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Classrooms Are Flipping, Does It Really Help Students?
Highlights from EdWeek.org's webinar, “What Works in Flipped Classrooms” :
This EdWeek.org's webinar, "What Works in Flipped Classrooms", can be viewed from the archive at http://www.edweek.org/ew/marketplace/webinars/webinars.html. It is a valuable resource to anyone interested in moving from a teacher-centered classroom to a student-centered classroom. The speakers were very knowledgeable about the subject, because they have implemented the model in their classrooms for more than three years. Research is still being collected to determine if this model is helpful for students academically. However, observations and student responses taken from sessions in these classrooms indicate students are improving in the creativity, evaluating, and analyzing abilities.
Instructional Delivery
The flipped classroom is really shifting instructional delivery from a teacher-centered model to a student-centered model. Using flipped classroom allows teachers to be more involve with the learning process and engage students more in the content.
Differentiation
Content in Multimedia
The use of videos to present content is often used as homework leaving class time for individualized learning. Some say the flipped classroom will not help students who do not have computers or the internet at home. To solve this access issue, videos can be saved to USB drives or burned to DVDs for students to take home and watch.
Bloom's Taxonomy
Home-to-School Communication
Communication with parents is important. Use any method available to train the parents about this model of learning. Examples of communications are a beginning-of-the-year letter explaining what learning will look like in the classroom for the year, revisit the idea during parent conferences and open house, and have parents watch the videos and participate in the at home portion of the lesson.
Change is not easy
It takes about three years to implement change in the culture of a school. So, teachers should not get discouraged while trying to modify instructional delivery. Continue to try new methods of inquiry and project-based instruction. Soon the students will become more accountable for their learning.
Additional Resources
Why I Flipped My Classroom?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGuLuipTwg
This video shows advantages of using the flipped classroom model. Using the teacher-centered model does not give enough time for differentiation, but student-centered learning becomes self-paced with the teacher helping students learn how to learn. With more class time spent on applying the content, students are more engaged and challenged.
The Flipped Classroom
This presentation gives a good overview of a flipped classroom along with statistics showing an increase in student achievement when using this teaching model. The infographic provides a good visual representation of the model and would be helpful when presenting the flipped classroom model to school staff.
The Flipped Classroom: Pro and Con
This article looks at the “what” and “why” of flipped classrooms. After reading this article, the reader has a good understanding of the flipped classroom model. To implement flipped classroom the focus is shifted from teacher deliver to student delivery. This site explains this concept well but does not present instructional strategies for shifting to a student centered classroom.
30 Flipped Classroom Tools From Edshelf
This website is a curated resource for educators wanting to flip their classroom. The tools on this site are helpful in creating multimedia instruction.