Kelly Longrich's List: Trends in Education (Flipped Classroom)

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• Flipped Classroom
• A new method of teaching is turning the traditional classroom on its head.

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  What is it?
• Why is it significant?
• The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the

  typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed
• How does it work?
• There is no single model for the flipped classroom—

  the term

  is widely used to describe almost any class structure that provides

  prerecorded lectures followed by in-class exercises
• By contrast, the use of video and other prerecorded media puts

  lectures under the control of the students: they can watch, rewind,

  and fast-forward as needed. This ability may be of particular value

  to students with accessibility concerns, especially where captions

  are provided for those with hearing impairments. L
• Where is it going?
• s the flipped class becomes more popular,

  new tools may

  emerge to support the out-of-class portion of the curriculum
• Who’s doing it?
• A growing number of higher education individual faculty

  have begun using the flipped model in their courses.
• Devoting class time to

  application of concepts might give instructors a better

  opportunity to detect errors in thinking
• What are the downsides?
• Although the idea is straightforward,

  an effective flip requires

  careful preparation

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• What are the implications for teaching and

  learning?
• tudents, for their part, have been known to complain about the

  loss of face-to-face lectures, particularly if they feel the assigned

  video lectures are available to anyone online.
• The flipped

  model puts more of the responsibility for learning on the

  shoulders of students while giving them greater impetus to

  experiment.

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• Teachers Use Technology to Flip Their Classrooms
• What is the flipped classroom?
• What are some benefits of this method

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• The Flipped Classroom

• The Flipped Class: Myths vs. Reality
• The Flipped Class:
  What it is and What it is Not
• The traditional definition of a flipped class is
• The Flipped Classroom is NO
• The Flipped Classroom I

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• A professional learning community for teachers using screencasting in education

• What Is The Flipped Classroom Model And Why Is It Amazing? (With Infographic)
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• What’s great about this infographic is that it presents the arguments for and against the flipped classroom model very fairly.
• I recommend reading the arguments for carefully. Meanwhile, the arguments against are pretty hilariously silly

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  Moving beyond our vacuous education reform discussions

• 'Flipped classrooms' may not have any impact on learning
• Professors at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif. who are studying the effectiveness of a flipped classroom have bad news for advocates of the model: it might not make any difference

• 7 Must-Have Tools For The Flipped Classroom
• Google Drive
• YouTub
• Teachem
• The Flipped Learning Network
• Camtasia Studio
• Edmodo or Schoology

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• "Flipped Classroom" Approach in NJ School Sees Success

• Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom
• It helps move a classroom culture towards student construction of knowledge rather than the teacher having to tell the knowledge to students. Even Salman Khan (2) says that the teacher is now "liberated to communicate with [their students]."
• 1) Need to Know
• How are you creating a need to know the content that is recorded?
• If the flipped classroom is truly to become innovative, then it must be paired with transparent and/or embedded reason to know the content.
• 2) Engaging Models
• One of the best way to create the "need to know" is to use a pedagogical model that demands this. Whether project-based learning (PBL), game-based learning (GBL), Understanding by Design (UbD), or authentic literacy, find an effective model to institute in your classroom. Become a master of those models first, and then use the flipped classroom to support the learning.
• 3) Technology
• What technology do you have to support the flipped classroom? What technology gaps exist that might hinder it? Since the flipped classroom is about recorded video, then obviously students would need the technology to do this. There are many things to consider here.
• 4) Reflectio
• Every time you have students watch a video, just like you would with any instructional activity, you must build in reflective activities to have students think about what they learned, how it will help them, its relevance, and more
• 5) Time and Place
• Do you have structures to support this? When and where will the learning occur?
• The focus should be on teacher practice, then tools and structures. The flipped classroom is one way to help move teachers toward better teaching but does not ensure it. Like the ideas above, focus on ways to improve your instruction before choosing to use the "flipped classroom."

