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In the webinar entitled: The Flipped Classroom, chemistry teachers Aaron Sams and Jon Bergman discuss how to "flip" your classroom. Flipping your classroom allows you to make more time for face to face interaction with your students and replace repetitive lectures or lessons with online screen-casting, vodcasting and podcasting that students can view outside of class time.
Teachers can create short content videos on subjects that are directly related to Common Core standards. Both Sams and Bergman saw test scores rise in their classes when they flipped their classrooms. Each make short videos about chemistry topics. The videos are entertaining and show concepts being used in the real world.
An example was given of a fourth grade teacher who makes videos of her grammar lessons for students to use at home. This eliminates her using vital and limited class time to give direct instruction and repeat grammar rules. The students use the actual class time to apply the grammar lessons with assignments she would have given as homework in the past. The videos can be archived so that they can go back to a lesson if they need further understanding.
Sams and Bergman recommend flipping your classroom slowly. They suggest you start out by flipping a few lessons at first and then maybe a unit a semester. Going all in requires a lot of work on the teacher's part. Teachers can simply record a lecture using a video camera or use websites like Jing, Snagit or Screen cast-o-matic and then upload them to TeacherTube, or SchoolTube for students to view. There are many blogs , articles and books dedicated to the specifics of flipping classrooms each give detailed instructions for educators to begin the flipping process.
I think flipping your classroom can be done with different degrees depending on the age of your students. I would definitely go all in with middle school and high school students. I think younger students would benefit from using a few flipped lessons or units depending the age. My kindergarten class would not be able to be flipped entirely because they would need constant supervision and parent involvement at home. I think an upper elementary student could do this without supervision but on a small scale. Flipping your classroom in small ways or in an "all in" manner puts students in control of their own learning and allows teachers to be a guide and reference for them. I think both teachers and students would benefit. A teacher can check immediately for understanding and a student can take charge of their own learning.
Further Reading Suggestions: LiveBinder
I think flipping your classroom can be done with different degrees depending on the age of your students. I would definitely go all in with middle school and high school students. I think younger students would benefit from using a few flipped lessons or units depending the age. My kindergarten class would not be able to be flipped entirely because they would need constant supervision and parent involvement at home. I think an upper elementary student could do this without supervision but on a small scale. Flipping your classroom in small ways or in an "all in" manner puts students in control of their own learning and allows teachers to be a guide and reference for them. I think both teachers and students would benefit. A teacher can check immediately for understanding and a student can take charge of their own learning.
Further Reading Suggestions: LiveBinder
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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Demonstrate the understanding of how technologies can effectively promote student learning.
Flipping a classroom allows students to use class time to work actively on projects and assignments.
The teacher can then be a guide and/or facilitator for students. Teachers are able to check for understanding and students can collaborate with their peers. Flipping allows for mastery in an active and collaborative environment.
Flipping a classroom allows students to use class time to work actively on projects and assignments.
The teacher can then be a guide and/or facilitator for students. Teachers are able to check for understanding and students can collaborate with their peers. Flipping allows for mastery in an active and collaborative environment.
2. Evaluate and use a variety of current technologies
to enhance content instruction and to advance students' technological
literacy.
Students are learning through vodcasts and websites and then applying what they have learned in an active manner in class.
4. Reflect upon and demonstrate effective use of digital tools and resources
Sams and Bergman saw test scores rise by using a flipped approach. They were also able to see first hand if students were understanding the content of their chemistry lessons.
Students are learning through vodcasts and websites and then applying what they have learned in an active manner in class.
4. Reflect upon and demonstrate effective use of digital tools and resources
Sams and Bergman saw test scores rise by using a flipped approach. They were also able to see first hand if students were understanding the content of their chemistry lessons.
6. Illustrate through application how state and
national standards are implemented within the curriculum (e.g., NH
Curriculum Frameworks, ISTE (NETS-Teacher/NETS-Student) and NH-ICT Literacy Standards for K-12 Students (306.42))
Common Core Standards are imbedded in the videos.Teachers are able to assess first hand in an on going manner if students are understanding and mastering a subject. Teachers can also adjust lessons and activities if students are not grasping a standard. They do not have to wait until the end of a unit or semester to see if students are understanding.
Common Core Standards are imbedded in the videos.Teachers are able to assess first hand in an on going manner if students are understanding and mastering a subject. Teachers can also adjust lessons and activities if students are not grasping a standard. They do not have to wait until the end of a unit or semester to see if students are understanding.
Hi Lisa
ReplyDeleteThis was a great post and I also liked how you included that the flipped classroom model encompasses any use of using Internet technology to leverage the learning in your classroom, so you can spend more time interacting with students instead of lecturing. In addition, gives teachers more time to spend helping students, the community easily, and Creates a collaborative learning environment in the classroom.
Hi Lisa,
ReplyDeleteWell done!
This is an exciting new learning tool for me. Flipping the classroom has transformed the teaching practice. teachers do not longer stand in front of our students and talk at them for thirty to sixty minutes at a time. This radical change has allowed your to take on a different role with your students and how the flipped classroom changes the way teachers talk with parents . I love how flipped classrooms have increased interaction and participation.
Hi Lisa,
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of flipping the classroom. I didn't know much about it until I read your post, so thank you for selecting this topic! Two things come to mind, that I'm wondering if they touched upon: 1.) How do they accommodate kids that don't have internet access at home? and 2.) How do the teachers coordinate their lesson plans so as to ensure that students don't go home with 4 hours of lessons to listen to every night?