Flipped Lesson Tips & Tools for Flipping

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WHAT ARE FLIPPED LESSONS?

This page provides information about flipped classrooms, including overviews, various articles and videos about flipping the classroom, different ways this idea can be incorporated into a variety of classrooms, and ideas behind flipping the classroom.

Note: Many of the videos provided below are fairly long - you do not need to watch every one to understand the flipped classroom, so you are free to pick and choose as many or as few as you would like or need.

Flipped Classroom Handout - General Overview of Flipped Classrooms

What is the Flipped Classroom?

Flipping the Classroom - Article

Explanations on the Flipped Classroom from the “Best of the Best”

• Aaron Sams (ACS 2011 Conference)

  • Flipped Classroom Explained in 22 Minutes

• Ramsey Musallam - YouTube Teachers Conference

  • Part 1

  • Part 2

  • Part 3

  • Part 4

• Brian Bennett - The Flipped Classroom and Mastery Learning (YISS PD)

  • Part 1

  • Part 2

  • Part 3

  • Part 4

• John Sowash - Southfield Christian

• ISTE 2012 - Many Faces of the Flipped Classroom Panel

  • Dan Spencer, Kristen Daniels, Stacey Roshan, Ramsey Musallam, Brian Bennett, and Eric Marcos

Flipped Class Done Right - Daily Riff Articles

• The Flipped Class Manifest

• The Flipped Classroom: What it is and what it isn’t

• The Flipped Classroom: Are You Ready to Flip?

• The Flipped Classroom: What a Good One Looks Like

• The Flipped Classroom: Learning for Mastery

"Flipped Classroom Spectrum" Examples: The area below provides ideas about how flipping can be used in the classroom, including Big Ideas teachers can ask to determine how much or how little to do, and how flipping might work best in individual classrooms.

• The Flipped Classroom in 20 Minutes Video

  • Great (but hurried) explanation from one of the original developers of the Flipped Classroom - Aaron Sams. This is the presentation he gave at the 2011 American Chemical Society Conference.

• Points of Pain (Ron Houtman): No video or link - just an idea for how to easily use videos

  • Big Idea: At the end of the day, what are you sick and tired of repeating? Create a screencast for the next person who asks the exact same question.

  • If you’ve been teaching long you know which topics students have a hard time with and need extra time to grasp. Create a screencast to let them review as needed.

• A Content Library (Dan Spencer):

  • Big Idea: Creating content that is accessible at any time (doesn’t necessarily have to be on an iPod Touch) and rewindable.

  • Students and parents can then access classroom content and go over it at their pace and on their schedule.

• The Flipped Classroom (Aaron Sams):

  • Big Idea: What is the best use of classroom time? When do students need their teacher’s guidance the most - during a lecture or when doing homework problems?

  • This shows how teachers can make lectures the homework and do what used to be homework during class.

• The Flipped-Mastery Classroom (Jon Bergmann):

  • Big Idea #1: Students need to demonstrate they understand before moving on.

  • Big Idea #2: Students should be able to learn at their own pace.

  • How can we take advantage of technology to individualize learning?

• “Beyond” or “Student Directed Learning”

  • Big Idea: “I (the teacher) don’t care how you (the learner) learn as long as you learn. Here are your options to learn GLCE/HSCE/Learning Objective X . . . choose what works best for you.”

  • No video . . . yet

• Student Created Content (Eric Marcos)

  • Want to see if students really understand? Have them create the content. You will see quickly whether or not they “get it”.

  • Authentic audiences (beyond just the teacher) matter to students and they will be much more likely to go above and beyond if they know their peers will be seeing it.

  • Students are much more likely to go to a peer for help than their teacher. Empower students to help each other by creating student “experts”.

• Flipped PD (Kristin Daniels)

  • Nothing is more frustrating for a busy teacher than a worthless session of professional development.

  • Nothing is more frustrating for an overwhelmed trainer than a room full of teachers who can’t get their log-ins to work.

  • How can teachers have access to on-demand PD while still getting the personal attention they need to make changes in the classroom?

  • “Flipped PD” allows teachers to have access to PD they want and when they need it, while also allowing trainers and coaches to focus on helping individuals.

Other Articles and Information about Flipping the Classroom:

To Flip or Not to Flip: That is NOT the Question - an interesting article about flipping related to Mathematics

What Do Teachers Who've Flipped Their Classrooms Have to Report?

Flipped Learning: A Response to 5 Common Criticisms(article)

Flipped Classroom: Beyond the Videos (blog post)

Flipped Classrooms: Let's Change the Discussion (blog post)

Example of a Parent Information Video

Frequently Asked Questions: The following videos provide information and answers to frequently asked questions about flipping the classroom from a teacher using this model in her classroom.

• Why I Flipped My Classroom

• A Look at Katie Gimbar's Flipped Classroom

• What if students don't watch the videos?

• How do you manage disruptive students?

• What about students with no access?

• What does your classroom look like now?

• How does this shift some responsibility?

• What does flipping look like with the Common Core Standards?

• How do you manage self-paced instruction?

• How do you make your videos?

Link to the Friday Institute - part of North Carolina State University - more information on flipping and links to information and resources

WHAT ARE TOOLS USED TO CREATE FLIPPED LESSONS?

Flipped Classroom Tools

Below are directions for various tools that can be used when flipping your classroom, including screen recording and whiteboard tools.

Screencast-o-Matic

Screencast-o-matic is an online movie maker and recording platform that can be used for screen capture and screencasting.

How to use Screencast-o-Matic-School Tube video

7 Things You Should Know About Screencast-o-Matic-OSU article

Educreations

Educreations is a recordable interactive whiteboard that captures your voice and handwriting to produce amazing video lessons that you can share online. Students and colleagues can replay your lessons in any web browser, or from within our app on their iPads. You can use an iPad or an internet browser to record the lessons. This is for very basic lessons using the whitebooard or images,

Educreation Basics-YouTube video

Camtasia

Camtasia is a software program that allows you to create videos, including recording on-screen activity, import media, create interactive content, and share your videos. You can record your screen to capture powerpoint slides, software, webpages, a whiteboard, etc. You can import media like other video, music, and photos. You can create interactive videos and use a variety of editing features to edit the videos. It also makes it easy to share and upload video files.

There is a free trial version you can request downloaded on your computer to try it out.

Camtasia 8 Tutorial & Overview (Video)

Camtasia 8 - 8 New Features (Video)

Camtasia 8 - Using Zoom-n-Pan, Audio, and Transitions (Video)

Using Quizzes in Camtasia 8 (Video)

WHAT ARE SOME TIPS AND RESOURCES FOR FLIPPING LESSONS?

Flipped Classroom Resources

Below are links to a variety of resources for videos, tips for making videos, and tools that can be used when flipping your classroom.

Flipping the Classroom Website: This is a fabulous website with videos and resources for flipping the classroom

Video Resources: These sites have videos that can be used in the classroom.

• TED Ed

• Kahn Academy

  • The 5 Most Popular Kahn Academy Video Lessons of All Time

• 10 Sites with Videos to Help Enhance or Flip a Lesson

• 35 Sources for Curated Educational Videos

• 5 Free Tools for Curating Educational Videos Across the Web (these tools allow you to create a collection of videos from multiple web sources)

• Flipping the Classroom: A Goldmine of Research and Resources to Keep You on Your Feet

Video Creation Resources: The following links have information on how to create videos and resources for creating videos.

• 10 Ways to Create Videos without Installing Software

• 5 Free Screen Recording Apps and Services

• 10 Free Video Editing Tools for Teachers

• Turn Your Powerpoint 2010 Presentation Into a Video