Session 2: Flipping the Classroom
What is the Flipped Classroom?
Flipping the Classroom can be described in a variety of ways:
Flipping the Classroom can be described in a variety of ways:
- Knowledge is gained at home - "School work at home and homework at school"
- 100% of class time is active learning
- More one-on-one teacher/student time
How it benefits teaching and learning:
Here are some of the many advantages to flipping the classroom:
Here are some of the many advantages to flipping the classroom:
- It transfers the ownership of the learning to the student
- It personalizes learning for all students
- It makes learning (not teaching/lecturing) the centre of the classroom
- It maximizes the face-to-face time in the classroom
Implementing the Flipped Classroom
- Motivate students to be self-learners
- Better understanding
- Budget time
- Peer accountability - Find or create quality "at home" content
- Pre created content (eg. Khan Academy, BrainPop, Annenberg Learner)
- Teacher created content posted on YouTube - Start small (eg. one day a week)
- Choose appropriate topics
- Guide students how to be independent learners
- Guided worksheet
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Step-by-step guide to creating Flipped content:
The LOGGED-ON teams have worked on two approaches to creating content - a high tech and low tech version.
Depending on the school's operating budget, the amount of technology available and the technical "knowhow" of the user both approaches can be successfully used in the classroom.
The LOGGED-ON teams have worked on two approaches to creating content - a high tech and low tech version.
Depending on the school's operating budget, the amount of technology available and the technical "knowhow" of the user both approaches can be successfully used in the classroom.