LOTE+-+Hoffer,+Gloria

=Gloria Hoffer - LOTE Spanish=

1. Pro’s and Con’s to Flipping:
 * Week 1**


 * Pro’s -**
 * More time in class to assist students as they apply concepts learned at home.
 * Students can take their time to be sure they understand new concepts as they watch on their own.
 * Allows students the access to technology that they so prefer to use instead of the traditional paper and pencil method.
 * Helps when a student is absent and misses lesson.
 * More connection time with students
 * Classroom is student centered
 * Keeps students busy more of the time.


 * Con’s**
 * Sometimes technology fails
 * Initial stages of learning how to create a good video and how to put it online
 * Students may not admit that they don’t understand concept
 * Buy in from stakeholders at first

2. Who are your stakeholders and what are their common concerns?

Stakeholders -
 * 1) **Administrators** - are concerned that students are learning and teachers have sound, reliable lessons that are going to increase student achievement. How does this happen when teaching is going on at home...this is the key concern? The administrators also worry that class time is spent productively by both teachers and students.


 * 1) **Parents** - It is very important to the parents that they know their child’s teacher is teaching their child and not giving too much work at home. Most importantly, work that is meaningful and comprehensible at the same time. Parents know it is the job of the teacher to teach and sometimes presenting new concepts at home may not seem like they are doing their job.


 * 1) **Students -** Flipped classrooms involve a lot of technology that is preferred by students. Initially I believe their concern is that they will have too much homework, but they need to see how the process works and understand that it creates they same amount of work at home, possibly less.


 * Common Concerns** - What will the classroom setting look like when the learning is taking place at home? Will students really learn at home?

3, **How does a flip class better address student needs?**

A flipped class can enhance learning by allowing students to watch videos until they truly understand the new concept. Students don’t have to worry if they are absent, they can learn while at home and don’t get behind while out. Students also have more one/one time with the teacher to ask questions at their own level of learning.

Most importantly is the idea that have a flipped classroom is another method teaching that when used with other methods adds variety and keeps students motivated.


 * Week 2**


 * Passages from Bergmann and Sam's book**

1.In the traditional model, students would usually come into class confused about some of the homework problems from the previous night. Generally we would spend the first 25 minutes doing a warm-up activity and going over those problems they didn't understand.

2.As educators, we usually have a specific curriculum we need to cover in our courses. Students are expected to learn a given body of knowledge and most of time we hope that they understand our presentations. However, even the best presenters and lecturers have students who fall behind and don't understand or learn all that is required.

Questions:

2. Flipped learning benefits the students in so many ways. Today society is filled with activities and responsibilities not to mention competition. As students progress through school they need to show that they can handle a lot at one time. They need to be well rounded and participate in various activities to show colleges they are capable of doing more than one thing at a time. Flipped learning gives them this flexibility to work and learn at their own pace and when it is convenient for them. They also are able to learn at their own pace and watch videos or research questions at their ability level.

3. I believe one of the biggest challenges of flipped learning is the student who does not have access to technology at home. I struggle with that issue right now as I was hoping to have a team set of iPads to run a large portion of classwork on an iPad. Implementing some form of a flipped classroom was going to support my need for iPads for all students even more. I now worry about how I will have stakeholder buy in when I know not all students will be able to do assignments at home. The school day is too busy to expect them to find time in school to work on my assignments during study halls or lunch.

Week 3 - Answer 4 questions and choose 4 to seek further support:

1. What is flipped instruction in your own words - Flipped instruction is a way of teaching where students watch videos or do research to learn a topic on their own time either at home or at school. They can take as long as they need to fully understand the topic and do it when it is convenient for them. This material is review for a short time in class and then activities to better understand the concept can occur while the teacher can move from one student to another to give one on one instructional support.

2. How does flipped instruction address your stakeholders key concern - I would like to seek further support on this answer from others.

3. Why is flipped instruction beneficial for 21st century learners? - Flipped learning is extremely beneficial for learners in the 21st century because students have so much going on in their lives: sports, lessons, family obligations, etc. Flipped learning allows students to learn when they have time, not when dictated by another.

4.How does it build upon our previous understandng of best practices, CCSS, IB curriculum - I would like to seek further support on this answer from others.

5. What aspects of your instruction will you concentrate on flipping first? - This school year I am going to create videos on grammar. Right now I feel most comfortable flipping grammar lessons. I look forward to see how students do learning from the videos and then spending time in class applying the concept to real communication in speech and in writing.

6. Why is this aspect of your instruction well suited to a flipped model? - Grammar is a topic that can be learned on own. Basically, it is like learning a formula. Students can watch it as many times as needed and give themselves the time to memorize the verb endings, or grammatical facts.

7. What data will you be collecting on which to assess effectiveness of your flip? - I wo

uld like to seek further support on this answer.

8.By which methods will you be collecting this data - I would like to seek further support on this answer from others.

[|Click] [|here to view my lesson]
 * Videos:**
 * First Video**:

https://ensemble.monroe2boces.org/app/sites/index.aspx?destinationID=0agqSi6a9ka3hpkmGuokOw&contentID=5bvyiEAyPU2mcCYjigOopw&pageIndex=1&pageSize=10
 * Second Video**:

http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/the-verb-ser/9253408/?s=V6hKwQ&ref=link
 * Third Video:**


 * Including Stakeholders** - My plan is to let students, administrators and parents know that I will be flipping a few grammatical lessons. I will let them know that I will be sharing videos at least one week before needed in class. Students will have that week to watch each video as many times as needed to understand the grammatical concept. Once the video is due in class, we will review its content for a short time and then students will work on activities to better understand this topic. I will then have time available to work individually with students who may need extra support.

Power Points, Videos, Worksheets and Various other teaching materials(songs, games) are saved in our P drives to be used in conjuction with the above flipped videos.
 * Supporting Documents:**