Flipped Learning
Another trend in education mentioned by Alan November is flipped learning. View this video about flipped learning in a HS
Go to this website and you can read about flipped learning as well. http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/education/students-take-advantage-of-flipped-learning-in-the-classroom Here is another blog with more information on the flipped classroom with resources: http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/part-1-flipping-the-classroom-12-resources-to-keep-you-on-your-feet/
Go to this website and you can read about flipped learning as well. http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/education/students-take-advantage-of-flipped-learning-in-the-classroom Here is another blog with more information on the flipped classroom with resources: http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/part-1-flipping-the-classroom-12-resources-to-keep-you-on-your-feet/
Why flipped learning? It helps students take some ownership of their learning and helps them to use prior knowledge as they move forward. By coming in to class with some understanding of the concept, they are able to ask questions and the teaching in the classroom can be changed. Let’s look at some places to find resources to help with flipped learning.
Odyssey – Assign a lesson for homework and then discuss it the next day
Khan Academy – find a video for the students to view before coming to class
You tube, School Tube or Teacher Tube – have students watch a video and come ready to discuss the next day. You can embed the videos in your edmodo, blog, or wiki site!
Something that very few of us use is iTunes U – What is iTunes U – click here and learn about it http://www.apple.com/apps/itunes-u/index.html Take some time to explore iTunes U. If you go to K-12 you can find some audio books, videos and lessons specifically for K-12 students. You can actually access many lectures from Harvard, Stanford and more prestigious universities. In the K-12…you can find TEXAS resources as well to prepare us for the STAAR test! Florida State has some good things including Lit to Go. Many of the resources are for teachers to use. Classroom 2.0 from Arizona will give you lots of ideas to use Web 2.0 tools.
Along with Flipped learning, flexible grouping can make a huge impact on your classroom. Think about how you can group your children in flexible groupings. Read the chapter from Best Practices on Flexible Grouping and see how you could incorporate it into your classroom.
Reading: Flexible Groups Chapter 14
Along with Flipped learning, flexible grouping can make a huge impact on your classroom. Think about how you can group your children in flexible groupings. Read the chapter from Best Practices on Flexible Grouping and see how you could incorporate it into your classroom.
Reading: Flexible Groups Chapter 14
Assignment for Session 4:
- Reflect on your classroom. How could you incorporate flipped learning with your students? What are the roadblocks that you would have to overcome to make flipped learning work with your students? What are some ideas you have to use flipped learning in your classroom? How can you use flexible groups in your classroom?
- On the wiki post some resources that have material you could use with flipped classroom. Look through iTunes U to see what is available for you as a teacher or for your classroom. Add them to the wiki page on flipped learning. Download the iTuneU App to your device for quick access. Find the resources you can use in YOUR classroom next year!
JB flipped learning can be used in all subject areas. Using it for me with language arts in the beginning of the year would be helpful to parents to show how we do word sorts or word in a word for spelling.
ReplyDeleteRoadblocks to overcome are parents who want that homework in front of their child every night. Explaining that their child will be watching the process and then in class I will be available one on one to help with the actual assignment.
Ideas for flipped learning are showing parents and students ahead of time what a project is going to be and then having them do some research ahead of time so they are prepared to start the actual project in class because they are already prepared.
Flexible groupings in the room will benefit since all kids will have the opportunity to watch the videos ahead of time and those that need to have instructions more then once are able to repeat by watching the directions again until they grasp the concept.
I became totally sold on flipped learning when I sat on the district's Teacher of the Year selection committee this spring. The two high school finalists (both chemistry teachers) make their own youtube videos incorporating all of the information necessary for an assignment. (plus added videos etc.) Students watch the video and are expected to come to class the next day with questions and/or prepared to do the homework that traditionally would have been done at home. The big difference being...if the student is lost or has questions..the teacher is in the room. It was a real "aha" moment for me. I can easily see doing this with the music technology projects we've developed in 2nd, 4th, and 5th grades and the new 3rd grade project we'll start next year. It will take time training parents but I think the kids will dive right in. Our kids will be far ahead of others. Flexible groupings will benefit because those who need a bit of extra help will have it at their fingertips on their own time.
ReplyDeleteBrittany had Mrs. Flint. She was phenomenal! Dedicated to her students!!! And, her videos were probably the only thing that helped her pass her PreAP class!!! (Along with morning tutorials 3x's a week.)
