Trending Technology: Flipped Classrooms Katherine M. Smith

Definition: Flipped Classroom Flipped Classrooms/Learning is changed from a group learning environment to individual learning environment. Students work on homework in the classroom and watch the lessons outside of class. The teacher is the facilitator who assisted the students with their homework.

History of Flipped Classrooms: Started in 2007 by: Jonathan Bergman and Aaron Sams at Woodland Park High School in Woodland Park, CO. They found that PowerPoint has the ability to record into the PowerPoint. They started to record and post their lectures online for their students who missed class.

History Continued The lectures being available online and started to become popular. Bergman and Sams were asked to be guest lectures at different schools around the nation. Teachers started to use Bergman and Sams’ online videos and podcasts to teach their students outside of class time, so that they could work on mastery and understanding in the classroom.

What does it look like? Teachers make three videos a week, that are any were from 2 minutes to 15 minutes in length. Students watch the videos at home, or at school if they don’t have internet access available at home. In class time students will participate in labs or hands on activities that are related to what they learned about in the videos.

Why is it Popular Students can get immediate feedback from their teachers. Students are less frustrated over homework, because they are in class with their teacher. Teachers are able to go over anything that the students didn’t understand in the videos. Teachers can give the students the support they need when they need it.

The Product of Flipped Classrooms Before Flipped Classrooms More than 50% failed freshman english At least 44% failed freshman math 736 cases of discipline in one semester After Flipped Classrooms Around 19% failed freshman english Around 13% failed freshman math only 249 cases of discipline in one semester.

Pros of Flipped Classrooms 1. Students have more control 2. It promotes student-centered learning and collaboration 3. Lessons and content are more accessible (as long as students have the technology) 4. Parents have an easier time being involved in their students learning. 5. It can be more beneficial to the students.

Cons of Flipped Classrooms 1. It can’t help students who can’t afford the technology and internet access. 2. It puts a lot of trust in the students to take the time to watch the lessons. 3. There is a lot of prep work that the teachers have to put into the lessons. 4. This style of teaching does not help the students to prepare for state standardized tests. 5. There is more time spent in front of the computer screen and less time interacting with people.

Summary Flipped classrooms are becoming a new revolution as technology is becoming more easily available in classrooms and homes of students. There are some students who can and do benefit from Flipped classrooms. But there is not going to be a perfect model that schools can choose from because students are all different and will always have different styles of learning.

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