2014-01 Group E

Group members

• 1. Lim Shi Ying

  2. Wilson Ong

  3. Low Wai Hoong

  4. Tang Chun Chieh

  5. Clement Chua

Topic

Planning and Sustaining the Flipped Classroom Initiative in schools by Making Flipped A Culture in school

Instructions

Enculturatised Flipped - What else can we flip?

Pre-lesson activities: There are 2 parts to the pre-lesson activities. The second part is a group activity.

Part 1: (individual work) [3 minutes]

Beyond the flipped classroom

Please read through and consider the following:

(a) If you were a student, how would you feel about the flipped lesson? Which one would you prefer – the didactic teaching approach or flipped classroom approach? Why?

(b) If you were a staff, how would you feel about a flipped meeting? Why?

(c) If you were a staff, how would you feel about a flipped workshop? Why?

(d) If you were a parent, how would you feel about a flipped Parent-teacher conference? Why?

Part 2: (group work) [15 min]

Perspective taking using a 1-min video

As a group, come up with a one minute video clip or comic strip that has the following components:

1. How you would flip your assigned platform - plans, strategies, communication etc.;

2. The pros and cons of flipping your assigned platform;

3. Any other implications of flipping your assigned platform.

Each group is to create the video / comic strip based on the following assigned platform. Please upload the video onto YouTube as a private video where only people with the URL can assess. Please refer to the Resources section at the bottom of the page for help on creating videos, comic strips and uploading videos onto YouTube.

Please provide us with the URL of your group's video before class begins by adding the URL below by signing in and clicking on the edit button on the top right-hand corner of the page, or by sending the softcopy of your comic strip to mr.clementchua@gmail.com.

The assigned platforms are as follows:

Group A (URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OIITqIRY9k&rel=0)

Lesson (where a class is bored with the usual flipping)

Resource:

1) Flexible / Fixed College Classroom (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc_3SIO7Kv8)

2) Flipped Mastery Classroom (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEfojG9ckYA)

Group B (URL: http://youtu.be/VY2BXPgeTkA)

Group F

Staff/ Department/ Committee Meetings

Resource:

1) Flipped Staff Meeting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rHE9mV5rTQ)

2) Flipped November Staff Meeting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZChLs9ixPl0)

Group C (URL: Please add your URL here)

Professional Development Workshops/ White-space/ Time-tabled Time

Resource:

1) Flipped PD Introductory Workshop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAD5JSN0oik)

2) Flipped PD (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTeX5RoW7Ek)

Group D (URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSZuq280C4k) another preliminary video

Parent-Teacher Conference

Resource:

1) Flipping the Large Enrollment Psychology Classroom (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTeX5RoW7Ek)

2) How the Flipped Classroom is Radically Transforming Learning (http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/how-the-flipped-classroom-is-radically-transforming-learning-536.php)

Group F (URL: Please add your URL here)

Staff/ Department/ Committee Meetings

Resource:

1) Flipped Staff Meeting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rHE9mV5rTQ)

2) Flipped November Staff Meeting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZChLs9ixPl0)

Other Materials:

If you are interested to know more about Flipped Lessons, do watch "The Many Faces of Flipped Classroom" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DexW2QfCSKU).

Do note that the video duration is 46 minutes.

Presentation

Watch & Reflect (DURING LESSON)

Students (video from Group A)

List at least one advantage and one disadvantage of flipping.

http://padlet.com/wall/gj406a2jto

Staff meeting (video from Group B)

List at least one advantage and one disadvantage of flipping.

http://padlet.com/wall/npp7axdgi2

Staff workshop (video from Group C)

List at least one advantage and one disadvantage of flipping.

http://padlet.com/wall/cbv50jnm8f

Parents (video from Group D)

List at least one advantage and one disadvantage of flipping.

http://padlet.com/wall/bcksvim1vu

Individual reflections

http://padlet.com/wall/u4rzyle6uc

Parting Thoughts

Resources

Link and/or embed resources on your topic here.

Other materials

Link and/or embed other materials relevant to your topic here.

Division of labour

Indicate what each member did or what roles each member played.

• • Wai Hoong - Padlet and Collation

  • Clement - Assignment and Instructions, Presentation

  • Shynn - Communications and Instructions

  • Wilson - Presentation and Collation

  • Chun Chieh - Comic Strips and Scenarios, Online Resources

• Brainstorming - All

Group notes

1. Process

Why choose the flipped classroom approach? All lessons? All subjects?

Timeline - step-by-step piloting through action research - scoping the experiment

Introduction and basic training of teachers on flipped pedagogy

Choosing which part of syllabus/curriculum is suitable to apply flipped pedagogy - blended learning

How much autonomy would we give to teachers/depts to apply flipped pedagogy?

Monitoring and learning

Reflection and review

2. People

Teachers - readiness of teachers, monitoring of learning and reflective practitioners

Students -

Parents - writing in to parents to create awareness and buy-in, addressing concerns and follow-up

3. System

Leveraging on collaboration to co-create resources amongst teachers or through PLTs

General Flow:

• 1. Create online learning resources - providing scenario and our online instructional video

  2. Participants learn from these resources and create the learning product (co-creation of content)

  3. In class: Consolidation, review and discussion of ideas from these learning products

     1. Mobile Learning Stations

     2. Consolidation

Focus of the presentation:

• 1. What else can be flipped?

  2. To get to the cultural shift

Resources:

1. Video Recorder (Screencast-o-matic) - http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iesCsZdw8g

2. Doceri - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq-WR5DZmPo

3. Animated Video (Powtoon) - http://www.powtoon.com/

4. Comic Strips (Toondoo) - http://www.toondoo.com/

5. How to upload videos onto YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOL7eWabLe0

6. Educator's Technology Website - http://www.educatorstechnology.com/

Information on group presentations

1. This effort provides an opportunity to explore and experience at least two other dimensions of flipping: Learners as teachers and learners as content creators.

2. Participants also get to elaborate on the topic of the week or have a choice on what to teach and learn about flipping.