Mrs. Jaworsky recently spent a week "flipping her classroom" in 6th grade Math. Flipped classroom teaching "inverts traditional teaching outside the classroom and brings homework inside the class". Knewton.com has a great info-graphic on what a flipped classroom is...see below.
So far, the feedback from students AND parents has been very positive. The students don't feel frustrated at home trying to remember how to do the homework problems, instead they are able to receive the instruction at home and then come to class to do the problems where they are able to receive direct help from the teacher. The teacher is able to see who is struggling and is able to work with small groups.
Here is what Mrs. Jaworsky had to say about her week with the flipped classroom:
"I recorded myself teaching the lesson using my document camera so the students could see "how" I solved the problems. I posted the video on my teacher page on the school website. Students' HW was to watch the video and complete a notes page (3 things I learned, 2 things I found interesting, and 1 question I still have). I told them in the video to pause at various points and gave them a problem to try on their notes page. We could then discuss these problems the following day.
So far, the feedback from students AND parents has been very positive. The students don't feel frustrated at home trying to remember how to do the homework problems, instead they are able to receive the instruction at home and then come to class to do the problems where they are able to receive direct help from the teacher. The teacher is able to see who is struggling and is able to work with small groups.
Here is what Mrs. Jaworsky had to say about her week with the flipped classroom:
"I recorded myself teaching the lesson using my document camera so the students could see "how" I solved the problems. I posted the video on my teacher page on the school website. Students' HW was to watch the video and complete a notes page (3 things I learned, 2 things I found interesting, and 1 question I still have). I told them in the video to pause at various points and gave them a problem to try on their notes page. We could then discuss these problems the following day.
In class on the following day, I had the students share their learning and get their questions answered through various CL structures. We then had the opportunity to practice working through some of the problems/examples in small groups since they already knew the process.
For those students who said they didn't have Internet at home, they had the option of watching the video during LS, before school, or over lunch. Very few students came to class without watching the videos."
View some of her videos on her teacher webpage at ms.hesstonschools.org of how she teachers her students. I linked one of the videos below. There are a lot of instructional videos already online you could use to support your instruction, however keep in mind students do say they prefer to watch their own teacher.
View some of her videos on her teacher webpage at ms.hesstonschools.org of how she teachers her students. I linked one of the videos below. There are a lot of instructional videos already online you could use to support your instruction, however keep in mind students do say they prefer to watch their own teacher.
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