The Flipped Classroom:
Maximizing your Class Time
2013 Connelly Foundation Summer Tech Academy
Sharon Casadei
Mary Mother of the Redeemer, North Wales, PA
Scasadei@mmredeemer.org
@sharon_casadei
Free apps to download
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Socrative (Teacher and Student)
QRReader
Edmodo
ShowMe
Educreations
Not free, but worth it:
Notability ExplainEverything
My Traditional Classroom
Teacher delivers content in class; students practice at home.
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Maintenance - 10 minutes
Check homework – 10 minutes or more
Direct instruction – 15 - 20 minutes
Practice – 10 minutes
Content delivery
Application
My Flipped Classroom
Teacher delivers content electronically; students view content
on their own and do all practice/application in class.
Content delivery
• Maintenance – 10 minutes
• Video Q&A – 5 minutes
• Practice/differentiation – 40 minutes
Application
My Flipped Classroom Looks
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My Flipped Classroom Looks
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Why Flip?
• Katie Gimbar's story
• The Flipped Classroom is not... by Graham Johnson
• An alternative to sub plans: How Teacher Rob Zdrojewski
Flipped the Classroom When On Jury Duty
Evaluate sample videos
Pre-K – Grade 3:
• Ms. Sleasman's Flipped Classroom - 1st grade
• The Shapes Songs
• Homophones, synonyms, and antonyms movie
• Khan Academy Basic Subtraction
• BrainPopJr.com Nouns
• Tina Schmidt 3rd Grade Division
Evaluate sample videos
Grades 4-6:
Khan Academy Adding and Subtracting Fractions
BrainPop.com Main Idea
BrainPop.com Intro to Digital Animation
LearnZillion.com Write a thesis statement for an opinion letter
(W.4.1)
Grades 7-8:
LearnZillion.com: Determine Scale Factor by Applying Ratios
(7.G.1), Pythagorean theorem (8.G.7)
Resources for content
• Youtube, SchoolTube, TeacherTube
• BrainPop.com
• LearnZillion.com – Common Core referenced videos, and
additional Guided Practice videos
• NTCM.com
• Discovery Education
• Publisher websites
Apps for Content Delivery
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Educreations
ShowMe
ExplainEverything
ScreenChomp
DoodleCast
Implementation
Planning:
• Find or create video content
• Graphic organizer, formative assessment question(s)
Post video:
• Homework webpage
• Edmodo
• Class wiki or blog
Class time:
• Q&A/formative assessment
• Practice
• Flexible groups
• Differentiated instruction
Flipping in action!
• Kindergarten: Mrs. Carol Redmond St. Croix Catholic School,
Stillwater, MN
• Kindergarten: Mrs. Courtney Webb
• 3rd Grade: Mrs. Tina Schmidt St. Ignatius of Antioch School,
Yardley, PA