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Without going to class yet, I have experienced and know a little bit about flipped classrooms. I know that it is where you flip learning the material and actually doing and applying the learning. What we had to do in high school is we had to learn the material at home through online videos and tutorials. We were expected to know or at least have an idea about the material before coming to class. Then when we came to class, we would review the material and then do hands on activities in order for the information to sink in. I do not know if this is how all flipped classrooms work, but this is what we did in my classroom. From what I know about flipped classrooms, I think they could be a good idea and a bad idea, depending on the class and the material being learned. I am curious to learn if the classroom experiences that I have had are the same to flipped classrooms everywhere. I am also curious as to the pros and cons of using this method in the classroom.
While preparing for class, I expanded my learning and understanding of what a flipped classroom is and how it works. From the video “Why I Flipped My Classroom”, I learned that in a traditional classroom, 10% of the time is spent with hands-on experiences and working with the material to expand on their knowledge, while 90% of the in-class time is spent learning the material through lecture. In a flipped classroom, the roles are reversed: so most of the learning is done on your own. The students are to view videos, lectures, or tutorials online before coming to class in order for the students to have a relative idea of what they need to know. Then 10% of class time is used to go over the materials and answer any questions, while 90% of the time is spent to do hands-on activities to apply their learning to make something out of it. Also when preparing for class, I read through the article called “The Flipped Classroom: Turning Traditional Education on its Head” that described some of the positive effects of using this method to teach material. It said that there was a 31% drop in freshman failing both English and Math, showing that doing flipped classrooms has caused an increase in grades. Through preparing for class, I have learned the benefits of using flipped classrooms and how they work.
My understanding of this topic went from knowing some from my experiences to knowing enough to understand it and make my own online lesson to implement. In the beginning, I knew a little about flipped classrooms because I have experienced flipped classrooms before in middle and high school, where we learn the information before we come to class and then use the class time to do hands on activities to reinforce our learning. Then for preparing for class, I learned more about what a flipped classroom was and the positives to using this type of method in the classroom. Then in class, we learned more pros and cons for the flipped classroom and actually made our own course, making our learning more concrete because we got to experience it ourselves. My understanding of flipped classrooms has really grown and I think I would be able to do this in my own classroom if I had to.
While preparing for class, I expanded my learning and understanding of what a flipped classroom is and how it works. From the video “Why I Flipped My Classroom”, I learned that in a traditional classroom, 10% of the time is spent with hands-on experiences and working with the material to expand on their knowledge, while 90% of the in-class time is spent learning the material through lecture. In a flipped classroom, the roles are reversed: so most of the learning is done on your own. The students are to view videos, lectures, or tutorials online before coming to class in order for the students to have a relative idea of what they need to know. Then 10% of class time is used to go over the materials and answer any questions, while 90% of the time is spent to do hands-on activities to apply their learning to make something out of it. Also when preparing for class, I read through the article called “The Flipped Classroom: Turning Traditional Education on its Head” that described some of the positive effects of using this method to teach material. It said that there was a 31% drop in freshman failing both English and Math, showing that doing flipped classrooms has caused an increase in grades. Through preparing for class, I have learned the benefits of using flipped classrooms and how they work.
- “Seven Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms.” Web. 9 Nov. 2015. This website “Seven Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms” is a resource explaining exactly what a flipped classroom is, how it works, who is implementing it, why is it significant, what are the negatives to using this approach, what is the future for this type of teaching, and what are the implications of doing this type of teaching. This website has so much information and pretty much answers every question that came to my mind about flipping classrooms. I found this website very helpful in my understanding of what a flipped classroom is and what all goes along with it. I think this would be a great resource for teachers who are considering using the approach to teaching because it pretty much lays out everything that you need to know about flipping classrooms. If I were to ever do a flipped classroom, I would for sure use this resource to help me do so.
- “Flipped Classroom.” Web. 9 Nov. 2015. This website “Flipped Classroom” is a site where it has a ton of different types of information about flipped classrooms. This website includes videos on how teachers have been doing this approach, discussions between different teachers about ideas, a list of articles about flipped classrooms in the news lately, and different tabs about different grade levels and how to implement this plan in your own classroom. This website is extremely helpful because it gives so many ideas about what you can do and how you can do this in your own classroom. It also helps you to connect with different teachers around the world to get ideas and connect with others. I think this is a great website for teachers because it can help them to connect with other teachers and get ideas about what they want to do in their own classroom. If I were to implement flipped classrooms into my classes, I would love to have this as a resource because it is full of great and useful information!
My understanding of this topic went from knowing some from my experiences to knowing enough to understand it and make my own online lesson to implement. In the beginning, I knew a little about flipped classrooms because I have experienced flipped classrooms before in middle and high school, where we learn the information before we come to class and then use the class time to do hands on activities to reinforce our learning. Then for preparing for class, I learned more about what a flipped classroom was and the positives to using this type of method in the classroom. Then in class, we learned more pros and cons for the flipped classroom and actually made our own course, making our learning more concrete because we got to experience it ourselves. My understanding of flipped classrooms has really grown and I think I would be able to do this in my own classroom if I had to.