The Beginning of
Something?
Creating Online Resources to Supplement
and/or Flip Classroom Instruction
Tom Fuller
Bear Creek High School Science
thfuller@jeffco.k12.co.us
What is a flipped classroom?
Graphic used with permission from Knewton.com
What’s driving flipped
classrooms?
Who’s leading?
 Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams –
Science teachers in Woodland Park, CO.
 How the flipped classroom is radically transforming
learning
 Video Samples
Who’s leading?
 Salman Khan – Former hedge fund
analyst and founder of Khan Academy.
 Ted Talks – Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education
 Khanacademy.org
Who’s leading?
 Ramsey Musallam –Chemistry teacher
and in San Francisco, CA.
 Edutopia - Should you flip your classroom?
 Adding accountability
That’s all very interesting, but…
I don’t really understand computers.
That’s all very interesting, but…
I don’t have that kind of time.
That’s all very interesting, but…
my students aren’t motivated enough.
That’s all very interesting, but…
too many students don’t have regular
access to computers.
At least that’s what
I thought.
But then I identified the
one biggest barrier to the
success of my students:
ABSENCES.
So I started with virtual
labs.
 All labs are photographed or videotaped.
 Pictures and video are put in a powerpoint with
clarifying information.
 Students are responsible for following along
with the procedure, “collecting” data, and
performing calculations and analysis.
 Two examples:
 Specific Heat of Lead Virtual Lab
 Speed of Sound Virtual Lab
Then 8 weeks ago I moved to
online lectures using Khan
Academy as my model
 Two examples:
 Le Chatelier’s Principle
 Calorimetry
Resources for making videos
 Necessary Hardware
 Computer writing tablet: Bamboo Tablet ($59
- $199, Best Buy)
 Necessary Software
 Drawing Program: Smoothdraw 3 (Download
Free)
 Screen Capture: Camstudio (Download
Free), Screencast-o-matic.com (Web
Interface)
Results so far
 Number of students turning in makeup labs has
dramatically improved, often without the
student having ever spoken to me.
 When surveyed, about 1/2 of my students had
used at least one video to either review
material or learn it for the first time due to an
absence.
 Some students without computers at home
have reported to me that they used the school
library to access virtual labs.
Results so far
 Students have reported:
 That they enjoyed not having to schedule a makeup
time for labs and that they can do it on their own
timetable.
 That sometimes they didn’t quite get material in
class the first time around, but that they understood
better when they could pause and rewind the lecture
later on.
 That absences can often overwhelm them but
having the lectures online helps reduce their stress
when making up work for all their classes.
Conclusion
 Don’t let barriers come
between you and trying
something new.
 You don’t have to do
everything at once or be the
best. Just provide help for
your students where you can.
 The glass is never half empty.
It’s just full of two different
substances.
What do you think?
 Pros and Cons of Flipped Classes
 Biggest problem in your classroom that
you can use technology to tackle.
 Things you are already doing.
The Beginning of
Something?
Creating Online Resources to Supplement
and/or Flip Classroom Instruction
Tom Fuller
Bear Creek High School Science
thfuller@jeffco.k12.co.us