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There's More Than One Way to Flip a Classroom - Digital Education

There's More Than One Way to Flip a Classroom - Digital Education
In a packed session this afternoon at ISTE 2012 here in San Diego, a panel of nine educators, as well as two moderators presented their ideas and experiences with "flipping" their classrooms. The session was led by Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann, two chemistry teachers who pioneered the flipped learning model back in 2006. The pair recently co-wrote a book, published by ISTE and ASCD, called Flip Your Classroom. Defining what "flipping your classroom" meant was the first topic of conversation, which proved to be somewhat more difficult than you might expect. The flipped classroom has become somewhat synonymous with using videos to have students view lectures at home while in-class time is used for applied knowledge. Many of the educators talked about pre-recording certain topics that students consistently ask about, such as "How do I get to Google Docs?" "We needed to level the playing field for all students," said Dawn Sanchez, the director of the 9th-grade center for the school.

LyndsieGraves: Surve... 35 Sources for Curated Educational Videos Like explorers approaching an unfamiliar landscape, teachers who are ready to take the plunge into flipped classrooms and blended learning often approach the opportunity with a mix of excitement and trepidation. Just dipping a toe into the virtual waters of online content can be overwhelming, and there’s a risk that even the most fearless educator can become paralyzed by the bottomless depths of content and endless pools of resources. While many teachers begin by creating their own content and videos, most start by sifting through free online sources. The amount of available information out there is staggering. YouTube users across the globe upload 48 hours of content every minute. Fortunately, there are some great websites and services that take the guesswork out of finding and sorting educational video content. Backpack TV: Backpack.tv pulls from various sources to create a highly curated library of education videos organized by academic subject and detailed topic.

Can TED Talks Really Work in a Classroom? Teaching Strategies TED-Ed By Katrina Schwartz There’s been a lot of excitement around TED’s foray into education, bringing its inspirational video model to the classroom. TED-Ed launched the YouTube Channel with produced and animated videos about two months ago and now includes a free service that lets teachers upload any YouTube video to its polished platform. Teachers can also make any of the videos — TED or any other — more relevant to their classes by adding customized questions and quizzes. But it’s a work in progress at the moment, until educators can figure out the best ways to use the videos. Under the math topic, for example, TED-Ed includes videos like How Folding Paper Can Get You to the Moon or Peter Donnelly Shows How Stats Fool Juries. “It’s by no means a comprehensive understanding. And it’s this curiosity that most teachers expect TED-Ed videos will feed. Stacey Roshan, a math teacher in Potomac, Maryland uses the videos in a similar way as Sams. Related

Personalizing flipped engagement Will Richardson Three words seem to be dancing around in my head of late when it comes to current thinking about education: “personalization,” “engagement” and “flip.” All three were on display on the vendor floor and in session rooms at last week’s International Society for Technology in Education conference in San Diego, one of the largest ed tech conferences in the world attended by upward of 18,000 people. At first blush, they are words that seem to promote a vision of better learning for kids. But as is so often the case in education, I’m not sure we as a community are spending enough time digging to parse what those words really mean, especially in the context of what deep learning now requires in a connected world. Let’s set some of that context first. At this sudden moment of abundance, I totally get why we want to “personalize” education for each child. Well, I struggle with that picture on a couple of levels. In a word, that’s bunk.

cybraryman1: From @DaretoChem it's abou... Top Apps for Flipping your Classroom or Gym « The Flipped Coach iMovie: iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad While not necessarily the first app to come to mind for flipping your classroom, this app is invaluable for making simple edits on recordings that you have made. Most recording or capturing software on iPad, iPhone, or iPod's do not have the ability to pause and restart recordings. iMovie also allows you to cut clips up and piece together your final movie. This comes in handy when, like me, you make multiple takes of a presentation and want to edit out the worst! iMovie has a lot of other cool features with themes, photos, music and sound effects. Coach's Eye: This easily is my favorite app because it allows me to take a video and telestrate on the screen with amazing control and detail. Display Recorder: Currently pulled from the iTunes store. This app is new and fills a huge void in the screencapture category. ScreenChomp: Free! iPad only. This is a simple whiteboard app that allows you to record drawings and audio in multiple colors. Explain Everything:

karimderrick: flipped in all subjects sh... Kid Power: How Technology is Changing the Learning Experience Brady Hesse, an eighth-grader at Bridgetown Middle School in Cincinnati, likes all things digital. That's not unusual for boys his age, many of whom would rather play video games than do just about anything else. So when Hesse heard about an opportunity to play with computers during the school day, he jumped at the chance. "It was something new to do," he says of eKIDs, a program overseen by the city's Oak Hills Local School District (OHLSD) that allows students to learn several technologies, teach them to their classmates and then work with teachers to incorporate them into the existing curriculum. "I didn't really know what we were going to do," Hesse adds, "but I like using technology." Soon, he was creating and animating his own digital sketches. Although Hesse and other eKIDs participants weren't familiar with the software when the semester began, they learned quickly. Origin Story Photo: Jonathan Robert Willis Knowledge Is Power 13The number of states that test students on technology

Lesson Structure - Flipped Class Guide You've found your online resources, made your videos, and created some online games that will help your students learn the concepts you plan to demonstrate during your flipped lesson. What now? Determine the structure of your online flipped lesson. Below is a sample structure: 1. Directions: tell students what they will do to complete the lesson 2. 3. Video 2-5 minute clips that are teacher-created or existing resources (i.e. 4. Interactive GamesExamples with steps for solving themWays to use the skills in real life 5. QuizDetermine the minimum achievement level (75%? 6. Decide how you will follow up in class to reinforce the skills learned. 1. Presentation (brief!) 2. This eSchool News article called Flipped learning: A response to five common criticisms contains excellent responses to questions and reservations about the flipped concept. 21st Century Fluency Project - Flipped Learning: A Response to 5 Common Criticisms (posted on Ian Jukes' blog and based on the eSchool News article above)

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