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Flipped Classroom/Khan Academy/TPCK

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-third-grade-math/time I watched a short little video to brush up on my clock-reading skills and then took the post quiz. Not only did it quiz me on how to read a clock, but also the units of time, number lines, and simple math. The quiz was incredibly simple, but without mastery, I wouldn't have passed it, which gives me a lot of hope for when this is used in a classroom setting with students, especially in a semi-flipped classroom where I fill in holes and fix faulty understanding instead of trying to effectively teach every single subject at every single student's pace and trying to fill in holes in their knowledge as a guessing game.  I think there are a lot of my online classes that could benefit from having a "Khan academy" approach, where there's a steady progression of complexity. The layering of knowledge (without holes!) is so, so important in every single subject.  The implications of having an entire, free curriculum ...
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Google Classroom Reflection

As a teacher, Classroom will be useful as just that- a virtual classroom to post assignments, keep track of grades, posting rubrics, and giving feedback. I think that using Google as a whole is also really convenient because so many of their products sync across devices and accounts-- I can use the same email for Classroom as I can for Google Hangouts, Blogger, Sheets, Docs, Sites, and a bunch more, which should make it much, much easier for students (especially younger elementary students) to navigate online learning. With the pandemic, online learning is more important than ever to have as an option and teachers, parents, and students will all benefit using one streamlined operating service. 
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3 Articles

 Article 1: TPCK A lot of the beginning of this article was really depressing. I don't know when my students have been sufficiently educated according to sound education standards (not just rote learning for a standardized test). I don't know how intense the teacher work load will be once I'm out of college and I don't know how the gender wage gap will affect me. I don't know how the opportunity gap provided by wealth will affect my students.  One of the quotes was "In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." Theory and practice will rarely be the same and teachers should be the line between assembly-line education and true education and skills that help them in the future.  Article 2: Teaching and Technology There was a lot of overlap between TPCK and this article. Article 2 touched on economy and the undervalue of human workers. As a non-economics major who doesn't know anything about business, I don'...
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Week of August 16 Blog Post

1. I don't think this world will have a generation of idiots, but I do think that a large portion of kids and young adults will be more depressed. The lack of person-to-person touch and local friendship and physical communication and body gestures will change the way people communicate. Like how once upon a time, taking off your hat was a sign of respect, but in many (non-old fashioned) places now, hats (especially beanies, thick headbands, and ball caps) are just another fashion accessory. Things change. That's what they do. The entire idea behind the internet is that it's an information superhighway- generations of people will have knowledge of everything imaginable at their fingertips. Those that choose to utilize it won't be idiots and with a child's innate need to learn, education is going to slowly be changed by the influx of advancing technology.  2. Unavailable :( 3. While I do agree that there's a time and a place for technology in the home, this commer...
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