Zhongcheng+Yang+-+Design+Space

= **I. Design space to develop your 250-300 word** // abstract // **that summarizes your question, rationale, and your findings.** =
 * What is your question?
 * What is your rationale?
 * What are your findings?

I benefit greatly from Dr. Beal's class, Foundations of Middle Years Education. It provides the cornerstones of my Synthesis design project. At the beginning of her class, she told us her teaching philosophy. Students must enjoy her class first. Gradually, I accepted her teaching philosophy and developed my own teaching philosophy. My teaching philosophy is that students must enjoy my class even at the cost of they learn nothing. That doesn't mean I will only tell funny jokes in my class. What I want to teach is that students students should develop the connection between happiness and learning. Today we are living in a fast developing society. No skills that you have learned at school can guarantee you the whole life happily ever after. We should educate our students to be a lifelong learner. If students associate learning with hard work and endurance, there is no way they can be lifelong learner. Learning should be out of your instinct. It can benefit your own life. It can be a positive process. The second thing that I learned from Dr. Beal's class is disciplined mind. Ideas and theories are good, but I must be good at some concrete skill. Through the whole period of learning at NCSU, I mainly concentrate on the concrete knowledge. Thus, I get my compelling question. I will integrate enjoyment, digital technology, young adult literature, movies and video games into a whole new way of teaching physics.

The framework is based on the idea of flipped classroom. According to the description given by a commercial company, " Instead of doing lectures during class and book work at home, reverse it. Create video lessons your students can watch on their own time, then come to class prepared for higher-order thinking and interaction." I will fully develop this concept of teaching. Before class I will develop online learning. Trying to make the high quality videos. In class I will develop a corresponding procedure that can deepen the knowledge students learned by themselves. Mainly, I will integrate Young adult literature, video games, and movies that can make students enjoy learning.

Reference: http://www.techsmith.com/education-flipped-learning.html?gclid=CLW4hdSo9MMCFRc8gQodiT4AvQ = =

= **II. Design space to plan out your** // creative synthesis // **that will visually represent your findings. Remember to include your abstract in your visual representation.** =

==Compelling Question: How to apply digital technology to make high school physics more enjoyable?==

> Develop your compelling question related to student learning by the end of your first semester in the program. Decide on a question that you are passionate about and want to focus on for the duration of your program. Click here to learn more about what we mean by compelling question. Here are a couple of examples: How do I creatively and effectively engage diverse learners in my middle grades classroom? How can I effectively engage elementary students in reading and writing?

==Gather & Analyze Information:== > Use coursework (including core courses ECI 546, 524, 523, 508 and your content specialty courses), individual investigations, and outside experts to explore different aspects of your question. Actively analyze information from multiple sources and perspectives as you explore answers to your question. Make a list here of the information you are analyzing. As you proceed with your analysis make some notes here about your initial findings and where you anticipate needing more information. Also, make sure to note if and how your compelling question has changed.

