The flipped classroom is an idea that first came about four years ago. “The core is to flip the common instructional approach: With teacher-created videos and interactive lessons, instruction that used to occur in class is now accessed at home, in advance of class. Class becomes the place to work through problems, advance concepts, and engage in collaborative learning. Most importantly, all aspects of instruction can be rethought to best maximize the scarcest learning resource, time.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_BqyVD2HFg

I chose SchoolRack for my interesting web resource.  SchoolRack is a free application for teachers to create classroom web sites. Using these class portals, teachers can interact with students and parents, post, collect, and grade assignments, communicate via mailing lists and private discussion boards, and send private messages to students. It is a free site that can be used by all.

I think it can be a great source that is used for professional development. It is an internet source, so it would be quite inexpensive for all teachers to actively use the site. I think it would especially benefit students because it can be used to give technological and educational skills. Teachers can use it to communicate with parents, students, and other teachers. Students can use it to interact with other students and teachers.
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This week’s assignment was rather simple. I honestly knew how to do everything that was required except for the Jing thing. I knew nothing about Jing until I went to the website. You can use Jing for many things, including recording, to simply taking a screenshot. It’s a pretty coo tool that I can see using in a high school setting. Although I could not figure out how to record myself, all in all, I liked this assignment because it was simple.

I think virtual classrooms are a great technological advancement. I believe giving the student a day in a virtual classroom would relieve some stress, and give the student time to catch up on homework after they have viewed the online lecture and/or assignment. This is the most beneficial to me because the student is still actively engaged, yet the learning is independent.
"Biometrics is the technology used to recognize humans based on specific physical or behavioral traits. In the future, this technology will help intelligent software completely understand the physical and emotional state of children learning in the classroom."(Grantham) I think this is a really cool idea. I also think the students would have better control over their emotions in order to have pleasant results. I also think this would greatly help the teacher in understanding her students emotions. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/five-future-education-technologies-nick-grantham
I believe I am on the "digital" side of the divide. I have had access to just about every type of technology that has been released since almost birth. In my future classroom I honestly don't think too many students will be technologically illiterate. Technology is such a big part of life today in America (and in other parts of the world), it is almost impossible not to be exposed. If I did experience any problems I would simply give a class lesson on how to use whatever technology being used in the current lesson.

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My PowerPoint would consist of six different slides to represent each different level. The first slide would be a general overview of the current unit. The second would be definition or any explanation to justify the information presented to the students. The third would be some sort of source list or other reputable list. The fourth would relate the unit to "real" life situations. The fifth slide would be an in class assignment. The sixth and final slide would be a something to help the students remember all they learned in the lesson.
Adaptive technology is essential for some students. They are extremely helpful to those with certain disabilities. There are many different types of adaptive technologies: from hearing aids to prosthetic limbs. I have known people with hearing aids and prosthetic legs. Having those things helped them live as normally as they could. The only challenge I think would arise is curiosity from other students.
This week's assignment was actually not that challenging, but very time consuming. I had issues with the first three website makers, so the final had to work! While I will admit, my site is all over the place, I think I did a pretty good job being that this is my first site. The only thing I had problems with were adding certain elements to the site that you wanted. I honestly couldn't figure it out, but I made it work.

I have looked at my own mother's school website. It's actually quite basic. I see her personal contact information. I see what subject she teaches, which is 8th grade Georgia Studies. There are links to visit the school's home web page. She also has a little box where you can email any questions or concerns.

I plan on becoming a history teacher. In my classroom I plan on using a smartboard to play educational games such as jeopardy. I would also have my students tweet twice a week, interesting history facts related to the current lecture.
This week in EME 2040 I learned how to create a wiki page. It was quite frustrating at the beginning being that it was almost impossible to create an account. I also learned how to correctly choose a web site for a source of valid information. This was very helpful because I have papers that need reputable sources. The only thing I found undesirable was the wiki page. I could be old school, but it was quite confusing, yet basic.

I will be critiquing blogger. I honestly don’t like this website. It just looks so basic to me. I feel everything should be easy to find, and it is not. It took me about 10 minutes trying to figure out how to sign out. I believe it should be more user friendly. I feel it might cater to those who are used to visiting blog sites.

“Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students/technology users for a society full of technology. “ I plan on teaching high school so in my class room I would make sure my students know what is inappropriate to search. I would also let them know my computer is linked to them all, so at any moment I could see what each and every student is doing.

Although I should have known this already, I now know how to easily do a hyperlink. It’s super easy and highly effective when using a computer. The only thing I did not like about the Newsletter Design was the stories. I honestly was a bit confused on what to write a “story” about technology.

As a student, I have used Microsoft word quite often. I believe I started using it regularly in my senior year of high school. My teacher had us writing short stories every week that had to be typed. Now that I am in college, I use it for every single class. Something I thought was really cool is the fact that you can change the bullet points. I will definitely incorporate into power points to make them more creative.
I honestly have not had much of an experience with copyright and fair use of materials. I first learned about copyright infringement from YouTube. One of my videos was silenced because of the song I had playing in the background. As a teacher, to avoid any future problems, I will make sure to use free media outlets.
Thus far, I have learned how to actually use a twitter account. I feel that I can comfortably navigate to and use any open account that I have. At first, I was quite skeptical about twitter usage for class but it has actually made me read and learn more about educational technology. When I become a teacher, I will definitely incorporate twitter in the classroom. It is a great way to get all students essentially to "participate."