Understanding the Flipped Classroom: Part 2. October 24, 2012 By: Pamela Kachka in Teaching with Technology Editor’s Note: Part 1 of this article looked at the history of the flipped classroom.
Today we look at what it takes for someone to teach effectively in a flipped classroom. Although the flipped classroom is garnering a lot of attention of late, simply flipping the classroom alone does not increase student success. The instructor must seize the opportunity to guide and interact with the students. Flipping doesn’t work when the home lectures (in whatever form they take) are too long or simply replace valuable teaching from the instructor.
While potentially daunting, planning and preparation can make or break a flipped classroom. Actual class time is spent briefly reviewing content and checking for understanding (Houston and Lin, 2011). Further thoughts on the flipped classroom. Around a year ago I wrote an article entitled 8 Observations on flipping the classroom, in which I put forward the reasons I thought it not a great idea.
I still stand by those arguments, although my attitude towards flipping the classroom as a general idea has mellowed somewhat. Let me explain. Class discussion Photo by Andrew Feinberg. Screencasting is an efficient and effective tool for maximizing instructional time. One Teacher's Flip From Flipped Classrooms - Teaching Now. What is flipped learning? Quick-fire links. Are we about to see organisations slipping in the word “flipped” when describing their learning and devlopment activities?
The concept is gaining ground in the education sector, so what exactly is it and what does it mean for learning and development (L&D)? Why the Flipped High School Works. On February 2nd I got to visit Clintondale High School, aka The Flipped High School, with a good number of other educators.
Now, if you follow me on twitter or read this blog, you know how I feel about the flipped classroom. However, even if you are not a fan of the flipped model, I think you would find yourself falling in love with the work of Greg Green, his staff, and the students if you ever had the chance to visit like I did. Let me tell you why... Greg Green Gets It That's all I kept thinking as I listened to Greg explain to us why he flipped his school. Simply put, Greg Green just gets it. Teachers Were Empowered Greg couldn't bring the change himself, nor could he will his teachers to change. Play to Everybody's Strength & Share the Load *News Flash* If you are a teacher, there are some things you are great at teaching and some things you stink at teaching. I already knew the people of TechSmith before my visit, but I did not know about a man named Prasad Ram. There's more... Flipped Classroom: Flipped Talent Management Practices - K-12 Talent Manager.
The Flipped Classroom: Answering Obama’s Call For Creativity In Education. As a sophomore and junior at Clintondale High School in suburban Detroit, Dominique Moody was barely squeaking by, getting Ds in geometry and algebra.
He was not alone: two years ago, the average failure rate was 61% at the financially disadvantaged school, where three quarters of its 570 students qualify for free lunches. But last fall, everything changed. The school inversed its teaching model, assigning students short, instructional videos to watch before class and then, at school, helping them practice problems that ordinarily would have been assigned as homework. Dominique’s math teacher, Richard Filbey, captured his short, step-by-step advanced algebra lectures on videos for students to watch at their own pace on computers, mobile phones, or tablets. The “flipped classroom” at Clintondale might just be a way to implement President Obama’s call in his recent State of the Union Address to “grant schools flexibility to teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test.”
Kicking and Screaming All the Way into the 21st Century. The 20th Century Classroom is dead.
You see, I know this to be true because I had the funeral for the 20th Century Classroom in like 2006. I was there- in person. It was a poignant ceremony; you should have been there with the rest of my sixth grade science students. She helped us out in the beginning of that industrial age, but she just had to be laid to rest, chalk board and all. Turning Learning on Its Head! Flipping the Classroom – Is it Really all About Technology? Los Gatos High School, located in Los Gatos, California, recently switched to block scheduling, effectively decreasing the number of school days by 15 a year.
For science teacher, Steve Hammack, what began as a way to provide students with the lecture content they would necessarily need to pass his courses in the face of a decreased number of school days, has ended up as a new model for students to learn massive amounts of information for his AP Biology and Physics classes. For a technology fan who spends her days at Cisco Systems focused on educators who are using technology to improve learning outcomes, I was intrigued. I quickly became aware of Mr. Hammack’s approach when I walked into my teenage son’s bedraggled bedroom and heard a familiar voice emanating from the direction of his PC. It sounded like someone I’d met at back-to-school night. Joe said that all of Mr. I decided to dig a little deeper. “And then there’s something called ‘The Testing Effect,’” he continued.