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====After reading the article I looked into each of the 5 core principles of learner-centered teaching, and the suggestions that Shibley provided as to how we could use technology to help satisfy these goals. I considered each area and which ways would be useful in the area that I plan to teach.====
 * 1) ====**Shift the balance of power toward the learner:** I feel that the only one that I would use from this area would be the online quizzes. The reason for that is I believe that the wikis, blogs and discussion boards would be too time consuming to me at this point in my teaching career.====
 * 2) ====**Use content to organize activities:** The technologies that I would use to support how I would organize and communicate course materials and expectations would include an online syllabus, and the learning management system. I don’t believe I would use the email notification as I would be teaching high school students and the local school boards discourage email contacts.====
 * 3) ====**Think of teaching as facilitating learning:** The technologies that I may consider using to help support this goal would be online homework and the occasional survey.====
 * 4) ====**Responsibility for learning rests with the learner:** The technologies that I would use to help students take ownership of their learning would be the online quizzes, and check boxes to allow the student to move forward. I don’t believe that I would use the blogs or wikis at this point.====
 * 5) ====**Evaluation provides a way to foster learning**: I liked Shibley’s ideas of using low-stakes grading opportunities. I believe I would set it up to give the students a set number of attempts to pass an online quiz. I believe that tracking their progress through quizzes, checkpoints in their learning, and self and peer evaluation I can get a full view of their learning processes.====

====When I first heard about the flipped class I thought it was mainly the students having to learn on their own through videos. I thought of it more as an online type course. After reading some of the articles I realized that it was not about that and that it is the "lecture" being done at home via teacher-created videos and that the practical part was being done during class time. The article was interesting in that it explained that by using the “flipped class” it would allow the teacher to spend more time interacting with students and allow more time for practical demonstrations. The benefits of a flipped classroom are great especially if you want to keep the students engaged in their learning. After discussing this with another teacher who was familiar with “webquests”, this seemed to be a natural progression from the webquest learning strategy to the flipped classroom.====

====As described on Wikipedia Flip teaching (or flipped learning) is considered a form of blended learning. With flipped teaching various forms of technology are utilized. Technology is most commonly being used through the use of teacher created videos that the students can view after class. Through using teacher created videos and other video lessons that are online it allows the students to learn and study the material outside of class time and then during class time they are able to apply the knowledge to practical work. The flipped classroom increases interaction and personalized contact time between students and teachers. This allows the teacher to concentrate on the areas of instruction that are harder for the student to make connections with. ====

==== While this type of instruction is useful and could work very well in many different vocations, in most cases it would need to be brought in gradually due to the amount of time needed to develop the teacher made videos of instruction. When thinking about how I could use Flipped Learning in my class, I considered the different areas that would normally consume a large amount of lecture and class time. I took into consideration those areas that the students could learn about during home study time on their own via online videos. One of the areas that I considered was a section on safe and proper lifting and transferring of patients “clients”. I could set up different videos with various examples of why we need to know how to properly transfer a person without injury and how to properly and safely transfer using different pieces of equipment. This would allow for more in class time for questions and demonstrations by the students to show that they learned and understood the material. ====

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Before reading the article I had a preconceived idea of what role-play was referring to. After reading the article I realized that many of the ideas that I had would actually fall under different areas of learner centered approaches. I found the article to be very interesting and I could see this approach working in some courses but have not been able to come up with any ideas on how I could incorporate it into the course I am planning on teaching. I currently work as a PSW and am planning on teaching high school Health Care. Some of the topics we would be covering in the course would be nutrition, proper lifting and transferring, Personal hygiene, common diseases and conditions and safety in the home. Every idea that I come up with tends to fit more into a Case Study scenario rather than Role Play. When talking to another teacher about Role Play in a Health Care course we found it difficult to put Role Play into Vocational Trades. That same teacher did talk about using Role Play when teaching grade 9 Canadian Geography. They would split in similar fashion to what was done in the article while learning aspects of the Canadian Government. Between reading the article and discussions with the other teacher I am unsure how it could be used within the Health Care Course and how efficient it would really be. Time constraints on materials that need to be taught make this style of learner centred approach almost unfeasible. That being said I am looking forward to reading the reflections that my fellow students write. Maybe I will gain some possible way to bring this learner centred approach into my course.
 * __Reflection for Assignment 7 Reading "Role Play"__**

Elaine- Michele, I agree with you completely. I think I understand the concept of how to use role playing in the classroom but am unable to figure out a realistic way to use it in mine. I am also hoping someone's feedback will give me ideas on how this can be achieved. Perhaps I am just not grasping the concept fully. If all else fails, perhaps Eva will have some thoughts on possibilities for vocational instructors.