DeleteLD - I too am sold on the flipped learning. I spent most of this session reading the blogs and different sites, as well as watching the videos done be various individuals about flipped learning. After watching how these educators truly transformed their teaching to reach more kids, I read the chapter on grouping. It must have been written before the idea of flipped learning came about because I didn't read any mention of it in that chapter.
ReplyDeleteAs for my own classroom, I think I would begin with math because there are so many video and podcast sources available. It would require that I change the way I use my math journal, as a place for students to practice and keep notes, instead of cutting and pasting my more tradional models for them. They may not need that since so much in online now. The biggest problem I can see is the homework. If I assign videos for kids to watch, I have to make sure parents will let their kids have internet access to do that. Some of the videos come from YouTube and not all of my kids are allowed to go there yet. Also, I read about using a chat for discussions. Google Docs supposedly has a chat feature, but I haven't investigated yet. That would be something I would incorporate later in the year. I love what khanacademy.org is doing, especially all the teacher documents they have to help track student progress. I think that would be where I would begin because it's already done for me. I want to sign up my class and then track each child to see where they excel, so I can have those students work as peer coaches for different concepts, as well as track the students who struggle so we can work with small groups or one on one, as needed. The great thing about this type of classroom is that grouping is really flexible. Children will go at their own pace and work to mastery on concepts so they can apply them to different learning situations.
AW - Flipped learning could work by having the students watch a video beforehand about the concept to be learned. This would take the place of the lecture and class time could be spent on guided practice. However, a major roadblock that I see would be that I use the mini lesson time to teach note taking skills and this is a coping strategy (twice exceptional learners) so videos in the place of it would not work. Also, the students might not be as engaged as they watch the video in their own time. They might be distracted by other things. I use flipped learning by using Brainpop. The students watch a video on a concept and take the quiz for homework and then we discuss it. I also use videos to reinforce the concepts being learned on websites such as Khan Academy. I use flexible grouping to increase achievement of students. Groups are formed based on the concept to be reinforced or learned. I use a math problem solving game called Math Quest for the students to solve complex math problems in homogeneous groups. This type of grouping furthers the achievement of high ability students and enables me to work in a small group setting with other students who are struggling with a particular concept.
ReplyDeleteFlip learning is an incredible concept. I think it is not only another way to connect a concept to the kids but also a way for parents to see what is going on in the kids cirriculum. It can be frustrating to try to help your child with homework not totally understanding the strategy the teacher is presenting. Certainly in upper levels, the ability for the child to reaccess the information for a quick review of a concept seems priceless. KML
ReplyDeleteFlipped learning is intriguing. The ability to have more class time to work with individual students would be great, and it dovetails nicely with the flexible grouping article accompanying session 4. I appreciate that parents would be able to view the material along with the kids so they can understand how the concepts are being taught at school. The ability to view the video/powerpoint/podcast again and again can help kids get a good grasp of the concept, or to identify the area where their understanding breaks down. I am concerned, however, about the availability of electronic material for lessons. I've never put any lessons on a podcast or videotaped myself teaching (that very idea makes me cringe!). If I can find the resources, will they be quality teaching? I'm excited to learn more and explore this topic more deeply.
ReplyDeleteKH - Flipped learning gives more time to work with students on the skills the specifically need. It also helps to pull from students prior learning. Sometimes students don't understand what is going on in the classroom, but after watching a short video they are able to connect with something they have learned before. Flipped learning allows for flexibility in learning by giving students more ownership with the learning. Depending on where videos are stored/linked, students can revisit as they move through the learning process. Flipped learning can also work with remedial students.
ReplyDeleteKS. Flipped learning is another new concept for me! I love the concept, but I am concerned about the ownership of the responsibility of viewing the info when you are talking about early childhood. I love the concept, but It would have to look different in the preK classroom. I could have the videos ready and I could watch how they would apply the info in the class through workstations and class "homework". Using technology,videos and other 21st century techniques to motivate learning is exciting. I can see this working throughout the preK day! Flexible grouping works in preK in every way and every day ,
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of flipped learning and i'am interested in trying it out this year.
ReplyDeleteLast year, I would send links to Khan Academy’s site in response to some parent emails to homework questions. I like the idea of using the videos as homework, allowing the students to learn at their own pace as well as hopefully learn with their parents. This will help strengthen the home-school connection by involving parents in their child’s learning not just assisting with homework that can sometimes be a stressor if a student doesn’t understand the concept.
