B L E N D E D A N D F L I P P E D C L A S S R O O M S

C U R A P E R S O N A L I S A N D B U I L D I N G C O M M U N I T Y T H R O U G H

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B A C K G R O U N D

• Lecture

• Rows

• Content Heavy (Lower Bloom)

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T H E P R O B L E M

• Seating Chart

• Pacing

• Upper Level of Blooms?

• Passive Learning

• Reaching the student (Cura P)

• Jonny who doesn’t get it

• Tim who is having a bad day

• Berry who thinks this is to elementary

• Levi who needs motivation

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D E S I R E S

• iPads coming in (2013-2014)

• Collaboration

• More 1:1 interaction

• Upper Bloom that will hook them and help them to engage the material.

• To foster a sense of joy in learning; seeking for answers

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E F F O R T # 1 I D E A A N D T O O L S

• Flipped the Class

• Groups of 3 (weekly rotation)

• tiered assignments based on bloom posted on individual blogs

• Self-paced completion (when you are ready, take the online assessment)

P O S I T I V E S

• Collaboration

• Self-paced

• I was free to interact and walk around

• Students engaged in projects and assignments that helped them learn and fit with the effort they wanted to make

N E G AT I V E S

• Easy for the student to check out or hide

• Seemed even less personal for the student who didn’t want to talk to me

• Too much freedom

• Seating issues

E F F O R T # 2 I D E A A N D T O O L S

• Add a way to engage more students, and fix the seating problem

• How?

• Gamification

• Teams

• Quiz Battles

• Working together

P O S I T I V E S

• They are more engaged

• They can work with who the feel comfortable with but also aren’t stuck with the same person.

N E G AT I V E S

• Still a few kids that get lost in the trenches who are quiet or don’t want to participate.

• Still I feel I am getting to fewer than I desire

B L E N D E D A N D F L I P P E D C L A S S R O O M S

C U R A P E R S O N A L I S A N D B U I L D I N G C O M M U N I T Y T H R O U G H

M Y U LT I M AT E P L A N F O R R E A C H I N G T H E S T U D E N T… .

A F T E R R E F L E C T I O N A N D L E A R N I N G …

• student leadership

• upper bloom collaborative activities of their choosing

• personal teacher interaction

• reflection

• self-evaluation.

S T E P 1 : F L I P P I N G T H E C L A S S R O O M

• educanon.com

• Free up class time

• allows for teacher interaction, collaboration, self-pacing, etc.

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S T E P 2 : E N G A G I N G T H E C L A S S R O O M

• Gamification

• Classcraft

• Teams

• Character Types

• Powers

• XP/HP/AP

• Moodle

• Battles

* S T E P 3 : A D D I N G A S Y S T E M O F R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y A N D O W N E R S H I P

• Leadership and Teamwork

• Reflection

• Self Evaluations and Peer Evaluations

• Link to Evaluation

* S T E P 4 : T E A C H E R E N G A G E M E N T I N T H E P R O C E S S

• Groups Sessions

• Walking around

• Evaluations

• Team Conversations

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• Typical Chapter will run like this… (3 weeks, 25 students)

• Daily Small Group of around 10-12 + Post Reflection

• Missions (Activities) for the other guys of their choosing.

• Oh it’s Friday, battle day!

• (Basic Quiz)

• End of Chapter Evaluation - Sign up! Peer Review as well

• Lunch Meeting with the Aviators. 5 minutes of questioning teamwork and guiding help.

Q U E S T I O N S , I D E A S , P O I N T S O F I N T E R E S T ?

• seating chart

• gamification

• blooms

• desks

• edublogs

• demo educanon

PA D L E T

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