=1. Information related to online education=

> This is the official website: [] > > Here is a link of sample physics courses: [] > > This is the introduction of Khan Academy in Wikipeadia: [|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Academy#Technical_format] > > **Introduction:** > > The videos on Khan Academy are very important to me. I improved both my English fluency and tutorial skills at the same time. More importantly, Khan helps me to see the trend of education in the future. Since then on, I showed special concerns to the online education. > > **Technical format:** > > From wikipedia, we can see how Khan made his videos,"Drawings are now made with a Wacom tablet and the free natural drawing application SmoothDraw, and recorded with screen capture software from Camtasia Studio". In his website, he also uses softwares to create tests and grade assignments, which I think is very convenient for students. After watching the online lectures, students could do some exercise, which can help students solidify the knowledge they just learned. The exercises that follows the videos I think is necessary. > > **Analysis** > > The videos are very simple but also very user friendly. It didn't contain much technology, Khan is very passionate. I think this is the reason why his lectures are so successful. I only watched his physics lectures, but I think sometimes he didn't use the precise physics terminology and he made some mistakes. I think his also doesn't classify his physics lectures. I mean he should classify his physics lectures according to different levels. > > The official website is:www.coursera.org > The website of //How Things Work// is: [] > **Introduction** > This is the famous Coursera. These are mainly college courses. There are also some good video that suitable for high school students. One of the course that I want to introduce is call //how things work//. The instructor of this course is Louis Bloomfield. He is a professor of physics at University of Virginia. > **Technical format:** > Once I emailed him and asked his how he made these lectures. He replied me which made me very happy. He told me when he made videos he used Green Screen, then he could get rid of the background of that video through editing. He use Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, and a few other packages. I can't make the same video as he does. Adobe Premiere is very expensive. I can't afford it. > **Analysis** > Frankly speaking, his video is the best that I ever seen. They are so perfect that I can't do it now. He inserts excise into his video. After he finishes a knowledge point the video stops automatically and let the viewer to do a multiple choice question. If the viewer chose the wrong answer, there will be an explanation. If the viewer doesn't want to do the test, she/he can choose to continue the video. > The official website for EDX is: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #840101; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the course that I have studied, //Preparing for the AP Physics 2// : <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #840101; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Introduction:** > Here is another very famous online courses provider. As the same as the coursera, they mainly provides college level online courses, but they also have many high school courses, like AP physics. I studied the AP physics 2 with the instructor. The videos are in high quality. The instructor is very humorous. This course is also well structured. > **Technical format:** > The courses are recorded using HD camera. Sometimes the author also uses green screen. If the instructor needs lots of calculation, he uses marker and regular white board, then records it. > **Analysis:** > The instructor did lots of experiments. There are also many exercises following each video. This website also makes the perfect online courses. The biggest advantage for these courses are the structure of these courses. There are Courseware, Course Info, Syllabus, Progress,Discussion, current location, Wiki, Community on the course page. > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the official website: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #840101; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Introduction** > This website is particularly for physics. The founder of this website is Tom Schulte, who is a physics teacher. > **Technical format:** > I didn't figure out how the instructor made his videos. It appeared that the videos are made of one of the screen recording software. His lectures are mainly in the form of ppt. I can see that he also uses a writing padlet. > **Analysis** > There are many special features about his video lectures. For example, there is topic button on the left side of the video. If students didn't want to watch the video from the beginning to the end, he/she can click the topic the he/she wants. > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the official website: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #840101; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Introduction:** > There is no physics courses in this website. I am interested in this website because I think it provides a new form of online teaching. Nowadays, students can be very easily get distracted because of all the informations that available on the internet. They cannot concentrate on something without distracted by other things. Their time is broken into pieces. The 60 seconds lecture provides a good way to fully utilize their broken time. > **Technical format:** > These lectures are recorded by HD cameras. The instructors are standing on the podium and begin their lectures as soon as it on. They speak quickly and they look at their draft frequently. > **Analysis** > There are nothing special about these lectures except they are very short, usually they are less than 2 minutes. There are no physics courses in this website. The videos that I want to make is this kind of short ones, but I try to incorporate all the advantages from other website. The lectures are mainly organized according to small topics. I think this may be the future of online teaching. Different countries may have different physics syllabus, and they also emphasize on different topics. If we break the lectures into small knowledge points, students can selectively watch what is required for them.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">Khan Academy
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em;">Coursera
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em;">EDX
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em;">APlusPhysics
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em;">APlusPhysics
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em;">The 60 Seconds Lectures

=2. Information related to flipped classroom= > https://www.grovo.com/teams/teams?gref=ACQ_Search_GGL_Training_Training_0_TeamsLPV1_Text&gclid=CN3Fp_PE9MMCFWFp7Aod22sApw > This is a very good article that explains what is flipped classroom, and how it begins to popular. This is the official website for this article http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/. > This is school is very good at flipped classroom. The official website for this school is > https://www.google.com/search?q=Clintondale+High+School&oq=Clintondale+High+School&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8 > This is also a very great article that address 7 problems related to flipped classroom. The website is > https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7081.pdf > This is another good article that talk about flip classroom. http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/ This article is great. It explains Flipped classroom both in theory and in practical,from Bloom's revised taxonomy to an actual classroom. Let the students answer some conceptual questions, if 30%-60% is wrong, then divided the class into small groups and discuss, and do it again. We use the immediate feedback softwares to test the understanding of students. There are two kind of activities in a flipped classroom, head-on activity and hands-on activity. > The official website of this website is http://derekbruff.org/?p=901. There is a ted talk given by Khan about his video and inverted classroom. > The is the official website http://flippedclassroom.org/. It needs approve to join in.
 * Here are two commercial companies that provides a very good description of flipped classroom.https://www.grovo.com/teams/teams?gref=ACQ_Search_GGL_Training_Training_0_TeamsLPV1_Text&gclid=CK2U7sHE9MMCFQ0jgQodVikAfw
 * ==**Flipped classroom**==
 * ==**Clintondale high school**==
 * ==**Things you should know about the flipped classrooms**==
 * ==Flipping the classroom==
 * ==**Mobile learning and inverted classroom**==
 * ==**Flipped learning network**==

