The Flipped Classroom: Explanation & Resources
The flipped classroom model, in which traditional teaching methods and the order of a student’s day are basically reversed to make use of resources online and/or outside of class while moving what we know as traditional “homework” into actual classroom time, has been slowly gaining steam around the country since its unofficial inception in 2004, but the recent onslaught of high quality educational resources being released from the likes of Khan Academy, MIT, and others has really kicked the movement into high gear. What is the flipped classroom model? Does it work? Take a look at a collection of articles and resources below.Background on the flipped classroom:
The Daily Riff: How the flipped classroom was born
The Atlantic: Flipped classrooms promote personalization in higher education
The Washington Post: The flip: Turning a classroom upside down
Articles on the flipped classroom in action:
The classroom flip: a rural case
Zanesville, OH teachers use technology to flip classrooms
Homework stays at school in flipped classrooms
Resources to implement a flipped classroom:
Cybrary Man’s flipped classroom
21st century educational technology and learning
Digital Sandbox flipped classroom
Video and learning management resources:
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