in one of my classes, we practiced making a digital movie for our students that they could watch in their own time outside of the class. This approach to learning is called a flipped classroom, because the students do the basic learning outside of class and then start the application process in class. We watched this video in class to get some background information about what a flipped classroom is and how we can use it with our students.

 

For my digital movie project, I made a summary video of Romeo and Juliet.

We had to record audio and place it over visual pictures. I inserted my video above, so hopefully it works and you are able to watch it!

Smart Boards

This week in my Production and Utilization of Instructional Technology class, we were shown a little about how to use a Smart Board. We had Smart Boards my senior year of high school in all of my classes, but we used them in some classes more than others. I think that they can be a great tool for teaching, but that the lesson cannot rely on the technology too much, in case it isn't working correctly that day.

I hope that I am able to use a Smart Board in my future classroom, because I think it is a fun way to get students involved in their learning and to give them a way to interact with the material. If they are engaged in the lesson, it will stick with them better. One way I can use the Smart Board is for vocabulary words.

Hello!

Hello all!

My name is Madison and I am a college student majoring in Secondary Education in English. I am in my third year of college. This semester I am taking a few education classes and a few English classes, so I am really focusing on classes that pertain to my major. I am excited to learn more about what I will be doing in my career, and I hope these classes prepare me for the future.

In this blog, I am going to be posting about what I am learning in my classes and how I am preparing to one day be a teacher. Hopefully it will be of some interest to other students who also hope to be teachers one day, or maybe just anyone who is interested in blogging or technology. I have never used blogging as an education tool before, but it seems like it will be a good way to interact with my fellow students, share my thoughts with them, and find out what they are thinking as well.

I'll be back next week with another post!