This picture pretty much sums up the Flipped Classroom. This picture is a part of a larger picture here at Bigger Picture.

Flipped Learning

Is when the teacher creates a video of herself or himself to give the children before the next day of class. The student is then supposed to watch the video and know how to do the work for the next day. The student will then get more one on one time with the teeacher, as he or she will have already had a chance to understand the new lesson plans.

 

 

Positive Outcomes

This gives the children a new way to learn.

On his website http://gettingsmart.com/cms/blog/2012/10/flipped-classroom-classroom-redesign-yields-positive-results/, it is stated that "In a flipped school’s learning design, students attend class, not to simply listen to a lecture, but to work on assignments, projects and activities directly with a teacher, and have access to his/her expertise and immediate feedback. Because of its learning design, students are able to move in and out of independent work, group work, teacher guided and skill building activities."

It also decreases the failure rates of some classrooms.

According to the article The Flipped Classroom: Pro and Con, the argument also goes that since students watch most teacher lectures at home and are receiving instruction as homework, they can spend class time working through any gaps or misunderstandings around the content with the teacher acting as "guide on the side."

 

Negative Outcomes

Written in the article There Is No Such Thing As THE Flipped Class, there is a valid point as to why this doesn't work.  "The Flipped Classroom" evokes images of students glued to their computers, frantically taking notes at home, coming to class, banging out worksheets, taking tests online until they "pass" an objective, unlocking the next task, lather, rinse, repeat.

One of my main points is addressed in this article where not all children have access to the model for it to really work. This is very true.  The town or city that wants to start the Flipped Classroom will have to better understand that every child will need access to this video no matter what.

 

This book here represents why the Flip is a good idea. Here it states that students need their teachers present to answer questions or to provide help if they get stuck on an assignment; they don’t need their teachers present to listen to a lecture or review content.

 

I personally think that Flipped Classrooms would be a good idea for middle school and high school students.  I do not however think that it would be a good idea for elementary. For one thing, not all elementary homes have internet.  We had talked about the poverty lines in the world.  If you are below the poverty line, I highly doubt you have internet.  That being said, many middle school and high school children would be able to go to a local library and look up the information or the videos to watch.  Another bad thing about this, is I feel as if it takes away from what the teacher has to offer.  I know that he or she will be showing the skills on the video, but that would be completely different if he or she were trying to teach an entire classroom full of students.  If students are like me, I have questions during the assignment, and if my teacher isn't available to talk with right away, I become distracted, and I forget my question.

 

I believe this program would not be an effective way for the children I am going to teach to learn.  I am going to teach early childhood education, and I do not plan on using this technique.  Children at that age need hands on activities.

 

 

 

I added this video because it is in fact Election Day.  I myself followed the election, well as I would like to say, I didn't follow it. I researched on the topics I had in mind.  The important ones to me.  This video is a great video if you need to know how the votes are counted.  I never knew some of the stuff off of this video. I am excited to find out who wins tonight. I know who I voted for, but that doesn't mean that that is the person I am. If that makes any sense.  Basically I am saying it is not right to judge someone on who they voted for.  We are all Americans and we need to start acting like that.  This video is a great one for today.  It should be showed in elementary school because yes even then children need to learn about the presidents and what they do for our country.