Flipped Classroom

The following information comes from the book, Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day by Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams.

Basically the concept of a flipped class is this: that which is traditionally done in class is now done at home, and that which is traditionally done as homework is now completed in class. The class is centered around the students and not the teacher. Students are responsible for viewing the videos and asking appropriate questions. The teacher is simply there to provide expert feedback. The students are responsible for completing and sharing their work. Students are responsible for making appropriate use of the resident expert to help them understand the concepts. The role of the teacher in the classroom is to help students, not to deliver information.

From Chapter 3: Why You Should Flip Your Classroom

  • Flipping speaks the language of today's students

  • Flipping helps busy students

  • Flipping helps struggling students

  • Flipping helps students of all abilities to excel

  • Flipping allows students to pause and rewind their teacher


  • Flipping increases student–teacher interaction

  • Flipping allows teachers to know their students better

  • Flipping allows for real differentiation

  • Flipping increases student–student interaction

  • Flipping changes classroom management

  • Flipping educates parents

Badges

This is not an exhaustive list of tools that you can use to flip your classroom. The list below is there to help get you started or further your growth with this instructional practice. If you have a tool that you would like us to consider adding, please click on this Suggest a Badge Form.

YouTube

YouTube is a free video sharing website that makes it easy to watch online videos. You can even create and upload your own videos to share with others.

Explain Everything

Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere. Create slides, draw in any color, add shapes, add text, and use a laser pointer.

Google Classroom

Google Classroom is the one stop shop for creating and managing online classes, distributing assignments, communicating with your students, and keeping everything organized.

EdPuzzle

EDpuzzle lets users create their own video in a safe environment and is ideal for project based learning (PBL) as well as flipping a classroom. Also, it allows educators to create videos for guided learning and allows them to assess students by adding questions. Finally, it can be used by any educator to integrate into any curriculum or subject.

Google Hangouts

Google Hangouts is a conferencing/communication tool that will allow you to connect with many people at once while using text, voice, or video chat. Any combination of those options can be used at any given time by any user. The ability for participants to share their screen and for the organizer to save the online sessions are also possible.

Vocaroo

Vocaroo is a quick and easy way to share and download voice messages.


Screencastomatic

Screencast-O-Matic is a free screen and webcam recorder to capture video from your computer screen and share it on Screencast-O-Matic.com, YouTube, or save to a video file. Upgrade to Pro Features and get much more.

Nearpod

Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool that can be used to amazing effect in the classroom. The app's concept is simple. A teacher can create presentations that can contain Quiz's, Polls, Videos, Images, Drawing-Boards, Web Content and so on.

Chatterkids

Simply take any photo, draw a line to make a mouth, and record your voice. Then share your students' Pix with friends and family as silly greetings, playful messages, creative cards, or even fancy book reports. (iPad app only)

Screencastify

Screencastify is a free Chrome extension that allows students to create simple screencasts. It's integrated with Google Drive, so whatever students create online can be recorded, explained, stored in their Drive, and submitted with a link. ​(web-based)

Google Sites

Google Sites is a website development tool that teachers can use for the purpose of communicating with both parents and students. Sites can also be used as a space to prepare and deliver the content used in classrooms.

Quizlet

Using Quizlet is an effective way to get your students further engaged in what they're learning both in the classroom and at home. The site offers six different study modes that appeal to all types of learners, allowing students to use what works best for them and go at their own pace. As a teacher you can easily create Quizlet classes to share study material with your students quickly and track their progress. And with our team-based game, Quizlet Live, it's easy to get your whole class involved, learning the material and how to work together in the process.