Again in this session, Catlin Tucker stressed the idea that it is not about the technology tools, but rather what the tools allow us to do in transforming our classes.
The flipped classroom method is when the delivery of information is flipped to online space in order to allow students to digest the information at their own pace. The "practice" phase of learning is shifted into the classroom where students can be better supported by the teacher.
Catlin pointed out that the traditional flip does not give any frame or context for the students. Catlin demonstrated this idea by having us watch a very short, but familiar video clip from Ferris Bueller's Day Off and then had us complete a short Socrative quiz to see what we remembered. Despite the fact that most of us had seen that exact clip many times before, our scores weren't so good.
In order for the flipped classroom model to be effective, students need to be given the context for what they are doing outside of class. For example, this could mean embedding a video into a discussion board and asking a question to not only gives context for the information but makes the students process the information (why do you think that....what can you predict...what is the connection between...etc).
The goal is to create a learning community where everyone is engaged in research, application of concepts and investigation. Students should be at the center of learning as active members of a group communicating, creating, researching, and solving problems.
DESIGNING A FLIPPED LESSON
Catlin reminded us that today lessons aren't just for your classroom, we have to think about lesson planning for different mediums.
FLIPPING WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA
Flipping with VIDEO - Posting recorded demonstrations, current news clips, or presentations, providing a frame of context and asking asking the students to engage with the material in some way.
While flipping with video is what most people think of when they they think of the flipped classroom, Catlin described how teachers can flip with other types of media as well. Depending on the course or topic it might make most sense to flip with text or images.
Flipping with TEXT - Engaging the students around a piece of writing or an article by asking discussion questions or having the students create something to share based on the information (this could look very different depending on the course content)
Flipping with IMAGES - Presenting students with complex graphs, artwork, flow charts, diagrams, or infographics and providing the students with time to reflect and interact with the images with allow them to construct more meaning from it.
FINDING AND CREATING FLIPPED CONTENT
There are great tools out there for creating your own flipped content such as Screencast-O-Matic, Explain Everything and EDPuzzle, however there is no need to recreate the wheel! There are so many places where you can find great content to flip your classes created both by professionals in the field and other teachers.
VIDEO
- YouTube.com/Teachers - content created and vetted by teachers
- Tubechop.com - Select a piece of a YouTube to share
- PBS.org
- Khan Academy - an extensive library of videos, interactive challenges and assessments
- TED.com - "talks to stir your curiosity"
- ed.TED.com - animated, customization lessons created by teachers
TEXT
- Newslea - relevant articles presented in a range of lexile measures
- Library of Congress
- collaboration with Google Docs - create a doc with two columns - one column is filed in with the text students need to read, the second column is filled by student groups with questions, ideas, key vocabulary, themes, etc.
IMAGES
WHAT TO FLIP?
When deciding what to flip think about what you find yourself repeating or what your students seem to struggle with the most. Those pieces are the things that might work best in a form where students can take in the information at their own pace and re-watch or read again if necessary.If you missed the AIMS ANNUAL CONFERENCE RECAP 1 of 2 where I shared just few of the many ideas and tools Catlin spoke about during her first session, "Blended Learning: Weave Web 2.0 Technology into Your Curriculum" be sure to check it out!
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