=3. Technology related to immediate quiz feedback, free interactive software, flash making, animated diagram and animation.= =4. Young adult literature= =5. Movies related to physics= =6. Video games related to physics=
 * 8 “Don’ts” for Making Engaging Flipping Videos (5:16). This is the official website for this video, http://www.flippingphysics.com/8-donts.html
 * 9 “Dos” for Making Engaging Flipping Videos (7:09). This is the official website for your video, http://www.flippingphysics.com/9-dos.html
 * The Technology used to create Flipping Physics. This is the official website for this piece of information, http://www.flippingphysics.com/technology.html
 * Top 5 Web Tools to Create Your Own Online Quiz, http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/2008/06/03/top-5-web-tools-to-create-your-own-online-quiz.
 * Another quiz creating web site, http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/user.php?login=zyang17@ncsu.edu
 * http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/3f7tmIJ/Free-Fall
 * At the end of my young adult literature courses with Dr.Pope, I did a research on how to use young adult literature in science classroom. There was one thing that I was wrong. At that time, I didn't think that research has much usage in actual classroom. With the concept of flipped classroom, I can perfectly integrate young adult literature into my classroom. Here is the link of that article, https://drive.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/file/d/0BwgAxigEC8m2TlZvZExRc3JPOUk/view?usp=sharing
 * Physics is closely related to our daily life, in any literature books, i can find the physics element in them. I can use them begins our topic of discussion. But i need to follow their interest, whatever they are interested, i can find the physics topics and used it to begins our discussion. I also need to cooperate with language teachers to follow their reading list.
 * Here is a website that provides many movies that related to physics, http://physics.about.com/od/physicsfilmsmovies/tp/physicsmovies.htm
 * The same as Young adult literature, I can find physics element in almost any Movies and TV shows.

=7. Questions related how to conduct classroom activities when flipped the physics classroom.= > || Activity  ||  Time  || > || Warm-up activity/Q&A time on video || 5-15 min || > || Guided & independent practice and/or lab activity || 25-30 min || > || Closing & wrap-up || 0-5 min || > || Activity  ||  Time  || > || Warm-up activity/Q&A time on video || 5-15 min || > || Guided & independent practice and/or lab activity || 25-30 min || > || Closing & wrap-up || 0-5 min || > || Activity  ||  Time  || > || Warm-up activity/Q&A time on video || 5-15 min || > || Guided & independent practice and/or lab activity || 25-30 min || > || Closing & wrap-up || 0-5 min ||
 * Warm up questions . (0-5)This is a website that provides many warm up questions in physics. and questions related to the video.
 * Independent practice, lab activity, or check for mastery (30-40)
 * Closing. (5)
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==Creatively Synthesize Information:== > Synthesize the information from and across your sources to create a unique response to your question. You should be able to distill your synthesis into 4-6 bullet points (to be included in your written abstract) as well as provide a creative visual representation of your findings. You may use a variety of media and tools to design your visual representation of your Creative Synthesis. Think carefully about the tools that you will use to represent your findings. The first draft of your Creative Synthesis should be developed no later than Midterm/NCSU Spring Break while you are taking the ECI 508, Teachers as Leaders class. Click here to see sample products from former students.

This will be the website of my final Synthesize : http://yangzhongchengfinalproject.weebly.com/

==Critically Evaluate and Revise:== > Seek out at least two colleagues in the NLGL program in addition to your advisor to provide peer feedback on your abstract and creative synthesis based on the NLGL Creative Synthesis Rubric. Based on the feedback you receive, you may choose to make revisions to more fully meet the rubric criteria.

==**Share, Publish, Act:**== > Be prepared to present your Creative Synthesis at the NLGL Design Studio Showcase during your final semester of your degree program, in conjunction with the ECI 508, Teachers as Leaders course. This is my final website of my Synthesis : http://yangzhongchengfinalproject.weebly.com/