BLOG POST #1 – Week 5
The Biggest Hurdle to Flipping Your Class
“Flip teaching (or flipped classroom) is a form of blended learning in which students learn new content online by
watching video lectures, usually at home, and what used to be homework
(assigned problems) is now done in class with teacher offering more
personalized guidance and interaction with students, instead of lecturing”
(Wikipedia, 2013).
The main the author of this article
poses to the reader is “What is the best use of class time” (Bergmann,
2013).
With the advancements in technology
within the past decade, the idea of “Flipping the Classroom” is not that far
fetched. Bergmann argues, “… that we need to
get away from direct instruction to the whole group and instead use class time
for richer and more meaningful activities and interactions” (2013). I have to say, I think he, along with many
others, are on the right track. The idea
of helping students to be better facilitators of their own knowledge will only
help them to become better life-long learners.
Bergmann’s writes that the main reason he steered away from
this idea originally was because he “… had to surrender control of the learning
to the students” (2013). I think this
idea is extremely hard to grasp for any educator, especially those who have
been teaching for a longer period of time.
Despite his early reservations, Bergmann admits that flipping
his classroom “was the best thing I ever did in my teaching career” (2013).
I think that flipping my classroom would be awesome! I just wish that it were easier to ensure
that every student could have access to the appropriate technology in order to
be successful in this type of classroom setting.
References:
Bergmann, Jon. “The Biggest Hurdle to Flipping Your Class.” Edutopia. Gannet Digital. 18 Nov 2013.
Web. 19 Nov 13.
"Flip
Teaching." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc. 22 Nov 2013. Web. 22 Nov. 2013.
Hi Phillip,
ReplyDeleteThis was an interesting article. I think that using class time for more meaningful activities is the way to go, there is only so much time I have in class with my dental hygiene students. I have not flipped my classroom, but I am thinking about ways to do this so that my students get the most out of the class time. I think that like the author, Bergmann states before you can flip your classroom, you have to flip your thinking.
-Sam