Science+-+Maloney,+Jen

=Jen Maloney - Science= I am going to upload my videos right onto here for you since I am not sure when my hilton account will be deactivatetd. Video 1: Characteristics of Living things. Students will listen to the video and fill in guided notes with definitions and examples as they listen to the video.

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Video #2:

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Video #3:

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Overview of flipped lesson: I am going to be out for the first 6 weeks of school on maternity leave. I want to use my first flipped lesson to introduce myself and my classroom with classroom expectations. I would also have to work with my LTS to ensure that we have the same classroom expectations so that the transition into the beginning of a new school year with a LTS into October when I return is smooth.

My other 2 flipped lessons are going to be on somee early in the year lessons that I would be leaving for the sub. These are lessons that I feel are a great first time flipped lesson because they are complete direct instruction with students filling out a note sheet. I can still get the students all of the information they would have gotten in class, but at home on their video. They can watch the videos at home, take notes at their own speed where they can pause and rewind and watch it again and fill in their notes as they watch. When they come to class, we can use this time to apply the knowledge they gained at home.

Assignment 4 - Stakeholder Plan:

Explaining the reasoning behind the flipped classroom to my students is most important for me to make this successful in my classroom. Before I start a flipped lesson, I would explain to students how this can make them more successful. Classtime will be used for applying previous knowledge that they will gain outside of the classroom by watching my video and taking notes ahead of time. When they come to class, I will be able to address questions they still had after watching the video and then we will be able to use classtime to apply this knowledge. By doing things such as labs, projects, practice problems...

I am planning on introducing a few flipped lessons into my classroom at this time. I think that for parents and colleagues I would address questions as they come to me. I don't anticipate many issues with this method except for technology problems that I have mentioned earlier; what do students do if their internet is down, computer not working, can't open up the video. To answer these questions, I would have to have an opportunity for students who are unprepared for class to watch the video and get thier information before they join us in class. Again, until I see how this works in my actual classroom, I am not sure how I would address this, especially for students who may run into these problems more often then others.

Assignment 3

Questions: 1. What is flipped instruction in your own words? Flipped instruction is taking the information normally given in class and creating a video of it for students to watch at home on their own time before class. Once they come into class, they are prepared by already understanding materials that would have normally been discussed in class. This allows classtime to be used for student independent work where they can apply the knowledge that they gained ahead of time. 3. Why is flipped instruction beneficial for 21st century learners? Student's in the 21st century use personal electronical devices each and every day. Bringing them into their learning environment will help them keep connections between their lives outside of school and within school.

4. How does it build upon our previous understanding of best practices, CCSS, IB curriculum? Best practices allows for students to be more responsible for their own learning and apply their learning to the real world. Flipped instruction does both. Students are responsible for understanding information given to them before they come to class. That allows student to use class time to apply their knowledge and have guidence from their teacher on specific questions that they have instead of struggeling with these questions at home on their own. It also connects the use of personal electronics in and outside of the classroom.

5. What aspects of your instruction will you concentrate on flipping first? I would concentrate on finding ways to take the lecture out of the classroom first. This is because the students can learn and understand the content on their own time before class and allow us to use classtime to complete more student centered work such as labs or projects.

Week 2 - Assignment 2

Questions 1-3

During week 1, you identified your stakeholders and their common concerns. Reflect on last week's work: add or amend as needed now that you know more.

I think that I am still struggeling with the concept of what to do with students that don't complete the assignment before coming to class. It is hard for me to imagine a classroom where 100% of my students come to class prepared everyday. I think until I see how this actually plays out in my classroom, I won't have my answer.

How does a flipped class better address their concerns than a traditional class? Bergmann and Sams give 15 reasons on why you should flip your classroom in Chapter 3. You may want to focus on 2 or 3 that best address what you believe will work best with your student population. Of course you can add a different reason not mentioned in the book.

