EME2040 Education and Technology

     I am not exactly sure how often i will use surveys or excel tools as a teacher. Teaching a language is a bit different then other subjects, it's an elective, so it gives me a little more room to do things as I like; instead of having strict regulations about the subject because there is no standardized tests for electives. When I do use it though, I will try to make it as easy as possible because I do not know how to operate them that well myself.     I find it interesting how people are wanting to incorporate technology and new tools into their classrooms and their classroom lesson plans. I like to know that other people would like to incorporate technology into their classroom, just because I do not think I will use a lot of technology in my classroom and I know its important for students to have these skills. So I am glad to know that they will have other classes that will help them with this ever changing knowledge.       I think ...

      So a "Flipped Classroom" is something I absolutely dislike. I have been in several different flipped classrooms in college, Spanish 2203 and Spanish 2204 were the two flipped classes I had and I can personally say I did not learn anything and if I did I did not remember it in the long run. Also, my fiancee is in Medical School and his first two years of medical school they did a flipped classroom style of learning, for for the whole two years I wanted him and his friends struggle to understand information that absolutely could not understand on their own and no one was actually teaching any information. I think that it is a good idea in theory but I have seen how many times it does not work and the information does not stick in someones mind the same way. Now maybe for some people they like a flipped classroom learning style, however I do not believed this should be the only type of classroom and students should be given a choice. Some students learn best from a tra...