The Flipped Classroom. 'Flipped' classrooms turn learning around. POTOMAC, Md. – Step into Stacey Roshan's Advanced Placement calculus class some morning and two things become apparent: The students don't seem stressed-out, as AP students often do.
And the teacher is barely teaching. Sitting in pairs, students poke at their iPads waiting for class to begin. But in place of a long-winded lecture there's Roshan, a petite brunette with a broad smile, moving through the room, urging students to take out their homework. In a word, Roshan has "flipped" her class. STORY: iPads for every high school student in Michigan district. How the Flipped Classroom Is Radically Transforming Learning.
Editor's Note:Posts about the flipped class on The Daily Riff beginning in January 2011 have generated over 240,000 views to-date - thanks contributors and readers . . .
See our other links related to the flipped class below this guest post. Since this post was written, Bergmann and Sams have released their book, Flip your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day. Do check it out. - C.J. Westerberg. Allen High School joins growing trend to "flip" classrooms.