JS flipped learning would be great for technology in the library. Have students watch a video at home on using the green screen in movies or using the Dewey Decimal system. Then when they come into library the following day, they have a reasonable grasp on what is the expected learning outcome and can hook knowledge to the task at hand.
ReplyDeleteCC- I did this somewhat with our science blog. The students discussed a topic and look for direct evidence on the web before I introduced it in class. I can now think of many ways to improve this idea for next year. Instead of just throwing out a conept where there are varing degrees of background knowledge, I can also add a short video or examples. The students really got into trying to prove their answers were right. It also made our in class discussion much deeper. The article on grouping was interesting, I try to mix up my groups often based on both level and mixed ability.
ReplyDeleteJJ- i've never heard the term flipped learning, but I have seen it in use with my own children in middle school. It is very beneficial for parents that are involved in their children's learning. It would be very beneficial from a teacher's perspective if students came to class with some basic knowledge of concepts before introducing them in class. Of course it could not be used in isolation for most students who need the explanations and "teaching" but I can see high achieving and gifted students really benefit as they often know a lot coming into a lesson anyway!
ReplyDeleteFlipped learning was not the topic of the article, but effective grouping is a constant focus in the classroom. It is tempting to place gifted kids in groups with lower achieving students, but this can easily lead to frustration on both sides. For reading groups, I agree it is best to group according to level, where I do see a benefit to flexible grouping is with projects. It is always fascinating to see the dynamics in action. It iss a situation for the higher achieving students don't always shine.
Flipped Learning! I love it!!! Especially since the internet is exploding with stuff already done and ready to use! My struggles might be due to kids who have SO many extra curricular activities... I remember a parent asking me (this last year) how she could help her daughter succeed in the classroom.. When we started talking about how the child could use Kahn Academy or MathTV.com to help supplement what was going on in the classroom, she told me that her 2 hour Gymnastic Practice, twice a week was non-negotional and that she didn't have the time to do homework on Tuesday and Thursday nights...
ReplyDeleteI think this was an exceptional case but as I see more athletic activities happening more and more on school nights, it makes me rethink what I want my homework to look like. Maybe using less paper and pencil activities and doing more flipped learning as it would only help when they come the next day exhausted because their basketball / baseball game lasted until 9:00...
Great idea to ponder Karen! Thanks!
HB. This is a fun and exciting way of teaching. I see the positives and the negatives to this. I like that a student can "view" the lesson more than once, I totally get this. On the other hand the student needs the availability of technology at home to be able to use the flipped lesson. I know from experience that our Internet capabilities go down and my children are unable to complete a lesson needed for school. Both of my children experience this "flipped learning" in school. They enjoyed using technology for learning and having the flexibility to go back when needed to review. I am not sure how I would use this with my students at the 1st grade level, but as I read more abbout flipped learning I am sure there are many uses at this level. I can envision a review of a concept taught and then posting for the parent to see what was taught that day so they could review with the student.
ReplyDeleteI think we have just scratched the surface on what can be done with flipped learning. I agree that the 5th grade math blog and the use of Khan Academy have been successfully used at RCE. Students were excited to go home and get on and share with each other. I do think the novelty wore off on the blogs throughout the year. But any way we can get students to use technology and preview the information we will be instructing is a form of flipped learning.
ReplyDeleteWe do run into the challenge of working with a population of students who are very involved in out of school activities - especially sports. And this is a good thing as well. I wonder if we could use some flipped opportunities as students finish work or with small groups. I have seen some great examples of some of our students making their own videos in order to teach peers. There are many possibilities. nh
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ReplyDeleteI like the concept of flipped learning. I think it lends itself most easily to math, but I can see it during 'famous people' studies as well.
I do not like the group discussion that is missing from the introduction. I think the social aspects of what occurs during a lesson are critical to the learning. I think I would enjoy the practice time at school, but I would certainly miss the introduction. The spark of my students is what fuels me. This occurs many times during the introduction. I do think the learning spark is contagious, and I love it when one student's excitement rubs off on others. My advice on flipped learning is to take it slow and with an open mind.
Flexible grouping is a beautiful idea on paper. I think it is important to consider self-esteem and reputation when moving children around out of grade level. The "smart kid" isn't always a good stereotype, and moving children to lower grades gives an obvious. We are trained in teaching all students; GT teaching and differentiation. I'm not sure I'm sold on this just yet.