Giving me the opportunity to use classtime to work individually with students on what they need. I feel that this makes my role as the teacher more valid. I am still giving them all of the information that I want them to know, just in a different method than in the past. But now I am giving myself and my students the opportunity to use my expertiese in the classroom to make sure that they fully understand and can apply the knowledge that I gave them to learn outside of class.

What might be some challenges you will encounter? How do you plan to address them? If you can identify a challenge but not a solution (yet) post the challenge and seek help from the group. Feel free to use the "Crowd Source" (CS) page.

I again am not seeing too many problems with stakeholder buy in. I have alway found that my students are excited to use technology in the classroom and do very well with it. I think some of the biggest concers could be technlogy problems; what do students do if their internet is down, computer not working, can't open up the video. How do you manange things that happen like this as opposed to studnets who don't take the time to complete their assingments.

Collect evidence about the challenges inherent in using the Prussian paradigm in 2013 for inclusion in your plan to win stakeholder buy-in.

The Prussian Paradigm has been used in American schools since the first half of the nineteenth century. It was the best model for schools to use at the time to keep up with the quickly growing industry. Today, the job force looks a lot different than it did 200 years ago. Students need to be able to learn how to solve problems and figure things out on their own, instead of just being told this is the way it is. Education today needs to continue to move in the direction where students are becoming more responsible for their own learning and flipping a classroom is one method that makes this possible.

Chapters 2-3 __Flip your Classroom:__ Passage from chapter 2: "We encourage them to liberally use the pause button so they can write down key points of the lesson. In addition, we instruct them in the Cornell note-taking method, in which they take notes, record any questions they have, and summarize their learning."

I think that the method above teaches the kids many valuable resources that will help them become successful students, not only now but something that will stick with them into college and into the work field.

Passage from chapter 3: "Flipping allows for real differentiaion...... Because the majority of our time is used to walk around the room and help students, we can personalize the learning of all."

I like how the flippped classroom opens up class time to allow me to help students indiviudallly. I can help struggeling students one on one during class, where many times we are scrambeling to find time to get together. I also know that studnets who don't currently need my help will be working on an something independently and also still making the most of thier classtime.

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Right on the top of the website, they list benefits of a flipped classroom so that stakeholders can visualize them immediatly.
 * Gives teachers more time to spend 1:1 helping students
 * Builds stronger student/teacher relationships
 * Offers a way for teachers to share information with other faculty, substitute teachers, students, parents, and the community easily
 * Produces the ability for students to “rewind” lessons and master topics
 * Creates a collaborative learning environment in the classroom

Day 1 - Class Discussion - Historical Perspective
 * Goal of a flipped lesson - Changing the current model of a "routine" school day.
 * Reasons to flip a lesson
 * education available at anytime
 * Still supports Bloom's Taxonomy
 * Reorders Madeline Hunter's elements of effective Instruction (Anticipatory Set, Objective, Input, Guided Practice, Independent Practice)
 * In a flipped classroom, 1-4 is done in the classroom and step 5 (Independent Practice) is done at home.
 * Kahn Academy - Videos placed on line to help support learning. Reorders Hunter's elements to make better use of time (Flipped Lesson)
 * Bergmann and Sams - __Flip Your Classroom__, Book about Flipped instruction. Read chapter 1 - this week.

Assignment #1 - Questions

1. What are the pros and cons of flipping instruction as you see them?
 * Pros
 * Giving more individual time to each student based on their specific needs
 * Students complete the "lecture" part on thier own and during class the teacher is available to help answer questions that come up from the lecture.
 * Cons
 * Getting the "buy in" from students and parents
 * Students that don't complete lecture the night before and come to class unprepared for teacher support

2. Who are your stakeholders? What are their common concerns?
 * The stakeholders are the parents, students and my collegues.
 * What do students do if they do not have a computer available to them at home? How can I hold them accountable to come in prepared if they don't have the resources they need?

3. (How) does a FlipClass better address student needs than does a traditional class?
 * It allows for the teacher to work with students on individual issues instead spending the majority of the class teaching how to complete an entire assignmnet. The teacher has more time to work independtly with students on specific questions and students are becoming more responsible for their own learning.