What did I know and what did I think about this topic before class? What am I curious about and would like to know about this topic?
I have experienced flipped classrooms in high school and college so I knew the basis of how they work, because of that I am also aware of the student viewpoint of flipped classrooms. I am unsure how I feel about the effectiveness of flipped classrooms. When I used it in high school I was a lot less motivated to watch the videos outside of class and I believe I learned quite a bit more by hearing the lesson in class. I do like the benefit of having plenty of time to ask the teacher questions in class, but I don’t think flipped classrooms are for me. I am curious to learn about how effective they are in the younger grades and how exactly they work for those students. I’m not sure they will be able to effectively find and watch the video on their own, but maybe there are certain ways of doing it. Some people say parents can help the students watch the video and help teach them, but not all students have reliable parents that are willing to do so. We have to take inconsideration all types of students and families. So I am curious how it really works with the younger aged students.
What did I learn through my preparation for class?
By viewing a few of the links provided I learned that flipped classrooms seem to be very effective for elementary school students; so effective that it cut the failing rate in half. You can find that information on this link: https://www.knewton.com/infographics/flipped-classroom/. With all that the article had to say, I was curious to find out more information on flipped classrooms. So I kept looking through all the links provided and found even more positive information on flipped classrooms. I began to wonder how you start to approach all of this in your own classroom and I learned more about how to prepare a flipped classroom of my own on another link provided: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2014-05-21-from-the-diary-of-a-flipped-classroom-newbie, it’s a quick article regarding preparation of your own flipped classroom and it informed me of a lot of information I was curious about.
Additional resources that I found on this topic:
I went on YouTube to search a video on flipped classrooms to get more of a visual. I found this basic yet very informational video that explains exactly what a flipped classroom is and how it benefits students; https://youtu.be/iQWvc6qhTds
This video can be used to show students as well so they get an idea of what a flipped classroom is, it has fun penguin characters to keep them engaged with basic vocabulary so they should be able to understand the concept.
I found another link, https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/, that goes a lot more in depth for parents or teachers to become more knowledgeable of the topic. It has just about every detail that you need to know regarding flipped classrooms. There is a large section in this article questioning if flipped classrooms are effective and it changed my negative mindset on flipped classrooms, I believe they are effective now but I’m going to have it try it out for myself in the teachers role once I get the chance.
What did I learn in class this week on this topic?How did my understanding and thinking about the topic change through this process?
I learned how to begin the process of running a flipped classroom. I worked with two other girls and we put together a quick sign language lesson in a flipped classroom format. First we decided the lesson and posted it on Schoology, we then created our quick video on how to sign 3 different phrases, and to follow up the video lesson the children will ask us in class the next day. That was just a quick sample of a flipped classroom and it was very helpful to learn even the basic when creating that. My understanding of this topic has become more optimistic and I’m excited to get the chance to try this in my own classroom someday!
I have experienced flipped classrooms in high school and college so I knew the basis of how they work, because of that I am also aware of the student viewpoint of flipped classrooms. I am unsure how I feel about the effectiveness of flipped classrooms. When I used it in high school I was a lot less motivated to watch the videos outside of class and I believe I learned quite a bit more by hearing the lesson in class. I do like the benefit of having plenty of time to ask the teacher questions in class, but I don’t think flipped classrooms are for me. I am curious to learn about how effective they are in the younger grades and how exactly they work for those students. I’m not sure they will be able to effectively find and watch the video on their own, but maybe there are certain ways of doing it. Some people say parents can help the students watch the video and help teach them, but not all students have reliable parents that are willing to do so. We have to take inconsideration all types of students and families. So I am curious how it really works with the younger aged students.
What did I learn through my preparation for class?
By viewing a few of the links provided I learned that flipped classrooms seem to be very effective for elementary school students; so effective that it cut the failing rate in half. You can find that information on this link: https://www.knewton.com/infographics/flipped-classroom/. With all that the article had to say, I was curious to find out more information on flipped classrooms. So I kept looking through all the links provided and found even more positive information on flipped classrooms. I began to wonder how you start to approach all of this in your own classroom and I learned more about how to prepare a flipped classroom of my own on another link provided: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2014-05-21-from-the-diary-of-a-flipped-classroom-newbie, it’s a quick article regarding preparation of your own flipped classroom and it informed me of a lot of information I was curious about.
Additional resources that I found on this topic:
I went on YouTube to search a video on flipped classrooms to get more of a visual. I found this basic yet very informational video that explains exactly what a flipped classroom is and how it benefits students; https://youtu.be/iQWvc6qhTds
This video can be used to show students as well so they get an idea of what a flipped classroom is, it has fun penguin characters to keep them engaged with basic vocabulary so they should be able to understand the concept.
I found another link, https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/, that goes a lot more in depth for parents or teachers to become more knowledgeable of the topic. It has just about every detail that you need to know regarding flipped classrooms. There is a large section in this article questioning if flipped classrooms are effective and it changed my negative mindset on flipped classrooms, I believe they are effective now but I’m going to have it try it out for myself in the teachers role once I get the chance.
What did I learn in class this week on this topic?How did my understanding and thinking about the topic change through this process?
I learned how to begin the process of running a flipped classroom. I worked with two other girls and we put together a quick sign language lesson in a flipped classroom format. First we decided the lesson and posted it on Schoology, we then created our quick video on how to sign 3 different phrases, and to follow up the video lesson the children will ask us in class the next day. That was just a quick sample of a flipped classroom and it was very helpful to learn even the basic when creating that. My understanding of this topic has become more optimistic and I’m excited to get the chance to try this in my own classroom someday!