This week’s topic is the flipped class room. In my mind it ties closely with last week’s
technology focus. However the flipped
class room seems to take the classroom further.
So the acronym stands for F – Flexible Environment, The L is for
Learning Culture, The I is for Intentional Content, and the P is for
Professional Educators. The idea of a
flipped classroom is that lessons are viewed at home and students bring their
previous knowledge and experience with the lesson into the classroom where they
work on the content that was taught in the lesson. His allows students the ability to ask
teachers to clarify or re-explain anything.
Also since the instruction of a lecture or lesson are happening prior to
the class room in the classroom a teacher has more time to go through problems
that would have been assigned as homework
prior to the flipped classroom model.
Another asset to this model of classroom instruction there would be more
one on one teaching time, more student driven conversations. This model would also allow teacher more time
to assess a student’s comprehension of the material.
Now every lesson and or subject is not going to fit easily
into the flipped model. I think that
over all flipped classrooms will be a great asset to future classrooms again
allow for my in class discussions and practice WHILE the teacher is available
to help. As stated in the YouTube video
by Salman Khan the creator of Khan University having the lecture portion of
class in a recorded fashion allows students freedoms not easily accessed or
desirable in class. The student can
pause, repeat at any point allowing them to go over any portion of the lesson
they do not understand without fear of peer ridicule. It allows them to view at their convenience
in an atmosphere that is comfortable and of their own choosing. I dare say that parents may even opt to view
these lessons as a form of helping their child. I know that when common core
math was being implemented in my area EVER parent I knew contacted me in some
form to help them, help their child because the concepts seemed so foreign to
the methods they once learned. In
addition to all these benefits imagine is a student is absent. These digital lessons can help them stay on
top of their studies even if they are out for a prolonged illness.
