Frankie's EME 2040 Blog

   The flipped classroom is a way to structure a classroom that is quite different than your typical classroom. With the increase in the use of technology within our society, this is becoming a more common way to teach our students today/ With this teachers are able to post lectures on-line for their student to view while at home and when they arrive in class the next day they are instructed to complete their homework. This classroom design is not successful in every subject because lecture needs to occur within the classroom in order for students to ask questions and actively participate in discussions. With the flipped classrooms, students are able to replay lectures as often as they would like which can help with their studying practices for the tests so that they will be more successful when they are being accessed. Here are some podcasts addressing ways in which teachers are able to flip their classrooms and be successful-- https://www.mheducation.com/highered/highered/di...

   Adaptive technologies are used to further the understanding that students have within a classroom. Some examples of these are; blogs, webinars, Diigo, and twitter. These technologies can not only allow students to be hands on with the information but it also allows teachers to ensure the understanding of their students by assigning assignments using these different technologies. I have used these technologies within the classroom and they were very beneficial to my understanding of specific difficult topics. With these I was able to understand and be hands on with the information that I was having difficulties understanding. Using adaptive technologies in the classroom can be a challenge in it self. Although the provide great opportunities for students, there is always that fear that a teacher plans an entire lesson using them to just start the lesson and them not work. In our day, technology is very unpredictable and can break at any minute. With more use within the classr...