After reviewing some of the blogs and information on the flipped classroom, I would love to utilize this strategy in my classroom. There are several gaming situations that I think would work well in this model. iCivics is an example of students playing the games and learning the information about the particular civics topic then they can collaborate, work on projects, or just do the academic work in classor with a partner with the information they learned. Due to limited support at home, I wonder how to go about this with 3rd graders. It would definitely have to have a huge incentive for the kids, a huge fun factor. Many of the activities described in the blogs did talk about a better way for many kids, especially in this current school environment to really learn in a flipped classroom versus just watching a video. Thus far, I have only shared Edpuzzle videos and still only 25% of students regularly do their asynchronous work. I only assign them as an "extra" or to reinforce vocabulary or concepts I have taught or am going to teach. I really do love the idea of having student slearn information and then in class or on Zoom we can discuss, collaborate, create, etc. I also would love the opportunity for student to practice higher order thinking skills more frequently. Well, as it stands now there just isn't much time for anything in a 2.5 hour day. I would say 4 hour but the extra 1.5 hour that is supposed to happen just doesn't so I would love to have anything outside of class be meaningful so that we could utilize the time IN class since it is so short. Catlin Tucker's blog had 3 main ways to capitalize on a flipped classroom: * Take advantage of ready made content * Don't just show them-make them do something with the information * Student Centered Classroom I love this last one where she used the examples of active engagement, labs, creative writing, artwork, model construction. Most importantly, I think the flipped classroom really can get students engaged in learning and have them thinking and experiencing school in ways that are different and may work well for them. It definitley seems more challening with younger students and in a school with limited parent support.
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Erica Reeves
12/7/2020 10:01:43 pm
Erica,
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Minna Nummelin
12/9/2020 09:57:38 pm
I really love the idea of a flipped classroom as well. With our schedule from last spring I actually think it would be possible. I could have trained my kids eventually to watch all my videos and hold them accountable through EdPuzzle. Like Erica R. said, I think now it is fairly impossible. But I'm hopeful things will change. I do believe strongly that teacher talk is a big problem in our current teaching styles and needs replacement with active engagement. It's hard not to over talk, though, with the number of standards and heavily packed curriculum that we have. If we had a lighter skeleton of curriculum and standard framework, I would be more inclined to use most of my class time with kids for exploration and activities.
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