I like the idea of flipped learning. It is a new concept for me but something to consider. I like that the student's can view the learning more than once. It would be very helpful if the children came to class with some basic knowledge of a new concept. On the other hand, I agree with ddm. Igniting the spark in students is often times the most exciting part of the day. This is a learning tool that I do not see myself using as a K teacher. Perhaps older groups would benefit from this.
ReplyDeleteFlexible grouping- not sure what I think of this during reading instruction time. Since I am responsible for their growth in reading, I would prefer to keep reading groups together based on their reading level. Throughout the day it would be fun to pair up different leveled readers but not during reading groups. Out of my comfort zone.
Annie Pooh posted above
ReplyDeleteLT Flipped learning...kids today are so lucky!! I could have really used this as kid in school with math. I love watching a video on my own and being able to stop and repeat the parts that only I need to hear. I agree with KS, it is hard to picture utilizing this as well in early childhood, but I am sure it could be done in some ways. Flexible grouping is something we do in kinder every day and in every way- small groups all day long and the groups are constantly changing. Also, we send kids to first grade often and we see kids from first grade (not as much). I try to convey that all the teachers at RCE are a team, not that you are going to first b.c. you are too smart, etc. That can be touchy.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh ....kids are so lucky today ! I love the idea that the learner can view the lesson several times and even practice before the teacher asks the student to perform. This is awesome...I would have loved to have had this opportunity as a child growing up especially in Math? MR
ReplyDeleteThis is already in place in middle school and high school, which is fantastic. I often wonder what students without internet access do, but I'm guessing those kinks have been worked out already. This is incredibly helpful if a student is out sick for any extended period of time. I use a similar concept, but it is done in the lab or rotations. Students watch a Brainpop segment on a literary element or parts of speech and then practice it in the class in small groups. I can imagine that it will be used much more in the future.
ReplyDeleteI can see so many uses for this in the classroom. Most of all I like the bridge between what we are learning in the classroom and home. I also love the fact that the can stop the lesson nd work at their own pace. I can really see how this would benefit older grades, but I will need to think of how I can use this in kindergarten.
ReplyDeletethe idea of flipped learning really promotes higher level thinking. Kiddos have to think about their leaning while questioning what they learn. I think it can lead to a lot of what I call discovery learning....they learn one thing, but through questioning the student begins to dig around further watching more videos and reading more selections. They end up learning more that was actually intended.
ReplyDeleteThe first idea I think about with flipped learning in health fitness is fitness gram testing. Students would be able to get information and see correct demonstrations. This could also be used to promote parent participation with their student's fitness. Students would be able to review and practice as their schedule permits.
ReplyDeleteFlexible grouping is used constantly in health fitness. Ability grouping, boy-girl grouping- choice of activity grouping-choice of equipment grouping- and many other grouping categories. These types of grouping are extremely beneficial with large classes.
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I love the idea of flipped learning. I have done it a bit in reading with students and I didn't realize I had. I have had students read a passage for homework, and then come in the following day to discuss and write about it as a class. I know this isn't exactly what it is intended to be used for and I plan to try even more with it, but I loved the fact that we didn't waste as much as time reading it together. We could go right into the higher level questioning. I think it would be easiest for me to do this with math right now. We have used Khan Academy, which I feel is fantastic, but we have used our limited class time to do this. Then we cram in extra practice. If the students watched these videos at home or before school in the library or in the classroom (for those who couldn't get onto the internet from home), then we could use the math class time to practice probelms and answer questions. Maybe they could even create videos for classmates to share as homework that way they are practicing by teaching and getting different ideas of problem solving from watching other students.
DeleteFlexible groups is used differently within my classroom and sometimes other classrooms within the grade level. I have used it for both reading and math. It seems to be easier in math. The students like this. KE
I would have definitely benefitted from flipped learning in middle and high school. I like that you can access a lesson and pause and review what you have previously learned. I am having trouble seeing how flipped learning could be used in pk-1 classrooms because the learning is so hands on. Flipped learning might be a good way to review previous lessons at home with mom and dad. I can see how it would be great in the upper grades, giving the students more time to interact in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteFlexible grouping is a great way to split kids up based on ability. I have seen this work in guided reading groups. In first grade we have had kiddos come up from kindergarten. I t would also be a great idea to pair children up from different groups to buddy read or math tubs.
