Flipped ClassroomsFlipping the classroom is the act of teaching a lesson through an online video to students prior to class the next day. When the students are in class they will have work time and the chance to ask any questions. Flipping the classrooms allows students to work at their own pace. Some students that are having a hard time with the concept being taught can get the extra help in class. The other students that are advanced can go ahead and finish their work in class without having to wait for other. Flipped classrooms allow students to work at their own pace to create their own success.
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Lesson Example:
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A group I worked with in class thought we should teach a lesson on American Sign Language (ASL). We brainstormed how we should go about beginning our lesson and thought we could just briefly show how to sign three different phrases. We broke the lesson down into three parts.
Part one was for the students to watch the video to prepare for class. We began the video by telling the students that we will teach them how to sign three different phrases. One of my partners taught how to sign "Hello, my name is Sammy", another partner taught how to sign "I am 21 years old" and I taught how to sign "how are you". At the end we told the students to practice this for class and be able to sign it themselves. Part two was for the students to come to class prepared to show what they learned by watching the video. They should be able to sign "Hello, my name is ____", "How are you", and "I am __ years old". This way we can evaluate what they learned by watching the video given for them to learn this lesson. Part three was for the students to get into groups of 5 and discuss what they learned from the video lesson they watched and what challenges they faced while learning it. Students tend to learn best from other students. I believe this is a good lesson for older elementary school ages (e.i. 3-5 grade). It requires harder thinking and motor skills that younger ages may not be able to grasp as well as the older students. This topic using flipped classrooms is a great idea, I believe, because signing is required for visuals and videos are great visuals. It's a quick and easy lesson taught that students should be able to grasp, with some prior ASL knowledge. |