Preparing Students

From Corey Papastathis - PD Handbook as shared in Flipped Classroom Ning @ http://flippedclassroom.org/:

"Training Students for Flipped Classroom Expectations

There a lot of students who are highly practiced at playing school. They understand the game of picking out keywords, understanding key vocabulary, and recalling this information for a test. Switching to a self-directed classroom model can be a shock to some students. So we have to train the students to be able to be successful in this model.

• Teach students how to use your content library to help prepare for the challenges you’ll present to them during class. Although it may sound intuitive, most students may not realize that they can pause content write-down the question and continue on or go back through the resource as needed.
• Expect responses from all students, every day. If the teacher says the homework is to watch a 5 minute video, watching the video is the only expectation for which the teacher can hold learners accountable.
• Train your students how to ask higher-level questions. If you ask the typical 6 to 12 grade student to explain Costas levels of questioning, be prepared for a blank stare.
• Students need to know how to find information quickly using online searches. They should be able to find the answers to lower-level questions with the use of an internet search.
• Explain to students that by having a resource library for content delivery you have freed up more time to listen to their questions by giving up time lecturing. The benefit to them is that you now have more time per student. The downfall for them is that you now have more time per student, and no longer can they fade into the crowd while you lecture.

The students of today live in a much larger social world. They are connected to many communities through the use of their cell phones and websites such as Facebook or Twitter. Being digital natives, they are quite accustomed to finding information quickly through the use of the Internet. If they want to learn how to beat a level in their favorite video game they will search YouTube for online tutorials. Most students of today feel that school takes away the tools that they are most comfortable with. Utilizing the flipped classroom meets the learners where they are comfortable and allows them to use tools they use every day."

http://flippedclassroom.org/video/preparing-students-for-a-flipped-classroom

Math: Intro to the Flipped Classroom - HS Math - Crystal Kirch

Introduction to Flipping in Language Arts

Parent and Student communication, for all subjects:

http://goo.gl/DUHCBk