Turning Teacher-Student Roles Upside Down. Digital Tools Teaching Strategies Upside Down Academy By Chris Thompson It’s a typical school day in Oakland, Calif., and Aaliyah is about to show how to solve two-step equations. Circling the three numbers in the equation 4x + 10 = 30, she says, “So one, two, three? Is a hater. They’re like haters… We trying to get rid of those numbers, ‘cause they hate on x. And we trying to have x protected.” If that’s an unusual way to characterize isolating the variable, that’s because Aaliyah is an unusual teacher.
Videos like Aaliyah’s are the brainchild of Jared Cosulich, a San Francisco-based tech entrepreneur who specializes in cooking up ideas for Web-based businesses (a Yelp-like site for weddings! “Learning is a lot more effective when you’re turning around and producing it as well.” Cosulich took Salman Khan’s now-famous approach to creating short, easily made education videos and turned it on its head. Producing these videos creates distinct benefits, Cosulich says. Related. Math Practices Rubric. Standardsofpracticematrix.pdf (application/pdf Object) Video: Math Practices Viable Arguments. Math Practices Posters for Classroom. Math Practices Rubric.