March 14, 2013
I'm always looking and listening out for new things or suggestions to use in my classroom. You have to keep students active to keep them interested. One thing I have been reading a lot about lately is "flipped classrooms." This is where teachers use videos or screencasting to teach a lesson, which students watch for their homework. The traditional "homework," or practice is done in the classroom. This allows more time for teacher/student interaction in the classroom, and less class time spent lecturing. Seems to be an interesting concept. I don't know anyone who has tried this, but I would like to give it a try. I would love to hear any suggestions, ideas, or stories (success or otherwise) anyone may have had with this.
Nancy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the idea of a flipped classroom. I know a teacher in my district who has "flipped" her classroom for a couple of lessons/weeks. She really liked it and said the students liked the model as well. The one issue that she ran into was availibility of technology of the students in her class to access the "homework". That was her only concern she voiced. The teacher who "flipped" her classroom was a 8th grade Math teacher. Great blog topic and an interesting new educational theory to explore. Jeff
Thanks for commenting, Jeff. I have also wondered what teachers do about the students who don't have internet access after school hours. This has been one thing that has kept me from assigning internet activities for homework. I work in a Title I school and a lot of our students are in this situation. They LOVE to get on the computers when they get to school. Keep me posted of any new ideas the math teacher at your school comes up with.
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