Read:
http://novemberlearning.com/wp/assets/flipped-learning-a-response-to-five-common-criticisms.pdf
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Post: Discuss your thoughts about flipping
the classroom. What are the benefits,
challenges? How might you overcome
them?
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I have been trying out a slightly flipped classroom with a small STEM class I'm teaching. I haven't created any videos on my own--I have just created a wikispace as our classroom where I post videos, questions, and small assignments for my students.
I am very excited about it because the online resources go way beyond my expertise with the content I'm teaching. I feel like my role as a teacher is to sort through the massive amounts of resources out there to find the "gems" I want to share with my students.
I'm also excited about it because when I organize all of the assignments, videos, and questions, I feel like I've prepared a gift to surprise my students. I can't wait for them to open it, experience it, and share with me what they thought about it.
It has also been nice because we only meet once a week, and this format lets me spend valuable class time in engaging experiences, like labs, field trips, and projects.
The NovemberLearning article talks about several criticisms of the flipped classroom. I have experienced one of these challenges: How do I ensure accountability? How can I be sure the students are doing the out of classroom experiences? Actually this is not very different from traditional homework. Homework is an issue regardless of the type of homework. I ask the students to respond to what they've been doing, either in the comment box, or email to me, or with something prepared for the next class. To be sure my students are doing the assignments, I remind them in many formats. I email them, I email the parent, I remind them in class, and I have a page on our wikispace that tracks missing homework.
It helps me seeing that my own children's teachers use flipped classroom techniques. My children enjoy it and are learning, and I'm learning from them, too.
Here is my first try at creating a tutorial. I'm explaining how to create a new page on a wikispace to write a journal response. It's not perfect, but it's a start.
http://novemberlearning.com/wp/assets/flipped-learning-a-response-to-five-common-criticisms.pdf
Watch:
Download:
http://www.techsmith.com/jing- features.html
http://www.techsmith.com/jing- features.html
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I have been trying out a slightly flipped classroom with a small STEM class I'm teaching. I haven't created any videos on my own--I have just created a wikispace as our classroom where I post videos, questions, and small assignments for my students.
I am very excited about it because the online resources go way beyond my expertise with the content I'm teaching. I feel like my role as a teacher is to sort through the massive amounts of resources out there to find the "gems" I want to share with my students.
I'm also excited about it because when I organize all of the assignments, videos, and questions, I feel like I've prepared a gift to surprise my students. I can't wait for them to open it, experience it, and share with me what they thought about it.
It has also been nice because we only meet once a week, and this format lets me spend valuable class time in engaging experiences, like labs, field trips, and projects.
The NovemberLearning article talks about several criticisms of the flipped classroom. I have experienced one of these challenges: How do I ensure accountability? How can I be sure the students are doing the out of classroom experiences? Actually this is not very different from traditional homework. Homework is an issue regardless of the type of homework. I ask the students to respond to what they've been doing, either in the comment box, or email to me, or with something prepared for the next class. To be sure my students are doing the assignments, I remind them in many formats. I email them, I email the parent, I remind them in class, and I have a page on our wikispace that tracks missing homework.
It helps me seeing that my own children's teachers use flipped classroom techniques. My children enjoy it and are learning, and I'm learning from them, too.
Here is my first try at creating a tutorial. I'm explaining how to create a new page on a wikispace to write a journal response. It's not perfect, but it's a start.
I love it! It is so great how you talk about sharing videos and "flipping" the classroom and your tutorial is great! Way to go:)
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