October 22, 2014 Blog 8

Hello everyone!

I want to start off by saying that I feel that ALL teachers should "flip their classrooms." Before I watched the webinar and I read about flipping your classroom and saw the image that showed a side by side picture of your "traditional classroom" that said the on blackboard lecture today then the picture next to it which was your "flipped classroom" had said activity today on the blackboard. I find it so inviting and interesting when teachers take the actual time to explore and find new ways that can teach their students in a different aspect rather than being lectured all day not wanting to go to school. I hope that one day my students will wake up everyday and say "I am excited for school today!" After watching the webinar was a whole bunch of awesome information. One tip that stuck out to me from Todd would be that he uses Google Forms for the students who have internet at home who can go home and answer his questions and everything is organized and put together. Also if the students do not have technology or do not feel comfortable with technology they can just write it down on paper. A question that I have for Todd would be, out of the majority of your students what do parents feel about their students working in a flipped classroom? After reading about it and watching videos I would most definitely give it a chance. Being that there are standards and every year it is getting more strict on how and what teachers need to teach their students. Many teachers probably get overwhelmed and scared that most of their students will pass their state tests. After watching the video though he said that 96% of his students had passed the math portion of their test. I find that awesome because I know for many students math is hard and not exciting to learn. Although, having your classroom flipped can give the students a chance to learn about subjects that they may not find interesting, in a whole new aspect of learning. Below is the picture that I found very useful if you have never heard of what "The Flipped Classroom" is and want to get a quick understanding of what it is.