Unit Three: How to Make the Most of Your "Flipped" In-Class Instruction Time
Learning Objectives
- The learner will watch a video and read two articles that provide tips for how to make flipped in-class instruction time effective.
- The learner will create a follow-up activity to be used during the next instructional period (assuming students have viewed the video on their own prior to coming to class)
- The learner will provide effective feedback to at least one peer regarding their video and follow-up activity via the classroom blog site
Mini-Lecture
Video Clip: Now that you have created your flipped video, watch the following video narrated by teacher, John Sowash. In this short video, he enlightens teachers with 5 things he wish he knew before flipping his classroom. Pay attention to #5 especially! That is what our last unit focuses on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JPdGlyt6gg
Article: As a follow up to John Sowash's Tip #5, read the article titled "Using Classroom Time Differently" from flippedinstitute.org. As you are reading, think about what type of follow-up activity would be best with your topic and be most realistic for you to incorporate into your own classroom. http://flippedinstitute.org/files/using-class-time-differently-k-12.pdf
Learning Activity 1
The article from Flipped Institute discusses four major types of follow-up activities (listed below). Choose one type of activity and develop a lesson using this type of instruction as a follow-up activity to your flipped video. Please type a summary of your lesson plan in a word document and post as an attached file on our edublog site. Be sure to label your post as "Follow-Up Activity: First Name, Last Name, Topic"
- Project-Based Learning
- Collaborative Group Project
- Practical Task
- Student Created Content
Learning Activity 2
Choose one peer from the class and find their video and follow-up activity posts on our classroom edublog site. Watch the video and closely evaluate their follow up activity. Provide feedback, comments and insightful suggestions to BOTH the video and follow-up activity separately. You can do this by simply clicking the "reply" button underneath the video post and the activity post.
Conclusion
As we conclude our mini-course, I would like you to read this article on practical considerations when beginning to create a flipped classroom. After reading the article, leave a final post on our blog site entitled "Final Comments- First Name, Last Name". Think about the following questions as you respond: http://flippedinstitute.org/files/practical-considerations-k-12.pdf
- What piece(s) of advice from this article resonated with you the most?
- In your own personal opinion, what do you think would be the most difficult challenge in setting up a flipped classroom?
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