Flipping
French: A
Middle School
Experience
Action Research Project!
Action Research: What did I do?
My Philosophy
 Create your own lessons your personal touch.
 Change your role. You are
now the coach, tutor and
expert
 Give students choice =
Differentiate
 Be flexible
WHY FLIP TEACHING &
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING?
 Lessons are learned at the student’s own pace
 Former Homework is done at the start of class:
only minutes are used
 Students choose projects for learning in-depth
that
 (1) interest them;
 (2) are based on individual learning styles;
 (3) allow them to learn individually or in groups; and
(4) that frees up the teacher for focused “tutoring”
time in class.
Students pick a project
Or in a group . . .
Whether working alone . . .
Students work according to their own
learning styles!
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY OF 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
The Choice Board: Students
pick from the board
A
Create a play,
puppet show, or
film
B
Write a story &
make it into a
presentation
C
Complete book
activities & write
a review
D
Create an online
movie critic show
E
Create a comic
strip
F
Make, give &
express results of
a survey
Differentiation: A Learning Center for Exploring French Literature
Toni Theisen, Communiqué (6) retrieved from
http://www.sedl.org/loteced/communique/n06.pdf
Students have and follow their
rubrics
My schedule for a flipped class
 Each day starts with a Review Opening Activity or quiz (on
vocabulary or structure)
 Each day then continues with student project work
 Your role: EXPERT ~ relax, interact, teach, support, and enjoy
the engagement of your class
My Action Research Project
Who: 7th Grade French Students
F-Block Flipped (after standard
instruction)
B-Block all standard Instruction
The data. . .
Students completed a survey about their use of
time on activities and homework.
Question 1:
Did students have
access to the Internet
from home?
If not, could Internet
access be provided?
Student Internet Access
 In the seventh grade ALL students reported
regular access to the Internet via some method.
 Students had access in the following ways:
 Home computers
 iPods
 Smartphones
 Tablets
 Kindle Fire
 When students arrive in class, the lesson is projected
on the board while I check homework completion.
Question 2:
Would class behavioral
interventions be changed by
flipping?
Points assigned for:
Warnings
Detentions
Sent to office
Calls Home
Homework completion &
behavioral intervention
Questions 3 & 4:
Would student performance
change on standard quizzes
for language structure?
Would student performance
change on writing prompts?
Student Quizzes & Writing
What online tools can I use?
 Wikispaces (mine is http://mme-dill.wikispaces.com
 http://edmodo.com
 Blogs (e.g Blogspot.com or wordpress.com)
 Google Docs
 Moodle
 Delicious.com
 Voicebox.com
 Smilebox.com
 And many more
 (see Beach R., et. al. Teaching Writing Using Blogs, wikis, and other
digital tools)
Thanks for looking at my
research.
Questions?
 About the lessons?
 About making your own presentations?
 About using a wiki?
 About projects?
 About assessments ~ projects, rubrics, tests . . .
 QU’EST-CE QUE VOUS EN PENSEZ?
Ellen Dill, professeur de français, AMS 2012