my Blendspace Link

Here is the link to my blendsapce project.

https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/s4ReP4cUp0MLkA/designing-curriculum-final-project

Sorry this is posted late. I am new to blogging and I created a new blog instead of a new post. Still learning!

Sorry this is posted late.  I am new to blogging and I created a new blog instead of a new post.  Still learning!

My concerns

My issue is creating a flipped classroom in a school district with limited resources and a school with a high population of students that qualify for free and reduced lunch.  

We can use digital media technology to reach out to the community to gain support for the changes we want to make in our classrooms. We can use it to show the learning that is currently taking place in our classrooms and also show the need for help from the community to build upon and strengthen the current learning and implement new technology.  In my district, we need the support of the community as support from home can only take us so far.   If we are going to change our classrooms into a more beneficial and productive environment for learning it needs the support of parents as well as members of the community to be successful.

 The concept of student-centered learning is so necessary in my classes.  Many of my students are visual or hands-on learners, so being able to change the dynamics around in order to allow more time for demonstrations and lab time is extremely beneficial.  It allows me the opportunity to introduce new concepts to them via the internet, they can begin to understand what we will be discussing, do some research on the topic or perhaps watch a video presentation about it.  Then when they get to class, they already have some; albeit limited information on the subject that I can now delve deeper into and expand their knowledge of.

 I had not considered, from a student’s perspective, what the ideal layout of my classroom might be.  I am now trying to think like one of my students and consider if there is a better use of my classroom space that would be of greater benefit to them.  When I consider the limited resources we have as a school district, it makes you want to make the most out of what you do have.

Hello Everyone! Nice to meet you.

My name is Michelle Bernier and I live in Rochester, NH.  I am excited to be working with you and look forward to getting to know everyone better.  I already see several familiar faces in this class.  I teach at Spaulding High School alongside Tracy Mitropoulos.  I teach in two seperate departments within the high school.  I teach in the Family and Consumer Science department as well as in the CTE department where I teach Restaurant Management Level 2.  It is challenging to say the least to teach in completely different areas of the school never mind the difference in the types of courses that I could teach in any given year.

I am very excited to be in this class at this time because I have been given the opportunity to teach a new course that I am very excited about.  It is a class on Baking and Pastry.  My intentions are to use this course to help me to develop this new class from the beginning with the objective of modeling it as a flipped classroom.  It is a quarter-long class in which I have a lot I would like to teach them and to ensure that I am able to meet that goal the flipped classroom will allow for more hands-on learning in the classroom.  I have been given several suggestions already and have a few ideas of my own, but please feel free to offer suggestions at any point as I welcome the knowledge and experiences of others.

I love to cook obviously, but I also enjoy traveling and have taken two trips to Europe with my students.  I love to watch those students acclimate themselves to the new environment, language, and culture.  I am excited for my next trip abroad as there is always a new story to tell upon our return.