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Technology is changing the way we all live learn and communicate and I would find it hard to believe if anyone would tell me otherwise. I am actually fascinated with the "flipped classroom", which is when students receive a lecture or lesson at home and complete activities and homework in class with the help of the instructor or teacher. So the actual class becomes homework and homework becomes what is completed during class time. I love this because I was that student that was always lost in class and when it came time to do homework I was stumped and no one could help me at home. It allows kids to retain apply knowledge and get a better understanding of the material. Some online learning tools can include khanacademy.org and my personal favorite https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse. However, if I as a teacher were to have a "flipped classroom I would make my own lectures.

Open resources can include anything open to both educator and students that can aid in teaching and learning. They can be found on education websites, youtube, and learning software. An example that we used in class is Slide share. Open content can be described using the 3 R's: Reuse, Remix,Revise and Redistribute. Which refer to the one the only COPYRIGHT, my favorite. A way that is used to share search and use tools and resources is the open source code. (which is a fancy way to say software) An example would be Focus writer allows you to hone in on the work at hand. SO if I am writing a paper focus writer lets me get rid of basically everything else on the screen.


The power point assignment taught me how to be cool and still use power point because to be honest I feel like Prezi is slowly taking over. Just because I was unaware of the awesomeness PPT contained. My group used a Jeopardy PPT game that was amazing. It included sound effects and the main home screen to click on questions. They area great way to review in classes and have interactive lessons to keep kids engaged. I will definitely be utilizing this game in the future! Hopefully there will be mor be more up to date templates available because they all seemed to be a little outdated.