Blog Post #9

 Blog Journal 9: Distance Learning, OER, and PowerPoint for Information Dissemination


Distance Learning

My experience with distance learning in K-12 education is rather extensive. While most students within my county had returned to school post COVID-19, my family discerned that the best option for us was for me to stay online for an extra year. Because of this, I got a lot of experience with Florida Virtual School, or FLVS. I did not enjoy my time with FLVS. Though it could work for students who are adept at teaching themselves, I thrive within the classroom setting, and in taking away this learning mechanism, I was left stranded.

OER

An OER, or an Open Educational Resource, is a teaching, learning, or research material that is freely available for anyone to use, and is typically licensed under an open license. The resource I found relates to Elementary School mathematics. This lesson plan is centered around the idea that through folding paper, students might become more adept with fractions. This also develops students' fine motor skills.


PowerPoint for Information Dissemination

The biggest thing I learned from this project was how to effectively record my lessons in order to greatly foster student learning. Not only did I learn the technological aspects of this, but also the teaching aspects, with what to write in the powerpoint and what to simply say. I also played around with the different transitions, which was very fun. The only thing I did not like about this assignment was that we had to use PowerPoint, and it had to be a certain amount of slides long. I completely understand that assignments have to have specifications, but certain lessons take less slides to convey. However, overall it was a great experience and I learned a lot from it.

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