A Flipped Classroom?

      To stop and think about a traditional classroom, we know that the common phrase is "I do, we do, you do." Even now, in 2019, as I have gone through the education program the last couple years, that has been a constantly appearing phrase. With a flipped classroom though, the momentum seems to be turned around to "You do, we do, I do." A flipped classroom is not for everyone and may not be a thing you use all the time in your class, but it does have some great perks about it. When flipping a classroom, it gets the students viewing elements of a lesson ahead of time before the lesson is ever taught. This allows for many more benefits in the classroom. One would be the chance for kids to bring prior knowledge or information to talk about when it comes time for the lesson. In turn this creates more discussion and with discussion comes learning. It can also allow for more one on one time between the teacher and students. If there is not as much time being spent in front of the class the teacher can spend that extra time with individuals and meeting their specific needs. There is also the perk of having constant access to the information that is viewed at home if the teacher allows it to stay, depending on the tool used for instruction. Although this approach has more positives than negatives, one thing that could play a big factor in whether or not you do it, is making sure all the kids in your class have a way to access the internet from home. Should this be a problem, it would either be wise to avoid the flipped classroom approach or have an engaging tech free activity that portrays the same information.

     To use this technique in your classroom will take a lot of explaining to your class before smooth implementation is possible. Not only will you need to come up with guidelines to explain what is expected, but also come up with a form of assessment to be sure the assignment was completed. There are SO many different resources that can assist in the use of a flipped classroom. A great video tool to use would be EdPuzzle, where you can assign videos to your students, give them quiz questions, and keep up with how much they have watched and how many correct they answered.