8/29/2012

In our PLC today we discussed pros and cons we have encountered with the flipped classroom. Andrew said that he has the class come together periodically for brief instruction and checkin. It helps keep the class moving at an appropriate speed. William suggested using the student companion to help guide the students in taking notes as they  watch the video.

Andrew and I have both realized that the videos need to be shorter. When they are longer than 8-10 minutes, they start to tune out.

My goal for this next week is to make sure the videos are 10 minutes or less and to check out the student companion resource.

Overall, the flipped class has worked well. There are still a few students that continue to be off task and then complain that they are not being taught. However, the majority of the class is adjusting to the new class paradigm and doing much better at monitoring their own learning.