Flipped Classroom
Learn about this teaching method where new concepts are introduced outside of class, and class time is used to practice them
Teaching
Opinion
Response: 'Flipped Learning Makes Teachers More Valuable'
(This is the last post in a two-part series on this topic. You can see Part One here.)
Teaching
Opinion
Response: To Flip, Or Not To Flip, A Classroom - That Is The Question
(This is the first post in a two-part series on this topic)
Teaching
Opinion
What Are The Best Ways To Make A Flipped Classroom Work?
Attilio Galimberti asks:
What are best practices to make a flipped classroom model work?
What are best practices to make a flipped classroom model work?
Education
Opinion
PBS NewsHour Showcases the Flipped High School
Commentary on a NewsHour report focusing on Clintondale High School's flipped classroom initiative.
Curriculum
In Flipped Classrooms, Videos Require Attention
T.H.E Journal compiles nine tips on for teachers interested in flipping their classrooms—defined as having students watch videos lessons on their own while reserving classtime for more one-on-one instruction and active learning.
Education
Opinion
Will Flipped Classrooms Reveal the Lack of Value in Assigned Work?
Studies may show that students learn as well with many fewer lectures and readings.
Education
Opinion
Flipped Learning in the Zeitgeist
An article on flipped learning in Spirit Magazine
Teaching
Opinion
Paul Horton: Troubles Ahead for Gatopia?
there is a new domestic cold war that pits public and private education against each other and seeks to turn human beings into computers
Teaching
Opinion
Mr. Gates Goes to College: Has He Learned From His K12 Project?
whether at the K12 level or higher education, schools are facing the same push from Mr. Gates and his allies in business. Schools must serve employers, and must do it more cheaply than ever.
School & District Management
Opinion
The Nine Most Terrifying Words in the English Language: "I'm From Big Business, and I'm Here to Help"
We need to understand the reasons business interests are realigning our schools, and work to preserve the core mission of our public education system.
Teaching
Opinion
Paul Horton: Will Career Teachers Be Crowded Out by Corporate Reform?
The experienced teacher is the key: the conductor, musician, coach, and magician-of-motivation all wrapped into one person. Those who push the corporate education reform agenda do not understand or have forgotten what a great teacher does, so their solutions "crowd out" experienced teachers. Rather than investing in the human potential of teachers and students, they choose to invest in "bubble tests" and self-paced digitalized learning that are good for the profits of education corporations, but lousy for kids, parents, and communities.
Curriculum
Video
Video Solves New Math Problems
Perhaps no single technology has brought a more profound change to some teachers' instructional practices than the evolution of digital video.While the growth of online content, social networking, and multimedia production tools have all helped educators reconsider how students should consume, discuss, and demonstrate mastery of content, only the dramatic increase in video availability has led directly to the flipped classroom movement. In Mooresville, N.C., one educator discusses how digital content has transformed the way she teaches and the way her students learn. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/05/22/32el-video.h32.html Education Week Video
Classroom Technology
Opinion
Flipped Learning: Take It or Leave It
District and building leaders have the opportunity to lead implementation of transformative teaching and learning practices. Flipping may be one worth doing.
Teaching
Opinion
Less Lecturing, More Learning
Students often learn more when teachers lecture less.