"Flipped Classroom" Strategy?

[Amanda]

I read about an interesting strategy today... "flipping the classroom"

The headline asks, Can the Flipped Classroom Benefit Low-Income Students?

However, it looks like it could benefit any student, allowing the teacher to differentiate for all learners.

Some of it reminds me of something a lot of elementary teachers are already doing with guided reading & literacy centers... more small group and one-on-one instruction. I wonder how video lessons would work for younger kids, too? I could see it working really well for advanced students in K-1!

Has anyone tried this strategy or seen in going on in your school?

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Some great links have been shared in this thread, so I'll try to keep this post edited with a list:

Flipped Classroom - Middle School Science

Flipped High School

Woodland Hills Flipped Classroom - First Grade

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[Caesar753]

I've read about this practice here at A to Z, but I've never seen it in real life. I'm curious to learn more, especially about how it could be done in a foreign language classroom.

[iteachbx]

I feel like there needs to be a balance of teaching, guiding, and work with teacher in small groups or conferences. I really like the workshop model. I don't think I could ever see myself using this method entirely.

[bandnerdtx]

I've been intrigued by this for awhile, too, but I think I'm more like iteachbx... I could see using it as one method every now and then.

[mollydoll]

I'm not sold. My students will do precious little once they leave the classroom as it is--how would flipping work? They won't check out notes or videos on their own, especially if they have to go somewhere to use a computer.

I do put extra enrichment materials online and sometimes have the kids go through my notes powerpoints as a "station" in class, especially when I have longer embedded videos or songs in them. I do like that technique for some topics. Mostly because it keeps me from talking too much.

One idea I'm playing with for next year for the mineral unit is to do a kiosk style presentation where each computer has a mineral sample in front of it and then a short PowerPoint to go along.

[Amanda]

If I read it correctly, this particular classroom did the videos in class since the students didn't have access at home. That way some students were watching video lessons while others were meeting with the teacher or doing other activities.

[Amanda]

I also don't think requiring students to do it at home would be the best idea. (Also, as a parent I would NOT like that.)

[Rebecca1122]

I started 'flipping' my classroom last year, I teach middle school science. I come from an elementary background and was searching for ways to differentiate my classroom more. I piloted it with my 8th graders (I have 6th, 7th & 8th) in our Life Over Time unit. I have to say... my students LOVED it. I asked for student feedback after the test on the unit and not one negative thing was said about the video lectures. Most said they loved them and don't get rid of them! I did a combination of watching the videos in class and sometimes for homework. The way I did it looked like this...
I had the kids watch my videos (I recorded voice over the normal Powerpoint I would have given them as in-class notes) and do their own notes. The videos were posted on Edmodo, which is a tool I was already using. They can write their notes any way they want, but are trying to pull out main ideas and key vocabulary. So if the video was HW, they needed to come in the next day with their own notes completed. I then gave them a notes template which goes in their science notebook. They filled out this note sheet from their own notes. If they couldn't fill it out completely, then they needed to go back and re-watch the video. They hated doing the video twice if they didn't have to so this ensured them taking good notes the first time around! I would also check their notes template for completeness.

This 8th grade class that I piloted this method with as a whole was extremely bright and needed to be challenged. They easily got bored and this really resolved some of the issues I had with engaging them in the material the days we weren't doing a lab or activity. I think they remembered the material better as they were receiving it one on one rather than whole group.

My dream would be to have students working through the units at their own pace, but I am not sure how to do this AND still do cooperative learning labs/activities. It is something I am trying to plan out this summer. I am also not sure I would use this method with 6th graders... I think they might need more teacher structured notes to start out. This method involves a lot of independence and puts more responsibility on the student for their own learning, which I like but I also want to make sure students are prepared and ready for.

The website below is a middle school science classroom that I think the teachers have done an amazing job 'flipping'... it looks like they really have a system down:
https://sites.google.com/site/hms8th...ippedclassroom

All in all I like flipping and hope to really get into it more this next year!

[Rebecca1122]

Originally Posted by Amanda

I also don't think requiring students to do it at home would be the best idea. (Also, as a parent I would NOT like that.)

I tried to do them in class when possible because my school has laptops carts but they were not always available. I teach at a small private school and 100% of my kids have Internet access so that also makes it easier to assign as HW. Actually many of my kids preferred them as HW so they could stop and take a break if they wanted to and come back. But I liked them to do it in class better so I could be there to help if needed.

There is also a high school near Detroit that is completely flipped. Really interesting to see the progress these students have made...
http://flippedhighschool.com/

[mollydoll]

I like your notes idea. My seniors still need so much hand holding on note taking. A few times I tried weaning them off fill in the blank sheets (I usually have other more interactive questions and activities on there too) and test scores plummetted.

I just don't have time to teach them note taking skills.