Flipped Classroom

What is a flipped classroom?

The idea of a flipped classroom was started by two chemistry teachers in 2007 by Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams. A flipped classroom is when students learn at home and come to school to apply their learning. This can look like students watching videos, going through a PowerPoint, or listening to a Podcast.

Students who struggle benefit more because keeping up with the rest of the class is not an issue.Using a flipped classroom helps students to learn at their own pace. Teachers are able to spend more time making sure students can apply their knowledge to the content. It makes learning personal. Students have access to the material at all times and can revisit the lesson when they are struggling to understand or those that are ahead and can access the next lesson's material. Teachers are able to give more time to support students individually which makes student and teacher interactions occur more and impact students. Teachers are able to adjust the lesson to meet the students at their ability level. Parents are able to be educated and help their student out because they are able to access the lesson material. The flipped classroom is compatible for all learning styles. 

How to implement a flipped classroom:

A flipped classroom does cause for a different classroom management style. 

It is important for a teacher to review, revise, repeat throughout the process of implementing a flipped classroom. 

How to implement:

1. Plan - gather all outcomes

2. Record - make a video or podcast 

3. Share - send to students

4. Change - students are ready to go in-depth 

5. Group - separate into groups to discuss and give assignments 

6. Regroup - get students back together to dive deeper into the topic

Classroom Management: 

Noise is good in a flipped classroom. It means that students are interactive and engaged in the lesson. 

It is important for the teacher to decide who to spend time with during the class time. The strugglers or advanced? When students start to get off topic and distracted, the teacher redirects through intervention. It is important to provide structure when needed for students because a flipped classroom tends to not follow a traditional structure. 

What I learned and How I will implement a flipped classroom into my classroom:

I learned that it is very beneficial for students both struggling and above level. I learned it is important when you implement a flipped classroom you need to choose the technology you are
most comfortable with. I will implement a flipped classroom when I have a substitute. This allows the students to still learn from me and be able to not get behind because I am not there.