A Flipped Classroom is when you assign lecture materials/presentations/videos to be watched before class time, this could either be at home, or at the beginning of class. The idea behind this is to give more time to prioritize active/hands-on learning during the class block. I hope to be teaching primary ages, K-3, when I finish the program. I don’t think that a flipped classroom would work for these ages, however I think there could be benefits for using it in the older ages (grade 6 and up.) Some positives of using a flipped classroom in the older ages would be to have more hands-on activity time. If you have videos already recorded then you can post them for students to have access to them when they are sick, or away. However, the downside for a flipped classroom is that not all the students within your class will have access to a device at home where they can easily access it. Therefore, I don’t think I will use the Flipped Classroom idea, at least in the traditional way. I won’t make my students watch videos before class, because that is not accessible to all students. I think the way I would use it would be to give students class time to watch the video if that is the way learning works for them, but also give other methods for them to learn. I like the idea of posting videos of how to do a math lesson, so students can go back and watch how to work through a problem when they are doing homework. This would be a differentiated approach, since it can meet the needs of all learners.
As you can see the interactive video within this post was made with H5P tools. I think these tools would be helpful depending on what grade level you are teaching. If you were teaching an older grade (grade 5-8) then you could use the multiple choice tool to gauge where your students are at by the end of the video. I also know many schools have access to online portfolios for the parents and students to access. I believe the H5P tools could be helpful to make footage that you post on these websites interactive so parents can interact with the material posted. This will also give the parents options to provide feedback to the teacher, using the multiple choice/true and false options. You can also use text on the videos to tell the parents what the video is about. I believe that you could use the H5P tools in some way, regardless of the grade being taught.
6 February 2023 at 3:38 pm
Great post, love it. I liked that you introduced the idea of a Flipped Classroom and gave a critique that included both pros and cons for using it. I also appreciated that you acknowledged that you might not find it a useful technique for the age group you will be teaching, but might be more useful for older age groups.
I loved the edits you made to your interactive video, the zoom ins were a fun touch. I wonder if you could have introduced what you had done with the video before it in the blog, or included a caption?
You met all the criteria, the only thing you could have added was the use of “writing strategies such as hyperlinks”.
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