Monday, March 16, 2015

A Flipped Classsroom

What is a flipped classroom? A flipped classroom basically is when you give the material you are teaching your students the night before so when the students return the next day to class they are already familiar with the material and can dig right in to the meat of the lesson. 

This article discusses ways to incorporate a flipped idea into an everyday classroom.  It gives examples for ways to use it in almost every grade level and every subject area.  For example: Physical Education when a coach is frustrated when he spends too much time on  telling the students to settle down instead they can just jump into the fun of the Physical Education. They would already know the valuable skills needed to do the lesson the night before and when they get to the gym they are ready to start to have fun.This article gives another example for woodworking: since many students may not be as familiar with woodworking and the tools used in it it would be a great way to introduce the tools used in it.  It would be a great way to teach the proper way to use the tools so safety would be the used in when the students got to use them.  It would allow that time would not be taken out of the instructional time and students would be able to get more various project completed in the same amount of time. 

Another example given in the article was in an third grade classroom, it stated that if a student needed extra attention a teacher could use it for instruction instead of giving it at home it could be used in a center or a individualized format.  A student could replay how many times they needed to in order to understand how to do the task.  That would allow the teacher to help other students .
  
I see the benefits of using this method.  I have used this method while I was in college. I would use it as a center and for individualized instruction if needed.  It would be a great asset for those students with disabilities or those who work faster than other (the possibilities are endless!) This is a great teaching tool!  It doesn't  have to be limited to just at home use.  Not all students have access to the internet or a computer.  So, unless if my classroom becomes equipped with ipads or tablets for my students to take home I will not be using the at home version.  But, I will be using it in the center or individualized aspect. I do love the idea!

To read further about this subject this is the link:  http://www.edutopia.org/blog/flipping-the-non-flippable-classes-jon-bergmann


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