Flipping your Classroom
without Flipping Out
By Angela Mendenhall
Flipping your Classroom without Flipping Out
Where do I find the handouts?
http://simplyeffectiveeducation.edublogs.org
Flipping your Classroom without Flipping Out
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Flipping basics
1. Defining a flipped classroom
2. Identifying the teacher’s role and student’s role in a flipped
classroom
3. Explaining how a flipped classroom gives teachers control
of technology and helps meet learning objectives
4. Noting roadblocks to flipping a classroom
What is NOT flipping a classroom
How to know what IS flipping a classroom (INITIATE
Learning)
How to start flipping your classroom
Working with flipped classroom resources
Sharing and reflection
Have you ever felt like this?
What has education's
response to technology
historically been?
Students Today...
1815
From a principal's publication in 1815: "Students today
depend on paper too much. They don't know how to
write on a slate without getting chalk dust all over
themselves. They can't clean a slate properly. What will
they do when they run out of paper?"
Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America
by Alan Collins and Richard Halverson (2009)
“In college, you get to really focus on what
interests you. You have the freedom to take
your time and experience any subject you
want and once you find what you really love
to study, you can devote yourself to it.”
-Josh Downey, Indiana State University. PreMed
Students Today…
"Ten years from today, students will be learning at
college prompts
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takefor
initiative for their
their own“Studying
pace. Theat classroom
will be
place
own learning.
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sure that
you manage your time
active interaction,
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listening
and
wisely is rather difficult as you enter college (and
daydreaming.
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assignments
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This style of learning allows for the student to attain higher
levels of responsibility and ownership for their studies. “
-Sal
Khan,
KhanUniversity,
Academy
-Keren Kandel,
Indiana
Wesleyan
International
Relations
“The main thing I've learned about succeeding
in college is that it truly doesn't matter how
knowledgeable you are about a certain
course, if you to put the effort in and
completely dedicate yourself to highly
achieving in college then you will. I think
that's also very applicable to life in general.”
-Abby Walker, Purdue University Financial
Planning and Counseling with a Minor in
Spanish
"In college, there's no one there to hold your
hand and walk you through your work. Your
professors won't slow the class down for
you and your excuses don't matter. At the
same time, it's very rewarding to discover
your limits and talents as you work on your
own" -David Cannon, Purdue University,
Civil Engineering
“In college professors don't truly care about
your best interest, it's about your own initiative
to learn. You can go to class everyday and sit on
your laptop and not retain one thing--good luck
on finals. But if you utilize class time, actually
read the chapters before class, you'll be
ahead of most in your class. You'll get out of
college what you put into it. You can have the
mindset "d stands for diploma" or you can study
the lecture notes, read the book and prepare
yourself that much better for the real world
when you graduate.”
-Jana Prochaska, Indiana University, Exercise
Science
What is a flipped classroom?
"Flipping the Classroom." Center for Teaching and Learning. University of Washington, 2013. Web. 13 Dec. 2013.
Analysis
Comprehension
Knowledge
Evaluation
Synthesis
How does flipping a classroom impact my role as a teacher?
Teacher’s Role
Student’s Role
1. Planning
1. Completing Flipped Activities
2. Executing
3. Creating Mini Lessons
2. Participating during Class
3. Asking Questions
What are some roadblocks to flipping a classroom?
1. Inefficient
planning
2. Students not
completing the
homework
3. Students not
having access to
resources
Keys to Successfully Flipping
Provide an opportunity for students to gain exposure
to content prior to class
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Textbook readings
Videos
Podcasts
Screencasts
Keys to Successfully Flipping
Provide a mechanism to assess student understanding
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Pre-tests
Pre-class worksheets
Pre-writing
Verbal student feedback
Keys to Successfully Flipping
Provide an incentive for students to prepare for class
• Task associated with points
• Completion
• Feedback
Keys to Successfully Flipping
Provide in-class activities that focus on higher level
cognitive activities
Class time promotes deeper learning
Synthesize
Debate topics
Analyze data
Interpret readings
Flipping a Classroom is NOT…
Just showing videos during class
An online course
Purposeless
Passive
Avoiding teaching
Entirely self-created
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ntroduce New Concepts
avigate Challenging Ideas/Theories
ndividualize Learning
arget Learning Objectives
ncorporate Modeling
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est Skills
mphasize Points
LEARNINGwhile Flipping your Classroom
Initiate Learning
Introduce New Concepts
Familiarize students with
content
World Languages
http://www.educreation
s.com/lesson/view/losadjectives/499183/
Initiate Learning
Navigate Challenging Ideas/Theories
Break-down processes
Guide students understanding
Health/P.E.—Projectile
Motion
http://www.educreations.com/
lesson/view/projectilemotion/628554/
Initiate Learning
Individualize Learning
Differentiation
Tiered
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy
.org/library
Initiate Learning
Target Learning Objectives
Critical skills
Power standards
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/library
Initiate Learning
Incorporate Modeling
 Explicitly show students
steps in a process
Elementary Example-Guess and
Check
http://www.educreations.com/lesson
/view/guess-and-checksample/6614494/
Initiate Learning
Activate Thinking
Engaging
Challenging
Cliff Notes-Romeo
and Juliet
http://www.cambio.co
m/tag/RomeoandJulie
t/
Initiate Learning
Test Skills
Practice learning objectives
Self-assessment
Pre-assessment
Use Google Forms to Assess
Initiate Learning
Emphasize
Reinforce
Biology----Molecules of Life
http://www.bozemanscience.
com/molecules-of-life
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ntroduce New Concepts
avigate Challenging Ideas/Theories
ndividualize Learning
arget Learning Objectives
ncorporate modeling
ctivate Thinking
est Skills
mphasize Points
LEARNINGwhile Flipping your Classroom
Four Tips to Ease into Flipping your Classroom
1. Don’t think you have to flip every part of your classroom
• Choose a specific aspect of your classroom (labs,
formulas, significant digits, terms, spelling words, etc.)
to flip
2. Work with colleagues
• Other teachers are some of your best resources.
• Share videos with teachers throughout the district.
3. Find premade materials
• Quality videos are available for all levels!
4. If you want to create your own videos, create ones you
will use year-to-year
Fabulous Tools/Resources for Flipping
Links found on…
http://simplyeffectiveeducation.edublogs.org
Brainstorming for your Flipped Classroom
•Which lesson do my students need more of my guidance?
•Which lesson do I wish I had more time to work one-onone with my students?
•Which concepts do I need to often review with students?
•Which skills could my students benefit from seeing
rather than hearing?
Brainstorming for your Flipped Classroom
Sources
• Bergmann, Jonathan, and Aaron Sams. Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every
Class Every Day. Eugene, Or.: International Society for Technology in Education, 2012.
Print.
• Brown, Jeffrey. "How 'flipped Classrooms' Are Turning the Traditional School Day Upside
down." PBS News. PBS. MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, 11 Dec. 2013. Web. 13 Dec. 2013.
• "Center for Teaching." CFT RSS. Vanderbilt, 2013. Web. 13 Dec. 2013.
• "Flipping the Classroom." Center for Teaching and Learning. University of Washington, 2013.
Web. 13 Dec. 2013.
• Hertz, Mary Beth. "The Flipped Classroom: Pro and Con." Edutopia. The George Lucas
Educational Foundation, 10 July 2012. Web. 13 Dec. 2013.