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• The Flipped Classroom: Pro and Con
• What It Is
• When most people hear about the flipped class all they think about are the videos. It is the interaction and the meaningful learning activities that occur during the face-to-face time that is most important."
• The authors go on to explain that the model is a mixture of direct instruction and constructivism, that it makes it easier for students who may have missed class to keep up because they can watch the videos at any time.
• What It Isn't
• From my experience with KA, the content is taught in only one way. Good instruction, especially for math concepts, requires that ideas be presented in a number of ways. In addition, not all math is solving equations. One of the hardest parts about teaching math is making sure that students are not blindly solving equations without really understanding what they are doing with the numbers. For students to be successful on their own, videos used in the flipped classroom model must include a variety of approaches in the same way a face-to-face lesson would, and they must also have good sound and image quality so that students can follow along easily. These videos must also match the curriculum, standards and the labs or activities the students will complete in class.
• Why It Works
• Most of the blog reflections I have read and the conversations I have followed point to the way that the flipped classroom has truly individualized learning for students. Teachers describe how students can now move at their own pace, how they can review what they need when they need to, and how the teacher is then freed up to work one-on-one with students on the content they most need support with. They also point to the ability for students to catch up on missed lessons easily through the use of video and online course tools like Edmodo (12) or Moodle (13).
• Why It Doesn't Work
• When I first started learning about the flipped classroom model, my immediate reaction was, "This won't work with my students." This continues to be an argument made by a lot of rural and urban teachers. Our students just don't have the access required for the model to really work. I've had people tell me, "They can use the public library." To which I explain that there are usually three computers available and there is usually a 30-minute limit per user. I've had people tell me, "You can burn DVDs that they can watch in their DVD players." To which I ask how much of the day can a teacher devote to burning at least 10-15 DVDs at a time? I've also been told that students can use the school computer lab after school to watch the videos. To which I explain that we have only 27 computers available for the whole school, and that it would require an after school program to be put into place.
• Why It's Nothing New
• learning that is centered around the student, not the teacher; learning that allows students to show their mastery of content they way they prefer. These are not new concepts. I am often brought back to the question: "Are we doing things differently or doing different things? (15)" As educators around the globe try to flip their class, it's an important thing to reflect on.
• Why It Matters
• So in the end, why should we care so much about the flipped classroom model? The primary reason is because it is forcing teachers to reflect on their practice and rethink how they reach their kids. It is inspiring teachers to change the way they've always done things, and it is motivating them to bring technology into their classrooms through the use of video and virtual classrooms like Edmodo and similar tools.

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• What is a flipped classroom?

• New Teacher Boot Camp Week 2 - Using VoiceThread

• Pros and Cons of The Flipped Classroom
• Positives:
• •Helps kids who were absent, stay current.

• •Helps kids who don't get the lesson the first time in class.
• Good resource for teacher assistants or student support staff who may not know the curriculum or may not know what to focus on.
• •Can attach Google spreadsheets or other online quizzes to check for comprehension, along with the video link sent to students
• Negatives:
• •I have a long way to go in my skill set in making the videos interesting (they, to me anyway, are really boring to watch).
• •I’m not sure how much they (the videos) are being utilized. There are just certain items that are learned better through direct one on one contact.
• •I know as I'm teaching, I get direct feedback from my students by looking at their faces and gauging comprehension. I, as a teacher, don't get that feedback as I'm designing and creating my videos.”
• Math and Science so far seem to be the most logical subjects to try out a flipped classroom. And as you have read, English has demonstrated some use of videos in the classroom as well.
• 3. Without the right amount of teacher training, or without the proper methods to distribute technology and video information, the flipped model is doomed to fail. As with any new instructional approach, a level of comfort and confidence must be deployed in order to be an effective approach.
• The flipped model will work for some, and not others.

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• Pros and Cons of Flipped Classrooms
• Cons of a flipped classroom
• • Students may become too distracted at home to watch or keep up with the lectures.
   
  • Watching videos does not allow for any interaction. Also, questions that a student may have during the video cannot be immediately addressed.
   
  • Not all students have Internet access at home or the necessary technology to view course lectures.
   
  • Lecture videos may be boring for some students to watch and they may not pay sufficient attention or even watch the videos.
   
  • Educators do not receive feedback from students and are not able to gauge the students’ comprehension of the material.
   
  • Not all lessons can be adequately pared down to a 15 to 20 minute video, which means some vital information may need to be left out.
   
  • Some educators use minimal lecturing tools and prefer to use a variety of approaches to teaching, such as student exploration.
   
  • According to The American Academy of Pediatrics, “screen time” should be limited to two hours a day, meaning lectures could cause too much exposure.
   
   

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• Pros and Cons of Flipped Learning