Flipping Your Classroom: A Guide to Engagement and Success
Discover the transformative method of flipping your classroom with this insightful guide by Dr. Patricia Flad Edmiston. By allowing students to watch short lectures at home and engage with peers during class time, educators can enhance understanding and retention of concepts. This guide addresses the benefits of video resources, cooperative learning, and the challenges such as internet accessibility and student buy-in. Learn effective strategies to implement a flipped classroom seamlessly, ensuring all students can thrive in their learning journey.
Flipping Your Classroom: A Guide to Engagement and Success
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The Good, The Bad and Preventing the Uglies Patricia FladEdmiston, Ph.D., NBCT patricia.emiston@stpsb.org LACUE 2013 FLIPPING YOUR CLASSROOM
Students watch short lectures at home, with the ability to slow down, rewind or review a lecture while taking notes. What is flipping the classroom?
Concept engagement takes place in the class period with the teacher as facilitator. Students work cooperatively to be successful in understanding concepts. What is flipping the classroom?
Less time required for homework. Students have the ability to review a lecture as many times as needed and at their own pace. Taking notes becomes easier. Students work cooperatively to help each other understand the concept through the use of in-class exercises or discussions. More time available for the teacher to help students that need assistance the most. the good
There is no single model for a flipped classroom. Provides pre-recorded videos followed by in-class exercises. Can include on-line quizzes and activities. what does it look like?
First you need videos on the concept to be learned. • Videos already available on the internet. • Teacher made videos on you-tube • Teacher made videos embedded on your website. so how can I flip my class?
Khan academy Teacher website videos You-tube Teacher-tube Videos already on the internet
Educreations Doceri Prezi Activ-Inspire Your own You-tube site creating your own videos
Second you need to plan exercises or discussions on the concept to be learned. • Khan Academy • Teacher made • Quizzes from the Internet so how can I flip my class?
Internet accessibility must be available to most students at home. Student buy-in Parent buy-in Initially setting up a flipped classroom is time consuming. the BAD
Internet accessibility must be available to most students at home. Student buy-in Parent buy-in Initially setting up a flipped classroom is time consuming. How to prevent these uglies
Internet accessibility must be available to most students at home. • Smart phones • Tablets • Classroom computers How to prevent these uglies
Student buy-in • Keeping track of notes from the videos • Helping each other be successful • Provide students the ability for self-assessment How to prevent these uglies
Parent buy-in Communication is the key!! How to prevent these uglies
Initially setting up a flipped classroom is time consuming. • Gradual implementation • Do your own homework • Split the workload How to prevent these uglies
Face the opposition head-on! It is not an all or nothing approach. If at first you don’t succeed try, try again. Final thoughts http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/PEdmiston/