David- I see what you are implying on my page but in the topic it states role play **simulation** is a form of experimental learning that allows you to cover the same form of topics as you would in a lecture, all the things the students are doing is part of their course, they need to know how and understand the why of the different positions. The material is not new therefore wouldn't be discovery, no? Also there is PBL introduced which is in the article three. Thanks for your comments as maybe there is some confusion on the matter, but as students we are learning.<

Wade - Michele do you not practice lifting, walking a simulated blind or disabled person? I think that counts toward role play in some capacity. Some content lends itself very well to role play and other types are more difficult but doable. I teach graphic arts and instead of just designing a piece I give specific jobs to each team member ie: Production Manager, Pre-Press Tech, Artist, and Estimator for example.

Michele - Thank you both David and Wade. I do hope that Eva does go through this with some more detail since the article says role-play simulation yet our resources for our course show role-play and simulation as two different learner centered approaches. I really do see what you are saying but still can not help but think that what you are indicating or describing falls under the simulation learner centered approach from our resources as opposed to the definition of role-play learner centered approach.

Michael - After reading your reflection, I wonder if I myself am getting role play and simulation mixed up. I do feel that role play can be quite affective in health care courses ie. student acting out certain disorders etc. However perhaps this is simulation after all.

Michele - Michael at first I thought that role play could be used quite affectively especially for first aid and CPR, but then when I read more information it seemed like it was more simulation then role play. I am still hoping to get more clarification from Eva.

Brenda - Eva mentioned in last night's class that there can be approaches layered within main approaches. To further muddy the waters, and much in the manner of what Wade does in graphic arts, we do a capstone project, 'Hotel Simulation' with designated management positions such General Manager, Front Desk Manager, Executive Housekeeper, Sales Manager, et cetera. The group has to work through a series of complex case studies every two weeks and students contribute within the scope of their position. One of those weeks we also include another learner centred concept of in-basket training where we situate the team in a boardroom with all their resources for the day and every 15 minutes they are presented with another problem in the hotel (Health Inspector, Stolen Luggage, Emergency Evacuation.) They have to prioritze and solve all the problems before 4pm. This is a co-teach with 3-4 other instructors who operate as the Board of Directors.

I would like to design a webquest designed to help students gain a better understanding of how to properly use CPR. This webquest is intended for grade 10 students in the Health Care course who will be tested and given their CPR qualifications during the Health Care Skills and First Aid section of the course. Throughout the webquest they will learn all of the essentials of CPR and how to decide when and where it should be performed as well as how to perform it. The students will create a CPR PowerPoint that illustrates that they have a good understanding of CPR and how it is performed. The PowerPoint should include differences between adults, children, and infants as well as all the necessary steps needed when performing CPR. This PowerPoint presentation will be presented to the class. The students should use the following links and any other websites they can find to help them create their PowerPoint presentation. [|__http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=37677&tid=001__] [|__http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_should_you_know_CPR__] [|__http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_are_the_AED_pads_placed_on_an_adult__] [|__http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/First_Aid/Emergency_First_Aid_%26_Initial_Action_Steps__] [|__http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/c/infant-cpr/__] I believe this site would be a good one to check out at the end and do the test to see how much they have learned. [| __http://www.cprdude.com/cpr-test.shtml__] At the end of this unit the guest CPR instructor will be coming in to review the materials and procedures with the students. The students will be tested by the CPR instructor through written and practical test. Information and items that will be required for this webquest would be the following.
 * __Assignment 10 - WEBQUEST__ **
 * Computer lab time or student owned technology
 * Internet access in order to view websites and create their PowerPoint
 * PowerPoint projector for viewing presentation
 * CPR instructor- all of their materials to be supplied by them but funded through Department or school