Meg Hansen posted above
ReplyDeleteI think flipped learning is a really cool idea. I love that kids would be able to go home and watch a lesson and pause, rematch, etc. as needed. I could see using this with problem solving in first grade. Many of our first grade parents have lots of questions about the way we teach problem solving, so this would be helpful for parents as well. Flexible grouping is something we do all of the time in first grade. The majority of our day focuses around small groups. Using flexible grouping helps us differentiate learning thoughtful the day and within subject areas. MR1
ReplyDeleteMRid- Flipped learning- This is a cool concept! I struggled so much in math when I was younger and this would've been so helpful to me. I can see how this would give a child so much more confidence in the classroom knowing that he or she had a "leg up" on the material. I would've loved this!! I definitely see how this could benefit the kids in the intermediate grades, but might prove more difficult for our little ones in 1st, K, and PreK. It could possibly be used as a review tool for end of the week assessments. I know parents would love that!
ReplyDeleteFlexible grouping is something that we in first grade are all too familiar with. From our daily reading groups to individual math groups to reinforce certain skills, I think that flexible grouping is a daily occurrence in our schedules.
Oops...that was supposed to say re-watch not rematch. Haha. :)
ReplyDeleteLK- I suppose what I take away from this chapter is that a teacher has to know their kids and how they perform and feel about the various type of groupings discussed...flexible, cluster, cooperative. Not each type of grouping works for each child...you have to know your purpose for the lesson, the outcome you want, and that will help you determine the type of grouping that is best.
ReplyDeleteRR-Brilliant!! I did something similar in my class this year after TT showed me how to use the Elmo record. YouTube is a much better option and that's what I will use in my room this year.
ReplyDeleteMMS -I love the idea of flipped learning. It essentially takes away or limits your whole group lesson and allows you to dig deeper and challenge the kids who get it . . . and immediately help the ones who do not. This could really be helpful while teaching subtraction with regrouping. We teach this so differently than how we all learned. So the video at home would be useful for the parents as well. Obviously not all kids have internet access and not all parents make their kids do their homework so that would be the challenge that I would want to address with my peers.
ReplyDeleteCLM-Flipped learning can be quite effective! I've used it in my classroom in several ways. First, it is a great concept to introduce new concepts to struggling students so that when the concept is presented formally to the class the students already exposed to the concepts have some familiarity with the concept as well as a confidence boost. Next it is useful when introducing a new unit of study to give an overview of the content that will be learned. This gives global learners an idea of the direction of the curriculum. Also it is helpful when teaching new vocabulary that students will utilize in class for a particular concept or unit. When working with flexible groups in workstations, those students who need extra practice benefit from flipped learning for the above reasons as well.
ReplyDeleteA roadblock would be finding websites or movie clips that introduce or teach the exact concept match you are using in your lesson. Also finding something that involves different modalities to match the concepts can be a challenge.
Time can be a roadblock in the above endeavors.
Flexible groups meet student needs and instruction can be specifically targeted for those concepts or skills students need for instruction.
I like the idea of flipped learning, although I think it lends itself more to math than LA. I wish it had been available in HS--would have made Geometry a breeze! I like JB's idea of using it for word sorts and spelling. The only downfall, as with any homework, is making sure every kid completes it. I guess you could set up a station for those who are not prepared. They could watch the lesson in class and then join the group. I will have to think of other ways flipped learning can be used in the LA classroom. On another note, I think we do a great job using flexible grouping. It just comes naturally to most Elementary teachers. It’s so important for kids to teach and learn from their peers!
ReplyDeleteKC- I completely LOVE this idea but I am a little nervous about making the videos myself so I look forward to seeing what is already available; especially for the more challenging math concepts that the kiddos learn/review in fifth grade like long division, decimal place value, measurement, and fraction comparisons. I actually enjoyed doing this in the classroom with the non-GT kiddos and front loading their instruction before the GT kids returned from SPIRAL. Then they were prepared to teach the new concepts to the GT kiddos who learned quickly but were surprised when their peers knew things before them. Math lends itself so well to flexible grouping and learning in centers, so I look forward to using Odyssey to extend and review math concepts by self-pacing students' work. I hope Karen can teach me how to use it ASAP!
ReplyDeleteJL - I feel that flipped learning will be the keystone in the "turning it over". Two to three formats on a process with compare and contrast discussion coupled with previous knowledge will only enhance the transition. Flipped is how I learn new things. I hear, read, watch, take and then armed with new knowledge do I try it out. Students see me model this all of the time with my continued education classes and workshops.
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