A New Term Has Emerged In Education Recently That Has Teachers

In this article it explains that flipping the classroom is where the students prepare for the lesson before class then receive feedback on the lesson. That would give the students time to ask questions. Besides a flipped classroom this article talks a bout the inverted classroom and peer instruction. The students complete worksheets and get to ask questions during class the worksheets are then chosen, at random, to be taken for a grade. Peer instruction is a new technological way for students to interact with each other. The students receive clickers that will anonymously show the answer to the questions, and then in small groups they will discuss the questions. All of these methods tend to work, but according to the article the peer instruction has the best effect on students because they are discussing with their peers.

Technological advances have greatly impacted student education. No longer are classrooms limited to a desk, teacher, and textbook. Brick and mortar isn’t even what is once was. On the contrary, the only one of these that may be left is the teacher. But, even the teacher of today is much different than that of a traditional teacher. Teachers have unlimited online resources and rarely use a textbook (if they even have one). Options to instruction do not just lie in the hands of the teacher, but also in the hands of the student, thus, allowing the opportunity for students to take ownership of their educations. Alternative learning settings provided by

The digital age - provides access to knowledge more readily than ever before. The selection of recorded lectures online may create challenges as to why we need professors in the classroom. The author

In his thesis submitted to the University of British Columbia, Grant Johnson recalls the flip he did within his own Pre-Calculus class during the 2011-2012 school year. Mr. Johnson (2013) states in this thesis that he realized he was the one doing most the work during his lessons: “many of my students seemed disengaged, some appeared to sleep through class, others texted under their desks, and a few were not even bothering to come in the first place,” (p. 1). This pattern is common across many high school classrooms since the ‘smart phone’ era began. Students, along with adults, are all interacting with each other differently than in years past. Students now have little computers in their hands every day when they walk into the classroom, they post on social media (Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Vine, etc.), text their friends, play games, whatever they can so they don’t have to listen to a teacher lecture. Educators are now having to view their classroom technology differently: smartboards and computers are not enough to reach the students. In a study conducted by Toto and Nguyen in 2009, they investigated the way students perceived the concept of a flipped classroom. Within their research, they wanted to know if students believed that the flipped classroom instruction defended and upheld their overall understanding of course content. At the end of their study, Toto and Nguyen found that students found that the 30-minute videos were ideal for lecture, however the

One example from the book covers “Conquering the Blank Page” which begin by setting goals or why do you want to flip this lesson. Initially, the authors explain that their goal is to meet the needs of every learner in their classroom. However, not every writer is at the same place in the process, so based on an observed need, a flipped lesson is created. Technology can often be the barrier, but Sonja and Dana take you through a step-by-step approach with checklist, forms and a video example to begin the process. Reasons for using a flipped lesson include:

It also explains the theoretical basis for this method that because students have background knowledge from lecture done before class, it gives them class time to explore difficult sections with immediate feedback from instructors and peers. It also pushes students to think about their own learning and allows for more growth in critical thinking. However the most helpful portion of this article is when it details how to effectively use the flipped classroom method in a way that is conducive to student learning. She note that you should provide the opportunity for students to gain first exposure prior to class, provide some incentive or necessity for student to be prepared for class, ad utilize their first exposure, then find a method that works best to access student understanding of the learned material, and last provide in class activities that “focus on higher level cognitive abilities.” In other words, creating activities that foster student using learned information in a way that allows for authentic production in the classroom for feedback opportunities. (Brame,

In this technology savvy era, inventions such as the internet gives educators the ability to post online lectures that are easily accessible on sites like YouTube and are commonly used to teach students lessons in the classroom. Taking it one step further, a man named Salman Khan created a website called Khan Academy. Now students can learn the material at home by watching the video lectures online and attend school to receive help from his or her teachers and peers on the homework. Flipping the classroom will change the educational system in the future by making learning more enjoyable, helpful, and allowing students to improve upon their academic skills and communicate effectively with their fellow classmates and teachers.

Technology has become a major part of daily living. Serving as a source of entertainment for many years, it has evolved into a dynamic source for enriching a student’s educational experience. Many educators and educational institutions have begun to incorporate course management systems, Web 2.0 tools, virtual classrooms and stimulations into their course work in an effort to enhance the learning experiences for their students and staff. Technology has become a method of reaching the new digital generation. The use of technology in the classroom provides an enhanced learning solution that engages each user visually, audibly and intellectually. With the recent advent of wireless broadband Internet access and mobile communications devices provide remarkable opportunities for 21st century blended learning models – simultaneous online and face-to-face – and seriously called into question the industrial-age traditional “egg crate classroom” model of teaching and learning. (Fisher, 2010)

Currently I have implanted a BYOD program at each school. I am encouraging expansion of this in order to support flipped classrooms. Flipping classrooms encourages students to come prepared to class. Assignments and materials are posted which introduces them to new topics prior to class. The United States Military Academy at West Point has been using this method of studying for years. In high school, this method of studying will help prepare students for

This sounds like a great idea but, will every student really have time or access to watching these videos? I don’t think it really said anything about this in the article. That’s a concern of mine. The Flipped Classroom really is a fantastic idea. I just don’t know if every student would really watch the videos all the time. It’s sometimes hard to do some homework at night. And if their parents weren’t involved in their child’s education they wouldn’t push them to watch those videos. I guess they could just have the videos for when students need to see a lesson again. But, I feel like teachers would use it as a thing to just teach the students so they had more class time to work on things.

21st century learners are surrounded by technology on a daily basis. According to Blair, these new 21st century learners are highly relational and demand quick access to new knowledge (2012). As teachers, if we don’t keep up with the times, we are going to lose our students. Technology, if used correctly, will help engage our students and provide a much more enriching experience. I am going to meet this need of technology by providing different types of technology and by using the Flipped Learning model. I will use screencasts, videos and various survey/question apps like Socrative to help my students learn at home. I will be incorporating technology into my lessons during class through the tablet and various apps such as SHealth and BAM video app. Students will also get to use pedometers and heart rate monitors. By using different types of

The use of the flipped classroom model of instruction is gaining attention among instructors and professors at the college and university level (Aronson, Arfstrom, & Tam, 2013). Currently, the amount of rigorous, empirical research on the effectiveness of the Flipped Learning model is limited, but growing. As a relatively new model of instruction, it has been found to have a positive impact on important student outcomes, including achievement and engagement (Ferreri & O 'Connor, 2013). Flipped classroom is another model of learner-centered teaching. A flipped classroom is a pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space, and the resulting group space is transformed

Aaron Sanns and Jonathan Bergman are the first two teachers who use flipped classroom, they provide supplying absent students with an online lecture they could watch from home or from anywhere they had access to a computer and internet including school or local library. They find

Accessing technology in my school can be challenging. We do not have one to one computer access for our students. We have one computer lab, one library computer lab and Chromecarts. The Chromecarts are frequently out of circulation because of their use in testing and in our credit recovery classes. This year I have been experimenting with the flipped classroom model. Therefore, I surveyed my students for computer access at the

The National Education Association (NEA) is focused on helping schools create more technology driven classrooms. NEA President Dennis Van Roekel states that, “if our children are to excel in a fast-changing, global society, we must harness the technology resources they need to function in a digital age. We must remember our commitment to their future as we set priorities and establish policies on their behalf” (2008). Goals and action plans have been created to further academic excellence, as well as warranting that academic achievement has been generated, to help increase technology use in the classroom. Integrating a blended instructional delivery will promote academic success of all students. Do we need to use technology to achieve academic success? Computer technology in the classroom has the