Assignment5

Assignment 5 - iTunesU The following link will take you to a GED Connection website. When you get to the website, please select Roller Coaster Physics: Energy [|Vodcast link]

I have chosen for my students to listen and watch a vodcast that will help them to learn about Roller Coaster Physics. During this clip that students can watch a roller coaster moving along its tracks while someone is narrating how energy is given to the roller coaster and transferred throughout the ride. This vodcast would be very beneficial for a student who has never ridden on a roller coaster. This vodcast could be viewed by the students as a homework assignment the day before introducing the conservation of energy. When the students come to class the next day, they would be ready to discuss the concept and have some background knowledge for the lab activity they would be working on during class.

I feel that iTunes U would be a good resource for a teacher who would like to create a flipped classroom. There appears to be a wealth of well-developed information that a teacher can use choose from to help students learn new information. The information exists in a format that students can access on their own, so it is something that could be done outside of class time. This will allow the teacher more time to facilitate class, since the students will already have some background knowledge about what it being taught.