Flipped+Learning,+May+2,+2014


 * Strategy ****:** Flipped Learning
 * Application ****:** Content Delivery, Formative Assessment, Student Centered Lessons
 * Content Area ****:** Any

=Description= Flipped learning "flips" the idea of content delivery from the classroom to providing lecture/content at home via videos or other web-based resources and doing "homework" in class, with teacher guidance. The concept places more emphasis on engaging, student driven classroom lessons, and less on teacher as content filter and provider. One of the forefathers of the concept and founder of the [|Flipped Learning Network], Aaron Sams explains the idea in the video below. media type="custom" key="26151780"

=Notes From The Field= For some reason, "flipping" often encompasses grand ideas of re-vamping an entire unit or even an entire curriculum. I have come to know it as a useful lesson design strategy that can be used occasionally //or// frequently as a tool to free up class time for more rigorous activities by putting learning into individual student hands. As Sams points out in the video above, most English teachers already do this when they assign reading for homework and have a student centered discussion in class the next day. Please see the Tools and Other Resources link below for tools, ideas, resources and sample lessons.
 * **Tips and Recommendations **
 * Think of it as //pre-loading// your students for a student driven classroom lesson
 * Start small---try a lesson, tweak it and try again
 * Students need to get used to being held accountable…this may take some conditioning!
 * Utilize digital tools (like Google Forms) for formative assessment of a flipped lesson. Have a plan to differentiate class activities on at least three levels:
 * Students who get it
 * Students who didn't get it
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">Students who didn't DO it
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">Flipping does not mean YOU have to create a lot of videos! Take advantage of digital media already available. Check out the multimedia resource page.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">If you do want to create your own content videos, the easiest way is to use the RECORD SLIDESHOW option in Powerpoint to create a narrated slideshow.

=**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Resources **=
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 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 21.81818199157715px;">Tools and other Resources for Flipping **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sample Flipped Lessons **

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