THE FLIPPED
CLASSROOM
By Marc Long
The Flipped Classroom Overview
• Why is it called a Flipped Classroom?
• A Change in Pedagogy
• The Flipped Classroom “At Home”
• The Flipped Classroom “At School”
• Types of Instructional Videos
• Questions and Answers
• Benefits of the Flipped Classroom
• Making a Flipped Video
Why is it called “The Flipped Classroom”?
Early on the “flipped classroom”
referred to a method of instruction
where classroom-based teaching
time and traditional "homework"
time were reversed (flipped).
A Change in Pedagogy
Traditional
• Lectures are
teacher directed
• Lessons
introduced
during class
• Students complete
assignments at
home
Flipped
• Students centered
• Content introduced at
home
• Students apply it at
school
• Teachers provide
more one-on-one
assistance
Rethinking Class Time
• Most of the videos will cover Bloom’s Taxonomy
levels for remembering and understanding
• Class time can be spent applying what students are
learning
You to
spend
more
time
teaching
at the
upper
levels
The Flipped Classroom “At Home”
• Material in videos can be reviewed as needed
• Students learn at their pace
• Provides remediation for students falling behind
• Online forums (i.e. Piazza) find students
collaborating before class begins
The Flipped Classroom “At School”
• Students with similar abilities are
found collaborating
• Students and teacher interactions
are genuine
• Teacher has time to work with
each student everyday
• Time for differentiated instruction
• Teacher can assess learning as it
is occurring
• Online forums promote class wide
discussions.
What’s
happening
during
class, if the
majority of
your time
isn’t spent
lecturing?
Types Of Instructional Videos
• Teacher created online instructional videos (VB)
• Videos to explain a common classroom
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process– “How do I put documentation in my
labs?” (VB)
Videos to help “jump start” students as they
analyze a complex problem or issue. (VB)
Student created videos that explain a concept to
other students (Brooke)
Teacher created videos to assess student work
Videos from outside experts that replace or
supplant teacher instruction you tube, knomia,
khanacademy, TED Ed etc.
What If Students Don’t Watch the Videos
• Teacher can check to see that
the student takes notes
• Train students and give them
expectations for watching the
videos
• Add a set of questions to the video or a
web page
Addressing Student Access Issues
• Copy videos to DVDs, flash drives, mobile
devices
• Allow students to come in before or after school
Other FAQs
• How does flipping the classroom change
who is responsible for learning?
• How do you manage the flipped pace?
• How does this work for all learners?
• Common Core and the Flipped Classroom
Benefits of the Flipped Classroom
• Students can review
as many times as
needed
• Students can work at
their own pace
• Students could learn at
home or school
• Students are less
anxious during class
Benefits (Continued)
• Teachers will have more time to
personalize communications with students
• Teachers will have more time to create
meaningful learning experiences
• Parents are watching videos with their
children
Flipped Survey Results
Guidelines for Making Videos
• Keep it short (5-15
• Use annotations (to
minutes)
• One objective per
video
• Record with a
partner
• Add humor
• Don’t waste your
kids time
write on the screen)
• Use video clips
• Use Picture In a
Picture (PIP)
• Use Callouts/
Zooms judiciously
• Be considerate of
copyright materials
Tools for Video Capture
• White board (Katie)
• Tech Smith
• Camtasia
• Snagit
• Jing (Free)
How much time
does it take to
create a
presentation?
• EudCreations
• Screencast-o-matic
• ScreenChop
• Skitch (Mac)
• Explain Everything app for iPad
Adding a Quiz Component
• Use Camtasia to add quiz questions to the
video timeline and have results emailed to
you
• Use Google Docs to create a quiz with
answers sent to a spreadsheet
Video Storage
• District Servers
• YouTube Edu
• ScreenCast
• Teaching Channel
• Edmodo
• EduCreations
• Screencast-o-matic
• EduVision TV
How Do I Get Started?
• Don’t do your whole curriculum
• Think of it as the “Flipped Lesson”
• You don’t have to front-load the video
• Use some videos from experts, but do
create your own
Flipped Classroom Resources
• 21st Century Educational Technology and
Learning
• Clintondale High School
• Flipped Learning Network
• Flipped Classroom Examples
• The Effect of the Flipped Classroon on
Student Achievement and Stress
• ISTE Flipped Class 101
• ISTE Flipped Class 201
• TED Talk with Katie
• NC State The Flipped Classroom