Seattle Schools Community Forum: Flipped Classrooms - Education Technology

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Flipped Classrooms - Education Technology:

Flipped Classrooms - Education Technology

by Charlie Mas

I have recently learned of an idea called a "flipped classroom". The idea is that the work that used to be done at school is done at home and the work that used to be done at home is done at school.

Here's a description from onlinecollege.org:

In a flipped classroom, students watch lectures and supplemental materials for their classes at home, usually pre-recorded by their instructors and uploaded to the web. Classroom time is then used for answering student questions, helping with homework, and other activities that help students apply what they've learned.

Once again, the idea here is to use the technology for what it does well to free the teacher to do what the