Flipped Lesson Plan Video - Demonstrating Relief Printing with a Linoleum Block
A "flipped-lesson" includes the teacher providing information before meeting in the classroom about a unit or lesson. That way, students can learn what they need to know, then do group or hands-on work (which would normally be homework) in the classroom, with the teacher present. The information can be provided in several ways. To most teachers, the most affective is an instructional video. To practice this educational technique, I created a video demonstrating how to create a relief print from a linoleum block.
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Technology Benefits Teachers
The Realistic Nature of Teaching with Technology:
Because of the depth and complexity of technology, the internet specifically, teachers can use the internet to their advantage. The prominence of technology is already so inevitable, that we educators should use its database and sophistication as a teaching tool. One of the most beneficial aspects is the ability to communicate and collaborate outside of the classroom, the state, or even the country. This component is what makes technology authentic. Using its abilities for real life circumstances and learning opportunities.
Teachers have almost an infinite amount of information at their fingertips. Which means that teachers no longer need to be experts at what they teach. Technology can be part of their source, and their student's source for knowledge. In this way, teachers can learn from students. When using a program or manipulating a website, students will more often than not do or create something that the teacher was not aware of. There's also a possibility of connecting content areas because of how accessible the internet is
In this way, using technology to teach brings to surface not what is being taught, but how the students is utilizing the technology and learning on their own. This is how people intrinsically learn, when the content feels relevant to them. Technology is by far the most efficient way of differentiating for each student. A teacher can stay on top of each student by using a sophisticated and well-rounded online classroom, without spending as much time with each student physically. Even though a physical interaction is vital with students, these online classrooms give students more differentiation and attention constantly.
New Web 2.0 Tools I've Learned:
Because of the depth and complexity of technology, the internet specifically, teachers can use the internet to their advantage. The prominence of technology is already so inevitable, that we educators should use its database and sophistication as a teaching tool. One of the most beneficial aspects is the ability to communicate and collaborate outside of the classroom, the state, or even the country. This component is what makes technology authentic. Using its abilities for real life circumstances and learning opportunities.
Teachers have almost an infinite amount of information at their fingertips. Which means that teachers no longer need to be experts at what they teach. Technology can be part of their source, and their student's source for knowledge. In this way, teachers can learn from students. When using a program or manipulating a website, students will more often than not do or create something that the teacher was not aware of. There's also a possibility of connecting content areas because of how accessible the internet is
In this way, using technology to teach brings to surface not what is being taught, but how the students is utilizing the technology and learning on their own. This is how people intrinsically learn, when the content feels relevant to them. Technology is by far the most efficient way of differentiating for each student. A teacher can stay on top of each student by using a sophisticated and well-rounded online classroom, without spending as much time with each student physically. Even though a physical interaction is vital with students, these online classrooms give students more differentiation and attention constantly.
New Web 2.0 Tools I've Learned:
- Stoodle: A website geared towards sharing thoughts creatively and casually. Several pages are combined to make one "Stoodle." The teacher and student can both be on the same page simultaneously in order to collaborate on thoughts and understandings.
- Users are able to draw, add pictures, and text to a blank page.
- Bloom's Taxonomy alignment: knowledge, comprehension, and application
- Students are able to demonstrate their knowledge, and make relations and discoveries based off of what is on the Stoodle that was created!
- Class Badges: Somewhat of an online classroom that awards students "badges" for accomplishing an assignment. It allows students receive specific badges based on their achievements. This allows students to feel intrinsically determined to complete assingments.
- Each student has their own profile and students can focus on individual students
- Bloom's Taxonomy alignment: all levels
- allows students to understand why and how they got a certain grade, as well as how they can improve in the future.
- Kahoot: An online quiz tool. With Kahoot, teachers invite students to participate in a time quiz. The format allows quiz taking to be fun and engaging!
- Students get a certain amount of time to answer a multiple choice question and see they results of the whole class at the end.
- Bloom's Taxonomy alignment: Knowledge and comprehension
- Students are able to prove their knowledge and perhaps use comprehensive skills to figure out the answer. It's otherwise really only a tool to determine the knowledge of a student.
My Role as Digital Citizen and Teacher
The vastness of the internet can lead people to believe falsities, make rash judgements, and really just spread hate. If we hope for a better tomorrow, as teachers, it's crucial that we teach digital citizenship. This means teaching that our duty as members of society expands into the digital world. Technology is an inevitable part of education, business, politics, almost everything, and sheltering our youth from what's out there would be counterproductive. Accepting this component of society, learning about it, and implanting a positive view point towards it is the route I plan to take in teaching.
Firstly the usage of content found on the internet should be taken justly and given proper acknowledgment. We are otherwise stealing. Not only that, but creating a high expectations for students pushes them to be more authentic. It's so easy to claim images/content of any kind today from the internet without integrating one's own critical thinking to research. That's part of the reason why I am choosing the path of an art teacher. I believe the ability to make decisions for yourself and using your brain to figure things out is how we will reach a more peaceful and thoughtful world.
Another component of digital citizenship is being authentic and caring within social media. Social media is a ginormous mode of communication. Everything shared is put out there for all to see, and is influencial no matter what. This goes back to the understanding that what we're trying to portray to people online is no different than the footprint we're trying to leave in the physical world. It's about being ethical; understanding that being a well-rounded person involves understanding your influence at every point in time, including on the internet.