Monday, January 2, 2012
Flipping the Classroom with iPods
This teacher describes how he is able to make better use of class time by using iPods. He records his lectures with video and then students are able to check out an iPod and listen and learn from the lectures outside of class. When the students are in class, they can ask questions and spend more time applying the concepts with teacher help.
I think this is a great idea, and I hope to be able to begin recording my lessons so that students can continue their learning outside of the classroom.
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Cool, Jess! I saw this as a newspaper article a while ago. In fact, some of my students found the article as we were reading online one day. They seemed to like the idea but one question that kept coming up was that they interpreted the concept as "getting rid of" the teacher so they would ask, "Well, what does the teacher do then?" I thought that was an interesting take on the idea. I like the idea of the tapings being an additional tool for some students but I don't see myself totally flipping the whole classroom! I also wonder what our capability of "loading lessons" onto players is?
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see some of your lectures then. Keep me posted.
ReplyDeleteI agree that flipping can't replace the teacher. But I find that some of my students need to see/hear my grammar explanations multiple times before it sets in. Plus if a student is absent they'll be able to catch up on what they missed in class. I don't think I'll use this to replace teaching time, but from what I understand, if used correctly, flipping allows for more in class application time. So instead of teaching a concept and sending the student home with assignments, the class time is spent on doing the assignment and the student can get help from the teacher if needed. I think that we'll learn about this tech tool later this year. I'll be sure to keep you posted.
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