Five Ways to Flip Your Classroom With The New York Times. Jim Wilson/The New York TimesSalman Khan in the offices of his company, Khan Academy, in Mountain View, Calif. His math lessons are popular on YouTube.Go to related article » What is a “flipped classroom”? It’s an “inverted” teaching structure in which instructional content is delivered outside class, and engagement with the content – skill development and practice, projects and the like – is done in class, under teacher guidance and in collaboration with peers.
A flipped class swaps explanation and lecture, which are usually given in the classroom, with homework activities like math problem sets or writing practice activities. Homework becomes classwork and vice versa. Usually, teachers flipping their classrooms convey content using technology tools like videos, podcasts or PowerPoint presentations, which students explore on their own time. Sometimes teachers create lectures and other resources themselves using resources like Teacher Tube, the Show Me app or a voice recording tool. Australian Council for Educational Leaders: ACEL Home. The Creativity Post.
25 Features of Outstanding ICT Lessons. Connecting Your Classroom to the Future. The Resourceful School:Thinking Outside the Box and Inside the Budget. Mr. Barry, a 5th grade teacher, and Ms. Stone, principal of High Elementary School, returned to their building after participating in the district's fall inservice day. They had spent the day listening to a district-hired expert provide a generic view of Response to Intervention (RTI). As friends who had worked together for years, they confided in each other their real thoughts. "Well, I think our teachers got some basic idea of what RTI is about, but you know how it is," Mr. Barry sighed.
Ms. Taking "One-Shot PD" Further Sound familiar? First, educators can share with central office personnel and school board members the most recent research on effective professional development. Second, resourceful schools know how to get more bang for their buck by providing follow-up to expert outsiders' presentations and providing it within the school. Principals and teachers can change this picture. What Is Job-Embedded Professional Development?
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What can I say about Eric Sheninger? Join me as I host principal of Candlebark School , John Marsden in a wide ranging conversation around what leading learning at Candlebark looks, sounds and importantly, feels like. Complete list of the webinars I have facilitated. I coordinate a professional webinar series for Principals Australia Institute and we make the recordings accessible for educators. Note: Some of these recordings stream live from BlackBoard Collaborate and may require a java update.