1. FLIPPED CLASSROOM FAD, FICTION, or FUTURE?
TCEA February 7, Randy Brooks/Pam Simmons-Brooks

2. Differentiated Instruction
Before we delve into a Flipped analysis, let’s briefly discuss a few current teaching challenges…
Homework at home
Differentiated Instruction
Tutoring
Best Lecture
Missed Classes---Illness
Extracurriculars
Student Programming
Homebound
Curriculum Load

3. Student-focused instruction Learning-based progression
And before we spend time considering the future, let’s take a look at our past…
Like some of the benefits of the one-room schoolhouse in the early 20th century…?
Student-focused instruction
Learning-based progression
Multi-year Student-Teacher Interaction
Integrated Curriculum
Extensive Student Mentoring

4. Is Flipping a FAD…
FAD - A temporary manner of conduct adhered to and followed by a very enthusiastic group.
In some cases, Flipping the Classroom may be considered a fad…
…yet it will ultimately be described as a critical step in digital classroom evolution.

5. Is Flipping FICTION…
FICTION – Something feigned, invented, imagined, or postulated for the purpose of argument or explanation.
The teaching technique existed before our current digitized iteration.
“Flipping the Classroom” was coined to sell how we can do this digitally, and more expansively.

6. Is Flipping the FUTURE…
Digitizing content delivery and advancing the evolution of support is a current, high-growth industry segment…
Digital Natives query the web for everything from how to tie shoes to the latest unlock codes to which formula to use…
To see a next step in the future beyond Flipping a Classroom, check out some MOOCs…

7. MOOC Massive open Online Courses
Fully online courses taught by university professors at no or low cost with no class size limitations.
Venture Capitalists are pouring money into providers that house classes from many different universities.
Profit is derived from ads, support material sales, and college promos.

8. The Path for Today… Discuss a few issues impacting learning. DONE.
Discuss the one-room school benefits. DONE.
Address Fad, Fiction, and Future. DONE.
Intro MOOCs. DONE.
Students research MOOCs of interest. NEXT.
Discuss Flipped Classroom characteristics.
Students apply Flipped vision to a lesson and describe.

9. The MOOC Top MOOC providers: Coursera Edx Udacity
Over 400 courses from 80+ partners to include:
Columbia/Princeton/Rice/Rutgers/Yale
Hebrew U. in Jerusalem
National Museums
University of Melbourne
Edx
Non-profit founded and managed by MIT and Harvard.
Almost 60 courses with nearly 30 partners.
Udacity
In-house productions with a focus on Math and Computer Science.

10. The MOOC Challenge
Browse the various MOOC sites and identify a course for you to take this school year.
Extension: Find a course to suggest that some of your students take…maybe along with you.

11. FLIPPED CLASSROOM Non-digital flips:
Summer reading assignment with focus questions.
Building a bug collection over the summer.
The initial driver for digital flipping was content delivery for students missing class.

12. FLIPPED
CLASSROOM
When determining what to provide as the Video/Lecture component…
…know your competition and keep elements under 20 minutes.
What multimedia did the student just view?…that is your competition.

13. FLIPPED
CLASSROOM
There are a wide array of digital content delivery options:
- Filmed lectures,
- Customized tutorials,
- Online games/applets,
- Lectures of others,
- Self-produced episodes.
Digital delivery is more like a personal tutorial than a class lecture.

14. FLIPPED
CLASSROOM
Consider submitting a great lesson to be digitized and illustrated via TedEd.
Consider video lessons from others such as Thinkwell, Brightstorm, Khan, or Bozemanscience.
Or work with team members to create your own series of digital deliverables.

15. FLIPPED
CLASSROOM
Spend significant thought and effort on what the class environment and the classwork look like.
Differentiated extensions during this in-class worktime are a key area for learning advancement.

16. FLIPPED
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Construct a short assessment activity as an incentive for students to complete the digital pre-work.
Experiment with student grouping designs to best support student interaction, work flow, and extension pursuit.

17. FLIPPED
CLASSROOM
What questions regarding flipped classroom have we not addressed sufficiently to prepare you to flip lessons?

18. FLIPPED CLASSROOM Now it is your turn: Select a concept,
Build a lesson plan outline,
Identify out-of-class support,
Design in-class activities,
Add differentiated extensions,
Complete assessments,
Finalize and Flip!

19. FLIPPED CLASSROOM In conclusion: FAD? – for some…
FICTION? – it already exists…
…now digitally
FUTURE? – Most definitely a stepping stone to the digital, student-centered knowledge acquisition now growing among us.