Flipped Learning: Take it or Leave It

1. Definition

1.1. A flipped classroom is student lead.

1.2. Teachers guide students to the material

1.3. Students study the content at home and on their time

1.4. There is a time line for

2. Questions to Ask Yourself

2.1. How will we know we truly understand what flipping is?

2.2. What questions do we need to ask?

2.3. Once we understand flipping, what are our next steps?

2.4. How does this work with students who are disengaged and unmotivated?

2.5. Are there ways in which this will create even larger gaps between our strong and our weaker learners? Or are we putting tools in the learners' hands so that those gaps close?

2.6. If we decide that flipping classrooms is the right thing to do in our district, how and when should we engage our parents in the process?

2.7. Are we missing something? Do we have enough diverse thinkers sitting at the table?

3. Benefits

3.1. Students learn better when they are in control of when, and how how they learn

3.2. Lets teachers be a guide into a subject matter

3.3. More classroom time for discussion and questions

3.4. More classroom time for re-teaching if necessary

3.5. It is a new idea and we can see it through

4. Implementation

4.1. Mus be a slow process

4.2. Schools need to make sure they have appropriate resouces

4.3. Teacher and student professional development is necessary.