Jake Franklin

Contemporary Topics + Bound for Law

EDUC-W 200
Dr. Gary Pinkston
3/20/15

Flipping the Classroom:

A flipped classroom is a classroom in which the students learn more about the
subject outside the classroom via audio clips and text.
Learning outside the school setting allows for time spent in the actual classroom
to be spent on discussions about the material.

Pros

The flipped class method is a new way for students to learn new concepts
A flipped class allows for new and unique ways of learning to emerge
Students are able to learn and complete assignments at their own speed and in
ways that fit their own learning styles

Cons

Not all of the students in the classroom have access to the right forms of
technology needed

Students may not be able to learn complicated materials on their own

Implementations

Can be used to help students understand difficult readings such as Shakespeare

Allows to teachers to post labs on a class website and in turn the students can
watch those videos to perform labs correctly
Educators can assign students assignments such as creating a PowerPoint or
using Prezi to help the students learn historical ideas, people, and events.
Assign YouTube videos on how to perform certain types of mathematical
problems and then have students solve those problems next time in class.

Holland, Beth. "The Flipped Mobile Classroom: Learning "Upside Down"" The Flipped
Mobile Classroom: Learning "Upside Down" Edutopia.org, 30 Oct. 2013. Web. 20 Mar.

2015. <http://www.edutopia.org/blog/flipped-classroom-learning-upside-down-bethholland>.

Digital Divide:

The idea of giving educators and their students a technology devices that will be
productive is going to cost billions of dollars to carry out
Students are using computers that are more than five years old and cannot use
technology that is up to date.
Schools may have the right equipment, but that equipment is considered
worthless because the internet is too slow
Schools are not getting enough funds which in turn allows for poorer equipment
Schools do not have the staff with the right know how to operate more updated
technology

Garland, Sarah. "Instead of Getting Ready for the Tech Revolution, Schools Are Scaling
Back." The Blended Report. Hechingerreport.org, 14 May 2014. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.
<http://hechingerreport.org/content/instead-getting-ready-tech-revolution-schoolsscaling-back_15910/>.

Cyber Bullying:

Cyber bullying is on the rise and is more and more prevalent compared to years
past
Students are scared or intimidate to enter an online chat room, whether
educational or not, for fear of becoming a victim of cyber bullying
Cyber bullying can be detrimental to a students ability to learn materials online.
Students face cyber bullying 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Students who become cyberbullied are more likely to skip school
These students are also more likely to become involved in alcohol
Cyber bullying victims suffer more health issues, and lower self-esteem

"What Is Cyberbullying." What Is Cyberbullying. StopBullying.gov. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/what-is-it/index.html>.

Bound by Law:
Music

Using a small sample of someone elses music without permission can be a

costly mistake

Even just saying lyrics from a song can cause the publishers of that song to
demand some sort of payment
Instrumentals such as the theme song from the movie Rocky being used without
permission can cost you a hefty $10,000 fine

Public Domain

Ideas used from the public domain do not impose any copyright infringements
Works can be accessed from the public domain if published before 1923

Copyright Law

Encourage people to make and distribute new projects

Allows filmmakers to make copies, distribute materials publically, and publically
perform

Aoki, Keith, James Boyle, and Jennifer Jenkins. Bound by Law?: Trapped in a Struggle She
Didn't Understand. Duke U, 2006. Print.