Purpose of Flipping Class
So I listened intently. I decided that I would go back and learn more. I don't do many things without researching and finding examples of success stories. The success stories were convincing. The research was too! That was the purpose for my motivation to flip my class: To reach every student in their learning, where they were, and do it every day. That is exactly what flipping allowed me to do.
After three years of a full flipped mastery English class, I now see the greater purpose of the flipped classroom was that it led me to true differentiation. The technology allowed that differentiation to be possible.
how is it not about the video?
What a flipped classroom is not:
- It is not a flipped classroom if you find yourself with more time to grade.
- It is not a flipped classroom if you have a quiet and mundane classroom environment.
- It is not a flipped classroom if students sit in their desks and work on a worksheet.
- The video removes the repetitive instruction.
- The flipped lesson should provide the teacher with information to drive their instruction.
- The flipped classroom should allow the teacher to create productive collaborative groups.
- The flipped classroom should allow time for peer instruction.
- The flipped classroom should provide class time for project based learning.
- The flipped classroom should allow the teacher to differentiate and individualize learning.
- The flipped classroom should allow a teacher to clone themselves and teach different lessons simultaneously.
Flipping your classroom should not be easier than teaching traditionally. It should be more effective though!