Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom. Ok, I'll be honest. I get very nervous when I hear education reformists and politicians tout how "incredible" the flipped-classroom model, or how it will "solve" many of the problems of education. It doesn't solve anything. It is a great first step in reframing the role of the teacher in the classroom. It fosters the "guide on the side" mentality and role, rather than that of the "sage of the stage. " It helps move a classroom culture towards student construction of knowledge rather than the teacher having to tell the knowledge to students.
It also creates the opportunity for differentiated roles to meet the needs of students through a variety of instructional activities. 1) Need to Know How are you creating a need to know the content that is recorded? 2) Engaging Models One of the best way to create the "need to know" is to use a pedagogical model that demands this. 3) Technology What technology do you have to support the flipped classroom? 4) Reflection 5) Time and Place. Flipped Classrooms Help Local Students Learn. Teacher Vodcasting and Flipped Classroom Network - A professional learning community for teachers using vodcasting in the classroom.
SP Controls Previews Doceri iPad Screencasting at SXSW LAUNCHedu. Austin, TX (PRWEB) March 05, 2012 SP Controls is readying the second generation of its popular Doceri iPad-based whiteboard and presentation software for release this spring and will unveil a sneak preview at this week’s South By Southwest (SXSW) LAUNCHedu event. The new Doceri software will include sophisticated screencasting with easy editing and audio voice over, enabling educators to publish their instruction materials to the Web in addition to creating and presenting hand drawn lessons live in the classroom. Availability of the Doceri update is expected within the next 30 days.
The Doceri Remote iPad app will remain free in the iTunes store,and will no longer require an active WIFI connection to Doceri Desktop. The update will also be free to registered users of both the paid and free trial versions of Doceri Desktop, which provides access to all pedagogical resources on the desktop or in the cloud, as well as expanded storage for Doceri live drawings and videos. The Flipped Classroom.
Flipped Classroom - what it is and my reservations of it. "Flipped Classroom" is a relatively new idea, where the teacher works with students on projects and what would be typically homework instead of a lecture and the students get the "lecture" at home, usually through a video (like from Kahn Academy). The proponents of this model say that it offers the teacher more time to work with students on projects and applying the knowledge, rather than spending time delivering that knowledge. I have some issues with the "Flipped Classroom" model.
The first is that this model leads to a lot of homework for students if they have to watch videos of lectures. This is not only asking a lot of the students to be able to do, but not anything really new or inventive. Students have other obligations and time commitments and watching video lectures is time consuming. Students may not have access to a computer at home with high speed internet (needed to watch these videos). While watching a video lecture, a student has no one to ask questions of.
Flipping Your Classroom With Free Web Tools - Guest Post. The Flipped Classroom: Turning the Traditional Classroom on its Head.