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The Flipped Class as a Way TO the Answers. One common criticism of the the Flipped Class is that it really isn’t that big of a change.

The Flipped Class as a Way TO the Answers

A recorded lecture is still just a lecture. Instead of students sitting in a room and hearing a “boring” lecture we bore them at home. There really isn’t anything revolutionary about a video lecture. If all the flipped classroom is lectures at home and homework in class, then yes–I agree with the pundits: The Flipped Class is just window dressing on a broken system. I believe that the flipped class is NOT the answer to today’s educational problems. However: I do believe that: The Flipped Class is a way TO the answers. I have seen countless teachers who have STARTED with the traditional flipped class.

Aaron Sams and I only spent one year flipping our class in a traditional manner. For those teachers who are already using one or more of these deeper teaching pedagogies, you should not flip your class. The Flipped Classroom: Pro and Con. In 2012, I attended the ISTE conference in San Diego, CA.

The Flipped Classroom: Pro and Con

While I was only there for about 36 hours, it was easy for me to pick up on one of the hottest topics for the three-day event. The "flipped classroom" was being discussed in social lounges, in conference sessions, on the exhibit floor, on the hashtag and even at dinner. People wanted to know what it was, what it wasn't, how it's done and why it works. Others wanted to sing its praises and often included a vignette about how it works in their classroom and how it transformed learning for their students. Still others railed that the model is nothing transformative at all and that it still emphasizes sage-on-the-stage direct instruction rather than student-centered learning.

What It Is The authors go on to explain that the model is a mixture of direct instruction and constructivism, that it makes it easier for students who may have missed class to keep up because they can watch the videos at any time. What It Isn't. Pros and Cons of The Flipped Classroom. The flipped classroom has been gathering steam for a few years now.

Pros and Cons of The Flipped Classroom

The premise: watch videos of instruction or lecture at home, and do the “homework” with the teacher in class. The Flipped Class: What it is and What it is Not In reality, there isn’t a whole lot of philosophical or theoretical information that I believe I can personally share that will be cutting edge, or not met with a new debate. I’ll let you access the flood of stories on Khan Academy if you wish to engage in that conversation. The Flipped Class: What Does a Good One Look Like? So instead of telling you what a flipped classroom is and what a flipped classroom is not, I decided to go to the specialists, the teachers in my district, to find out how the flipped classroom is, or is not, working for them in their actual classroom.

A simple note sent to the staff began a wave of information that I’m excited to share. 27 Simple Ways To Flip The Classroom. 7 Ways To Use Your iPad In The Classroom 14.67K Views 0 Likes There's a plethora of ways to use your iPad in the classroom but this infographic details some insanely useful apps, methods, and ideas for all teachers. Flipping the Classroom: A revolutionary approach to learning presents some pros and cons. Illustration by Brian Stauffer Back in 2007, two high school science teachers in Woodland Park, CO, decided to try a “crazy idea.”

Flipping the Classroom: A revolutionary approach to learning presents some pros and cons

“We said, ‘What if we stopped lecturing and committed all our lectures to videos?’” Says Jon Bergmann, now the lead technology facilitator at the Joseph Sears School in Kenilworth, IL. He and fellow educator Aaron Sams posted their short films—15 to 20 minutes long—for students to watch at home. (Parents could also look and say, “Oh, I see how the teacher wants it done!” Flipping the classroom lets school become a place for talking, doing group projects, and getting individual help from teachers—and lets home become a place for watching instructional videos. Aside from the technology involved, it’s not necessarily a new idea.

Ideally, flipping the classroom gives kids “a personalized learning experience,” says Wade Roberts, CEO of Educreations, which makes a free iPad app that more than 150,000 teachers are using to make interactive video lessons. ¿Que tal se llevan el ABP y el FC? Un centro que innova cumple estos requisitos. Cómo dar una clase al revés o flipped classroom en 5 sencillos pasos. La enseñanza inversa: ¿aclaramos conceptos? The Flipped Classroom: ¿no has 'flipado' aún? (1) Que la escuela está cambiando debido a las posibilidades que ofrece la tecnología es incuestionable.

The Flipped Classroom: ¿no has 'flipado' aún? (1)

Que necesita hacerlo para cumplir mejor su misión de desarrollo pleno del potencial de cada escolar es indiscutible. Una de las estrategias de la instrucción para el desarrollo del proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje que se ha venido abriendo paso en los últimos años de manera decisiva y con excelentes resultados es la denominada "instrucción inversa" o mejor por su nombre en inglés "The Flipped classroom" que, sin embargo, no parece ser todavía muy conocida o puesta en práctica en nuestro país. Este modelo tiene unas enormes posibilidades y sobre el quiero tratar en unos cuantos posts, como ya anuncié, pues es un camino muy apto para poner, como veremos enseguida, la responsabilidad del aprendizaje en manos de quien aprende: el alumno, mientras que el trabajo del profesor adquiere un nuevo y diverso valor añadido. Created by Knewton and Column Five Media.

Eficacia del modelo flipped learning classroom. ¿Qué dice la investigación? Ya dije en el post anterior, al presentar algunos resultados de experiencias realizadas en la universidad, que las evidencias son esenciales para garantizar que las innovaciones realmente merecen la pena.

Eficacia del modelo flipped learning classroom. ¿Qué dice la investigación?

Pues bien, ya se ha publicado un informe-resumen de la investigación sobre la enseñanza inversa y sus efectos. En esta entrada voy a centrarme en el sumario ejecutivo de dicho informe. Merece, a mi juicio, la máxima atención. Los cuatro pilares del Flipped Learning ¿los conoces? ¿Le damos la vuelta al aula…? The Flipped Classroom. Seguro que has leído en algún artículo, o en algún tweet, la expresión Flipped Classroom, que atendiendo a la traducción literal sería algo así como la clase del revés.

¿Le damos la vuelta al aula…? The Flipped Classroom

Bueno, lo que nos faltaba …poner a los alumnos boca abajo y que en ese momento llegara el mismísimo Inspector Zito.