I'll be honest. When I first read the words "Flipped Classroom", I had no clue what the lesson was going to be about. I have been working on the school work for this class for the last couple of hours and part of that work included watching a video by TED Talks from the guy who created Kahn Academy. I think it was really cool to hear the story about how Kahn got started and about how many people they are currently helping. I will link the video below if you would like to watch it. After reading the first part of this blog, you might also be wondering what exactly a flipped classroom is and how effective it is.
A flipped classroom is essentially a classroom where the students watch a video lecture from home, and then do the required homework in class with the teacher there to help. This method of teaching really gets away from the whole "one size fits all" lecture type class. It allows children to work at their own pace and take their time on concepts that they don't fully understand just from watching the lecture. If they need help on a certain topic, then the teacher can find a student that has already mastered that particular concept and have them tutor the student that is stuck. If that doesn't help, then the teacher can really get involved and help them understand. This allows peer to peer contact and communication. It allows students to build relationships with each other and in a since, it "humanizes" the classroom. It also allows the students to have more "teacher time" to ask questions and get answers instead of the teacher just constantly giving a lecture and then grading papers. I really like this method of teaching. I myself have done the "watch the lecture from home and do the homework in class" thing and it really helped me. I was able to work at my own pace in subjects that I had a harder time with. I wasn't allowed to start doing that until I got into college though. If you talk to me, you will know that math is not my strong suit. The struggle really started for me in fourth grade and I had to work extra hard to understand the concepts. I had to go to tutoring and I had to stay after school multiple times. I was finally able to get caught up but I was super embarrassed to be going to tutoring when the rest of my class was doing so well. The reason I wasn't grasping the concepts was because the teacher was moving too fast for me to keep up and I fell behind. I got off track again in seventh grade when the teacher started using football examples to teach math (I already didn't understand football and then he added math to it). I pretty much stayed behind for the rest of my grade school time. My first year in college, I made all A's (I had never made all A's in my life) because I was able to work at my own pace and work until I fully understood the concepts. I do plan on using this method some in my classroom just because I know how much it helped me personally however, I will not be using it all the time. I do think it would be a good thing to use for teaching math to my students seeing as though math is a tough subject. Science, I plan on using experiments and hands on learning as much as possible and Social Studies, I plan on taking virtual field trips and maybe even a few actual field trips. I haven't quite thought about how I am going to teach English yet but that is my next plan. If you have any questions about how to go about a flipped classroom or just want to know more, I highly encourage you to look up some stats on Google and some videos on YouTube. They will be able to teach you a whole lot! Watch the TED Talk from the creator of Kahn Academy here! "I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message." - Steve Irwin
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