Week 2 - February 2, 2012

     I think the Flipped Classroom is a great way for students to initiate a greater capacity for self sufficiency.  By learning outside of class, what was learned in class is not forgotten the next day; instead, what is learned outside of class is brought into class in addition with any questions the material posed.  I think the Flipped Classroom makes the learning process more efficient in the sense that an instructor can spend more time helping students with what they do not understand.  In a normal classroom setting, teachers might find themselves spending time teaching the material only to have their students fail to understand it without any time at the end of a class session to correct any misunderstandings.


    I feel like creating the videos for the Teaching Software assignment is going to be an effective way for this class to learn more about the potential for software in the field of education.  I noticed that I had a relatively easy time in today's class learning about Diigo; anything I needed to operate it was right in front of me thanks to the video and the audio file instructions.  I was able to repeat instructions without having to waste anybody else's time.  I look forward to seeing how everybody else will operate in the Flipped Classroom setting, and I hope everybody can use the software we're being exposed to in order to come up with innovative ways to manage class materials as teachers.