Flipped Classroom - 2015 Council of International Schools Regional Conference
1. Flipped Classroom
Leveraging technology to personalise learning
Shane Mason
Deputy Principal
Cleveland District State High School
@shanemason
shane.mason@eq.edu.au
6. Teaching new concepts in my traditional classroom
“Lecture style” lessons to front load students
with required knowledge and process.
Students would then practice this in the class
with what ever class time was left, with an
expectation that their learning would continue
at home where they would do more exercises to
help reinforce the concepts.
7. Explicit teaching of new concepts
I do it The teacher models the proper way to understand and perform
the steps in the new concept being taught.
We do it
The teacher gives an example question/problem for the students
to complete to demonstrate their understanding of the new
concept being taught.
You do it
Students complete independent practice of the new concept.
Scaffolded further exploration of more complex thinking around
the new concept.
8. Susie needs to clean the guttering on her roof. She
places her ladder 1.2m back from the edge of the
guttering that is 3m above the ground. How long will
Susie’s ladder need to be (correct to 2 decimal places)?
Find the length of the hypotenuse.
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9. A flipped classroom is where students do for
homework what they would traditionally do in
the classroom, and they do in the classroom
what they would traditionally do at home.
10. Teaching new concepts in my flipped classroom
Students watch pre-recorded “lecture style” for
homework BEFORE the lesson.
This allows students to come into class already
front loaded with the required knowledge and
processes.
Classroom time is then used to work on the
exercises that allows students to gain a
deeper understanding of the new concepts.
11. Explicit teaching of new concepts
I do it The teacher models the proper way to understand and perform
the steps in the new concept being taught.
We do it
The teacher gives an example question/problem for the students
to complete to demonstrate their understanding of the new
concept being taught.
You do it
Students complete independent practice of the new concept.
Scaffolded further exploration of more complex thinking around
the new concept.
12. Explicit teaching of new concepts
flipped
I do it
The teacher models the proper way to understand and perform
the steps in the new concept being taught.
“Pens down and eyes up here please”
We do it
The teacher gives an example question/problem for the students
to complete to demonstrate their understanding of the new
concept being taught.
You do it
Students complete independent practice of the new concept.
Scaffolded further exploration of more complex thinking around
the new concept.
14. students like it
“This is better than doing homework”
“Will this be a lecture”
“I can pause you without disrupting the class”
“Can we do this in our other subjects?”
“The recorded lectures help me revise”
My experience with
a flipped classroom
15. “Mum watches the lectures with me”
100% positive feedback from
all parent contact.
My experience with
a flipped classroom
students like it
parents like it
17. students like it
parents like it
homework is
meaningful
better use of
class time
My experience with
a flipped classroom
18. Recording or finding lectures and getting students to
watch them at home is not innovation.
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Innovation is how we utilise the class time gained by
students watching lectures at home.
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19. students like it
parents like it
homework is
meaningful
better use of
class time
differentiates
learning
My experience with
a flipped classroom
21. students like it
parents like it
homework is
meaningful
better use of
class time
differentiates
learning
My experience with
a flipped classroom
improved
results
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Create
Work in PowerPoint
Record video, audio or
screen annotations
Measure
Analytics for every slide
and every user
Discussion board for
feedback
Engage
Add quizzes, polls
and interactive elements
Share easily with your
Students
watch on any device
31. Teacher’s first recorded lesson
Very well done
Covered a lot of content
20mins long
Took hours to create
9 students watched it
32. Teacher’s second recorded lesson
A couple of minor hiccups
9mins long
Took 30mins to create
24 students watched it
33. “It still feels a bit strange not standing out the front
class teaching them the content.”
“My students found their voices”
“They are more engaged”
“They ask ‘real’ questions at the start of the lesson”
“They want me to do it again this term”
34. How do you make flipped
learning a reality at your school?
A Student
My traditional classroom: While I was lecturing, this student was getting bored. He/she understood the material in a short amount of time and sat through the rest of the lecture while I was either answering other student’s questions or giving more examples to ensure other students understood the material.
My flipped classroom: The student watches the lecture for homework like the rest of the class. The student uses class time to demonstrate his understanding and then has the time to be extended. He/she no longer needs to slowed down by the rest of the class.
The struggling student
My traditional classroom: Often this student would comment that I was moving too fast or they found it difficult to take notes and pay attention to what I was saying. Sometimes the struggling student complains that they haven’t finished writing down the material on the board before I am ready to move on. This student would usually struggle with homework as they required the teachers assistance in completing the exercises that were set.
My flipped classroom: The student watches the lecture for homework with the ability the pause, rewind and re-watch as many times as they like. This allows them to follow the lecture at their pace. One student commented that she like the fact that she could “press pause when ever she liked and not slow done the rest of the class”. When the student arrives in class we can work on ensuring they understood the lecture and continue with the exercises that allows them to gain a deeper understanding. The real advantage for this student is the time the student gets in class to complete the exercises with the teachers assistance.
The absent student
My traditional classroom: Students are often absent from class. This could be due to illness or extra curricular activities. In the past I have found that students with heavy sporting commitments often miss classes due to training or sporting events. These students find it difficult to catch up on missed work when they have missed the classroom lecture.
My flipped classroom: Now students who miss classes can still keep up with the work by watching the online lectures. This also works for students who wish to go back and review previous lectures, something they aren’t able to do in the traditional classroom.