__**Assignment 8 Individual Presentation on Learner-Centered Approaches**__

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 * Assignment 8 Peer Critiques**

The presentation was very thorough and explained things very well. I did hear that she said at the beginning about how this will help from her lecture method and doing the learner centered approaches. I was just a little confused because Eva had emailed me saying to not talk about the approach but to talk about how it is different from the lecture method. I liked the way she did it and will be talking more about my approaches now too.
 * Elaine -**

I like how she is showing what the old teaching method was along with what she going to change it into. Great description of what the students will need to do and very honest about how some students may wait to the end and just say “I agree”. This is so true with some students in high school.
 * Marnie -**

I like that use of the Prezi! I have never seen it before. Interesting presentation itself and good explanation of the approaches she wanted to use. I liked that fact that the information the student’s research means up to date information. Unfortunately old lectures end up with old information. I like the peer evaluation; there are many teachers who shy away from that form of evaluation.
 * Melodie -**

Wow again another Prezi. I was not sure where you were going at first but then nicely brought it into the different approaches. I do like the flipped classroom idea although I wonder if it is better with college and a better maturity level then what high school has. High school students probably would have many that would not watch the required videos. Webquests are great if the technology is there and working properly.
 * Michael -**

Your presentation was very good with wonderful descriptions of the different approaches being used. I am very intrigued by the digital storytelling approach. I will now have to look where I could implement it into the healthcare course. It is nice to see that a number of you are using peer evaluations.
 * Roxanne -**

Very well done Donna! The webquest is a great one to use. My partner has used them before in his courses as well and says they are very useful when they can be applied to a course or unit.
 * Donna -**

I like your examples for how you will use the different approaches. I agree, although not sure how correct we are about by using a rubric but also giving marks for students who think outside of the box in a more creative thinking way. Oh my god! Yes give them the websites so they don’t do a search for erections! That will be frowned upon in the high school.
 * Barry -**

I love your way of using the role play! It gives them that further step into critical thinking. They can no longer just regurgitate the names of the parts, now they have to really understand how it works. Great! The cooperative was good, but don’t you feel that almost all of our teaching in the trades has the scaffolding? Good choice of subject matter for the flipped classroom. I think my husband would like to take his class.
 * Gill - **

