During module 4, I learned quite a bit about the flipped classroom. According to the staff at TeachThought.com, the flipped classroom is "a classroom where students are introduced to content at home, and practice working through it at school" (2015). Through reading articles and watching videos about the flipped classroom, it is clear to me that flipping my own classroom is not something I feel would be beneficial to me or my students. There are a lot of requirements that go along with this mode of instruction such as internet access and parental support at home. I could see the benefit of flipping lessons for certain topics in secondary and college level classes where students are much more independent, however, in the primary grades, I feel that the flipped classroom is not necessary. If I were to flip my classroom, I would choose to do so in a modified way within the school building. An example would be to teach my students how to complete center activities through video instruction. This could be done during the student's snack time in order to save instructional time in the day. Using videos to explain the directions to students would allow them the opportunity to watch as many times as they needed to understand what to do. Below is an example of this 'flipped' instruction.
Along with the above video, I created three flipped lessons for my students through Edmodo. These lessons were made for the purpose of my students gaining background knowledge of certain words and ideas so we could discuss deeper meaning in the classroom during an author study.
Lesson on PATIENCE
Students and helpers read the note first.
Students and helper follow the directions to watch both videos.
Students and helper complete survey.
As mentioned earlier, I feel that the flipped classroom offers more benefits to students who are mature enough to be self-motivated learners and independently able to complete an assignment of this kind.
Module 4 also included an assignment to create and print an image on a sticky note. Using tutorials, I was able to make sticky notes to go along with my reading comprehension lessons on character traits. My district suggests using sticky notes to use in big books to identify character trait examples, so this assignment was very purposeful to me.
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