Flipping Round Two!
My resource topic is The Flipped Classroom, and this is a really good topic to connect with Communities of Place. The two authors of the original Flipped Classroom were actually colleagues teaching at the same high school, and they both taught chemistry, and AP chemistry. Flipping their classroom started for them, as a way to keep up with the fact that they were a rural school and that their sport teams were always traveling, getting out of school early, and then the two teachers were constantly setting up other times during their planning to "reteach" what they had already taught, but the kids had missed it due to their sports schedule. I am sure there were other factors going in than that, but it sounds like from the book that it really started off slowly, and grew more and more. It was a great example of Community of Place because they were two teachers who were finding the same problem, they were not reaching their students, their students were not mastering chemistry, and they were literally learning to the test instead of actually learning anything (this was totally what I used to do for chemistry- learn as much as I could for the test and then everything would go out the window, because I never really GOT it).
Flipping the classroom is really the epitome of teaching your students a hard subject in a way that makes so much more sense. You tape yourself doing the lesson, have the students listen and watch that (their videos are no longer than 15 minutes a piece), and then come in to do your homework in class. This does not mean that teaching is way easier, it means that you are able to meet with the kids who aren't getting it (aka me about 7 years ago). It reminds me a lot of the idea of guided reading or guided math groups. You do a mini-lesson for the whole group and then send the kids off who got the concept to work independently or in small groups while you work with the kids that struggle. But, that is not the way that high school teachers teach, even though it should be!
So, the authors have now developed this awesome Flipped approach and have created their own Community of Place. They have a website with their lessons, and all these followers of people who agree with their approach.
There is tons of research on this, videos, pictures, infographics, and more. I think the book is the best resource if you need a how to type of guide. I also liked this video that I found that broke things down further:
I am really jealous of your book. Flipping my classroom has been something I have been wanting to try. This year I started making video lectures for my students to watch on their own. I began doing it because of the really big snow storm. I was worried my AP kids would fall behind, so using my skills from making the pecha kucha I recorded myself in powerpoint with images on slide. I discovered when my students came back to skill they were able to ask questions and we could try some hands on activities. I'd love to talk to you more about your book!
ReplyDeleteTori, is there anything specific you might want to know more about the book, Flip Your Classroom?
DeleteThere are a lot of buzzwords flying around education these days and every year Edutopia or other organizations posts an annual Trends in Education. We have Flipped Learning (still on the list of new trends (http://www.inacol.org/news/11-big-trends-for-2016-predictions-and-changes-ahead-in-k-12-education/), Flexible Learning, Fluid Learning---Priscilla and I joked one time we should write an article called "Flipped, Flexible, Fluid, or F@$%-ed"-- Sometimes the terms become interchanged, leaving the educator confused as to which to use accurately. Julia, can you shed light on the difference, if any, between Flipped Classroom and Flipped Learning?
ReplyDeleteHi Dawn, Please see my new blog post, and I hopefully answered some of this! :)
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