Blog Post #9

Flipped classroom is a creative way to think about school because literally everything in the "norm" is reversed. Instead of watching lectures and videos to learn in class and doing homework/extra helpful problems at home, it is opposite. Instead, you would save the lectures and videos for home and do the homework/assignments in the classroom. This utilizes technology a lot and I personally think it is a good idea, but I am hesitant. Students participating in the flipped classroom would have to be very driven and motivated to commit to the work outside of the classroom. I'm not sure every student would participate in this, so that's what worries me. A helpful educational website I have utilized a lot throughout my educational career is Khan Academy.

"Open source" refers to software, in the sense that it denotes for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. The source code is made freely available for anyone to access. When I googled it, I found many useful website such as Azure and Joomla. Both provided a plethora of information about open source and what it truly is.

Lastly, I learned a lot of new skills working with Power Point and also refreshed some old skills as well. Personally, I think the second assignment pushed me to learn a little more, mostly because I was using skills that I didn't know before this class. In the job world today, I think it is very important and helpful to know more than the basics when it comes to Power Point, just because it can be utilized in so many unique ways. Teachers in particular use Power Point all the time, if not daily, so knowing interesting tips and tricks would not only be helpful but might make your presentations more unique/fun.

Power Point Assignment 1:

Power Point Assignment 2: