To Flip or not to Flip

"The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. Short video lectures are viewed by students at home before the class session, while in-class time is devoted to exercises, projects, or discussions." Article

So do you want to flip? I think it is important to think about what you want to achieve.

• Do you want the pupils to view the material before the lesson? -  traditional flipped classroom
• Do you want pupils to view the content as they work, giving them a scaffold for help? - flipped within the lessons
• Do you want to offer support outside of the lesson? - support videos

We should not get so hung up on the name and think more about what we want the outcome to be. Here are some great practitioners within the school. If you are also producing material please let me know as I would love to share all the great work that goes on here.

 

AP Computer Science:Within Ian's AP Computer Science lessons he has a student teaching assistant position. Interested pupils are asked to apply for the position and given a full brief of expectations. This is particularly useful for pupils who finished the AP in Grade 11, but wish to continue with programming skills into Grade 12 and often beyond.  These pupils make resources (videos, labs, kahoot) for the pupils to use, to support them with all the topics they will cover.Gina made a set of instructional videos for the all the units. The pupils are given one of these topic videos to watch before the lesson and then they will undertake labs and exercises on the topic in the lesson(s). This enables the pupils to gain the basic knowledge before the class, at their own pace, and then to apply this knowledge within class.

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IB Computer Science:

Linzie is shaking up the method she uses to teacher coding. Traditionally teachers would teach coding with the teacher coding at the front and the pupils coding along with them - copying the teachers instructions. This ties up the teacher, keeping them at their desk!Linzie has produced online lesson content, using Camtasia, for each of the topics she will be covering. These are housed on her Youtube channel. She introduces the topic in class and covers the basics elements. Then the pupils use the lesson online to work through  each of the tasks. The benefits are countless:

• The teacher can give more one to one advice.
• Pupils can work at their own pace.
• Pupils can repeat tasks from previous lessons.
• Pupils can revisit the work out of lessons to reinforce their learning.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuwpVKeBqUg]Maths:One of the queens of the flipped classroom was Jess Anderson but as she is absent, looking after her beautiful little girl, I will call on some of the other great developers in the maths department.Adeline and Francois produce excellent support videos that the pupils can use to refresh their knowledge, undertake personal development and support their development in throughout the course.Francois has used the document camera and the Smartboard (to record) this resource. He clearly shows the pupils the working out for a calculation. This is a great method, as the pupils can specifically see how the written equation works. The final product is short so the pupils get the specific help that they require and it also enables the pupils to repeat/re-watch any areas where they are still struggling.[googleapps domain="drive" dir="a/iszl.org/file/d/0B4_TmW1jf2d9ck9HTVY1LXgtUGc/preview" query="" width="640" height="480" /]Adeline uses the Smartboard to record her resources . She records a series of instructions for the end of each of the units. This material does a variety of jobs: it goes through the topics that have been taught so that the pupils have a refresher course, it has common mistakes and solutions, it has specific references to possible exam questions and pitfalls. Adeline records this as one recording and there is no editing, giving you the feeling of being in the classroom!

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Charlie uses MyMaths as a site to facilitate the flipped classroom (we have a shown a video of this on my previous post) She uses this to instruct pupils on a topic prior to it being taught - allowing the lesson to be used for exercises and discussions on the topic. She has also used this to support learning within the class and out of the class, which enables the pupils to work at their own pace and to revisit material that they are struggling with.Just some of the amazing practice happening at our school.

I have run a workshop giving advice and technical help on first time flippers. Here is the presentation - please share your thoughts and experiences. 

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