George of the Flipped
Jungle
Your Guides
Dena Leggett, PhD
advanced chemistry teacher Allen High School
[email protected]
twitter handle: @denakleggett
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Katie Lanier
on-level physics teacher Allen High School
[email protected]
twitter handle: @lanier_katiesue
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WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE!
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Introduction
Trees to avoid
o Videos
o Parents
o Teacher
o Student
Questions?
todaysmeet.com/george
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A visit to the reflecting pond
Chat with your safari partner:
What difficulties have you experienced or do
you anticipate on your trip through the
flipped jungle?
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Who is on our expedition?
What grade(s) do you teach?
What do you teach?
Experience with flipped classroom?
o standing at the guide house waiting
o sitting in the jeep ready to go
o on the road but nervous
o confidently travelling along
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VIDEO
Learning new
technology
• Recorded lessons are the most
common starting point
• Biggest learning curve for most
experienced teachers
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Videos don't match
curriculum
Using another persons videos?
• preview the video
• it should match objectives
• should be appropriate length
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Video is incomplete
What is your goal for the video?
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Prepare students to come to class and be ready
to work.
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Long enough to cover direct teach
Not so long that is is too burdensome for
learning level
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Creating your own
video
Making videos
appropriate length - varies depending on content
and level, recommend less than 10 minutes for HS
per video
don't expect perfection - you'll never finish
Chunk video by topic or short subject to provide
flexibility for future curriculum adjustments
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Tree of Mastery
Desired outcome of video lessons:
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expect exposure
hope for understanding
do not require mastery
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Pictures of video assessment ideas
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A visit to the reflecting pond
Find someone near you who teaches similar
content and discuss:
What type of content could you shift to a video
(or other type of independent) lesson?
How would you assess learning?
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The Parent Trap
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Parent Education
and aligning to vision
Flipped provides a clearer role
for the parent as a team
member.
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Parent Education
and aligning to vision
The three most important words are...
Communicate!
Communicate!
Communicate!
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Parent: Education
and Vision Alignment
• before, during, often
o intro email
o video
o parent night flier
• Positive, polite
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and timely
Why What How
Expectations
Data and
testimonial
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Parent may say you
should go back to
"teaching"
TWITTER!
Complete the following with one word that
describes teaching:
Teaching is……
#flipcon13
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Parent may say you
should go back to
"teaching"
• Explain what learning looks like in your class
• Share that you are not only teaching, but reaching
individuals
• Communicate the fact you are walking around
helping each student each class
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But I’m King of the Jungle!!
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Teacher burn-out - this is a lot of
work
• Collaborate!
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o PLC internally
o PLN outside of your school
 coflip with same course
different place
Start slow this is a multiple
year transition
Flip Chat on Mondays!
o twitter #flipclass or #flipsci
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But I am already King of Jungle,
why do this?
• It's about best use of time
WITH students
• Should they be listening or
DOING?
• May be learning but are they
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learning to love
learning?
Students questions can be
handled by form, email, post
video assessments, blogs. etc
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Students “can’t learn
from a video”
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Students “can’t
learn from a video”
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DO NOT RETEACH video content
Honor the work of engaged students
o discuss video
o answer questions
 extensions
 clarifications
Reteach when the lesson has missed
the point
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“I do not want to give up control”
• You will be
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corralling creative
chaos
Find comfort
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You can’t scare me, I’m
a teacher!
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Student may say
you should go back
to "teaching"
TODAYS MEETING!
Access the following
website:
http://todaysmeet.com
Complete the following with a phrase that
describes learning:
Learning is……
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"I can't learn from a video"
• Don't expect
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mastery, just
exposure
Practice will come in
class
Notes are reference
for getting teacher
help.
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Student's won't watch videos
Find out if it is a
technology issue and fix
it:
Set aside time to
watch in class
Tutorial or computer
time availability
Watching party in
room
DVD
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Student's won't watch videos
• Decide if you care
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o information comes
from many sources
Copying on video
notes or copying
application?
Mandatory tutorials?
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Flipping – the latest “scapegoat”
Get to the root of the cause
I know how to play school and
you broke the rules.
I don’t like having to “work” in
class.
Lazy
Technology
Frustration with lack of
understanding
Harder to cheat/copy
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Did you think of any trees to avoid?
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