Val's EME2040 blog

For ILP #2, I made an infographic about how to keep yourself safe in 2017, which serves as a guide on what to do and what not to do. You can find my project here .

As a teacher, surveys can be used to measure the class's opinions towards the end of the year regarding material, teaching methods, field trips, etc. For example, if I was teaching my prospective American History class for high schoolers, I could use Excel to compile a survey and reveal the trends among student responses to how I teach, what I teach, the examples I use, what I could improve, etc.  Looking over my classmates' blogs, I found it interesting how open we are to technology and incorporating it into education. I like this idea as well, but it does scare me a little. My favorite professor of all time hand-wrote his notes, and performed a lecture strictly from memory with insane accuracy and interest. But now, living with smart boards and virtual reality, I'm worried Mr. Fleming's teaching will be edged out, yet, my peers view this as way more of a positive impact on society. The next skill I would like to learn would be coding. My sister's best f...

The flipped classroom changes the idea of school, and allows technology to come into play more efficiently. This means rather than students learning information traditionally from the teacher, they learn it from online resources outside of class, and then come to school prepared already! This means that already have some background knowledge and come in with questions, and are thus open to deeper learning in the classroom. A source of educational videos could be found at  https://alison.com/ , which is a source of online courses covering most subjects for free! "Open" educational resources are those that are available to everyone. These would include video lectures, tutorials, or examples of problems you generally see in higher-education classes online for free. This means anyone will access can see and learn from this. This is an amazing resource for anyone looking to further their knowledge without paying high tuition; curious students, or elders with free time, for examp...