Flip classroom

Flip Classroom - Jonathan Bergmannn and Aaron Sams started to create and annotate lessons online for absent students and soon learned how it became beneficial for students that were in the classroom to review and reinforce what they had learned.

• Bergmann notes that he now spends more time with struggling students, who no longer give up on homework, but work through challenging problems in class. Advanced students have more freedom to learn independently.
• Fostering better relationships, greater student engagement, and higher levels of motivation.
• Creating videos forces teachers to pay attention to the details and nuances of instruction—the pace, the examples used, the visual representation, and the development of aligned assessment practices. -Khan Academy,
• Instructional videos can be used as powerful tools for teachers to create content, share resources, and improve practice.

Flip Classroom - Explanation of what a flip classroom is and why to flip it. Provides good additional sources to look at.

Flip Classroom - Positive effects flip classroom has on student engagement and taking ownership of their learning.

• Students learn more deeply.
• Students are more active participants in learning.
• Interaction increases and students learn from one another.
• Instructors and students get more feedback.

Flip Classroom - Provides advantages and criticisms to the use of flip classroom.

• Though effective for some, this type of instruction has forced students to be merely receptors of information, rather than participants in their own learning processes through active learning.
• The main goal of a flipped classroom is to enhance student learning and achievement by reversing the traditional model of a classroom, focusing class time on student understanding rather than on lecture. -It promotes student-centered learning and collaboration
• It relies on preparation and trust
• Not naturally a test-prep form of learning

Flip Classroom - John Sowash gives his top five tips on what to expect when you do flip classroom that he wished he would have know before he tried it.

• Set time aside to create the lessons.
• Use others people have created.
• Kids may not like change
• You do not have to do it for every lesson.

Beth Holland Instructor and Communications Coordinator at EdTechTeacher In the past few months, the flipped-learning model has hit mainstream media with articles appearing in the New York Times and even Southwest Airlines' Spirit magazine. Traditionally, students learn new information through lecture or direct instruction while in school.

The flipped classroom, in case you are not familiar with the term, is a teaching method in which students study a topic at home by watching a video prepared or set by their tutor in advance of their regular lesson.

I recently attended the ISTE conference in San Diego, CA. While I was only there for about 36 hours, it was easy for me to pick up on one of the hottest topics for the three-day event. The "flipped classroom" was being discussed in social lounges, in conference sessions, on the exhibit floor, on the hashtag and even at dinner.

Incorporating technology into student learning is increasing dramatically as more and more schools become connected and more and more students have access to laptops and devices. Of the many emerging techniques for integrating tech and digital learning into the classroom, the flipped classroom is one of the most effective.

Since Jonathan Bergman and Aaron Sams first experimented with the idea in their Colorado classrooms in 2004, flipped learning has exploded onto the larger educational scene. It's been one of the hottest topics in education for several years running and doesn't seem to be losing steam.