Yes, in the flipped classroom the resources are an issue. Do you make them or can you find them? Is the webquest done before they go out into the shop to try doing a wheel alignment? I am a little confused because it sounds like the flipped classroom is followed by some questions in the classroom and then straight into the webquest. I like the case study it is real good! But wonder if that would be something used after they have been out there doing some alignments already. I like what you have but just wonder when you indicate when you would be doing it.
 * Stefan - **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Very interesting presentation, safety can be put into any occupation. I like how you have incorporated all of your learner centered approaches into one lesson. I wonder how many times we group things together. Great job Bryan.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryan - **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It is nice how you state things like “better for the graphic learners”. and how there will be learners with more prior knowledge than others. I like the case study although was it really a case study? or does it fall under pbl or some other approach? Your apologies for the repetition are not needed I believe repetition is good for trade training. Not that this is a part of an approach but I love the retention test at the end of a course or trade training.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">David - **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I love your use of the KWL. my husband uses it quite often with his courses at the beginning to get a good read on prior knowledge and what students hope to gain. it sounds like you are very comfortable with the use of the case study approach. Excellent outcomes and I believe worded properly. It would be difficult to tell people in a one day PD that they have a test to complete so I understand that there is no real evaluation for the materials. Well done! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I do like the use of the Prezi and need to learn it myself. I hope you don’t tell your high school students that they have never made anything good. But you are right that the puzzle would very easily be changed from wood to metal. I like the webquest choice. In Ontario the students already have a resume by the time they finish their grade 10 careers and civics course but a webquest would be great for them to use. Excellent outcomes and I believe worded properly. For the role play I like that you have someone else come in for the mock interview. My husband uses a video camera to get the same uneasiness from the students. Well done!! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I like that you are doing discovery learning with the resume writing. That way if you do find any problems with their motivation to do the steps, you could take over the lesson and fall back on an old method if need be. I love the role play on the interview process. I hope that it would make the students have a sense of realism if not maybe add a video camera <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Good recovery on the popplet not working! Bravo! I agree that tourism would already be using learner centered approaches. The role play sounds like a very good way to get all learners to understand money going in and out of Canada. Sounds like you have these approaches all worked out but I now think that I have absolutely no idea about what the tourism education is all about.... BEER...
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I love the slides you pick to describe what you are talking about. Thank you for mentioning that you were using proper safety and having the glasses on while working with power tools. I like the critique you give about the tongue oil. It is nice to know the opinion of someone that I know better than a website page written by a stranger. I am glad you are still married. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I like the video aspect of your assignment as I am a visual sort of learner. With the amount of time it took to do 10 lines, I can understand that a lot of older ladies knit.. and knit all day long. It’s a nice first scarf and don’t let anyone tell you different! I tried to learn how to knit before and yes it ended up in the garbage can. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interesting choice of assignment and a very understandable topic for the blog. OMG I love the name thisoldmare.com but momsoverthirty.com is a little nicer. WOW, I have never done a blog or even looked at one and now after all the things you had to do, I never want to have anything to do with blogs. I was 33 when I had my son and now I am a grandmother of a 4 year old so I may have a look at your blog and see what these things are all about. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My hubby would have preferred the Harley fire pit. He is looking into getting a CNC plasma cam as well for his school tech department so this was very interesting. I love the style for the fire pit but not so much on the theme since I am not a sports buff. I agree with you that the comment of “even a welder could do it” is a bit of an insult. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mmmmm beer... A wonderful learning of the whole process. Sounds simple enough for how to make it but how hard do you think it would be for someone who is not very technical? I love your summary of what you would do differently when you do it again. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I really like your samples of the floors and being able to compare them. Interesting decision to be made, do you repair or replace especially since the majority of hardwood floors can be restored. I did not realize you could refinish an engineered floor. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wow my head is spinning. I do not know what he is talking about, but after a little while I figured out that he is racing ski-doos. What does this “ramp” thingy do? Well even though I had no idea what you were talking about, you did seem to have learnt a lot during this process. I like the personal finish that it has been good for your boys. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That is a cool topic! My hubby likes trucks. I would not have thought there would have been so much into shortening the truck box. Did you find much in the way of video resources? This was very informative! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nice clear layout and easy to follow. I did not know all you examples needed to be oiled. good to know that it is hard to find the product. I like that you used forums, it is always better to have a conversation with people who have the experience.Is there any safety needed when using the blueing? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Great idea about learning more about these modern camera. I think so many of us just use that green auto part of the settings. A lot of definitions that are very confusing, I hope you were grasping it. I would love to get your presentation from you. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interesting topic. I can understand your concerns about what could happen if anything went wrong. I like the varied resources you used. That was wonderful that you researched it and then did it! Very happy for you. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Great that you checked with your boss... happy wife; happy life! I agree that sometimes getting a good used deal can sometimes cost you more in the long run. I hope your neighbours don’t mind you having drums to be playing at home. If you are just starting to play drums then you are a quick learner. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I love how “into it” you got while doing this presentation. this presentation really could be used to teach others how to change and fix a flat tire. It looks like a wonderful learning for you. My hubby had some concerns about burning the excess of the plug, he was concerned that it would change some of the characteristics of the rubber and could adversely affect the tire performance. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cool henna tats. I have found they normally do not work well on me. That's cool information that you gave about the black henna and what can happen to your skin. I think your oops are perfect for your learning experience. That henna seems to be more stable than what you get at a fair. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I guess this might be needed for people having very loud music but would it really be needed for any other time? I love that you did the research, then tried it, then gave your conclusion, and especially love that your assessment of it was negative. I personally would never do it as I do not see any need for it.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Assignment 5 Peer Critiques__ **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Elaine **
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Melodie **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tom **
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gill **
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryan **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">David **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Debbie **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wade **
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brenda **
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