Flipped Classrooms have been around as an offshoot of blended learning methodology for more than a decade, now. In the flipped classroom, your students study at home and bring the homework to school. All conceptual learning, inquiries happen in the class, during a discussion with an instructor/mentor. Typically the class of students is divided into small groups which help the students to discuss, clarify, learn from each other during the review of study material. Flipped Learning in a School Setting Ms. Jenn Williams (RVS teacher)[1] is a social science teacher who wanted all of her students to be engaged, instead of just a handful. Jenn explained how she implemented the flipped classroom in her traditional class. Ms. Williams took the lecture component and broke them down to 10-minute videos, which the students got to see at home. She would then discuss the concept in class and give them projects/or research work that the students would complete by themselves or in small groups. Ms.Williams experienced that the students were more engaged and got great feedback from them. She has inspired other teachers to try the flipped learning techniques/flipped classroom model. Why is the Flipped Classroom Amazing? The flipped classroom teaching has found favor with many teachers because of the methodology: Increases learning dynamics interplay of time, pace, path, and place Videos are an excellent tool to review concepts as students have the option to re-visit videos any time. In case the student has missed a class or wants more clarity on a particular theory, the videos are there for them to view again, at their convenience. If students don’t have access to the internet, teachers could give videos on pen drives, hard drives / burn cd, etc. to enable students to learn using the videos. In another format called the in-class... Read More
