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Your Guide to Flipped Classrooms

Many schools are switching to flipped classrooms as an alternative to the traditional teaching methods we grew up with.  In a flipped environment, students listen to lectures at home, then work through assignments with their teacher in person the next day – they do their learning at home, and their homework at school.  If you’re considering a flipped classroom, you’re not alone.  Edudemic’s Guide to Flipped Classrooms for 2015 is an excellent resource for you to check out!  It goes through the pros and cons of using flipped classrooms and provides you with tips to implement one.  For a quick glance, here are a couple of the pros and cons they outline:

PROS

  • Students can learn at their own pace, whether they need to listen just once, or pause and rewind
  • Schools can reduce their paper use, which is also a benefit for middle- and high-school students, whose backpacks often get too heavy

CONS

  • Not all students have access to the internet outside of school
  • Teachers may not have enough time to help all students with their questions individually

Check out this recent SCTimes article about flipped classrooms in Sartell-St. Stephen Middle School.

Need more? check out CMLE’s Libguide on flipped classrooms.

Have you tried a flipped classroom?  What do you think?

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Are you ready to start a reading revolution?

i readBlogger and Advanced Placement Literature teacher Brian Sztabnik got my attention with a blog post that included: reading revolution, and blogs. Like, who wouldn’t be interested in two of my favorite things?

Lots of people are concerned about whether students still read, do they read enough, do they understand what they read, and how we foster that love of reading? I believe Brian is right on with his approach of creating a contagious atmosphere of passionate readers with two cornerstones.

Choice (of what to read) and Blogs = Empowerment!

Flipped classrooms are often used in math and science, but why not reading?  Indeed, Brian has flipped his classroom, and his post shares how to do the flip, what the fears might be, and why he feels blogs are the way to go to capture the students thoughts and learning. This blog post is worth a read if you want to be part of the reading revolution!

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Flipped Classroom Event Coming This April!

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More and more educators are considering incorporating the concept of a flipped classroom in there schools. The learning ideology “flips” traditional teaching methods by delivering instructional content online and outside of class time. Then, class time is used to further analyze and explore the learned concepts individually or in groups. If you would like to learn more about this topic, CMLE has developed a libguide click here to read more=>

Event Materials

On April 12th, the Minnesota Educational Media Organization (MEMO) in collaboration with Total Information for Education Systems (TIES) and The Flipped Learning Network, are hosting an all day event titled,  “The Flipped Classroom and You.” Registration is $65, and can be discounted for groups of 6 or more.

Follow these links for additional information on the event, to register and/or to submit a proposal to participate as a presenter.

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ARLD Dialogue: Moving Beyond the One-Shot Instruction Session

The Academic and Research Libraries Division (ARLD), a subunit of MLA, is hosting an informal discussion about strategies for expanding our role in the classroom beyond a single library session- Friday, March 15th at the U of M, Duluth Campus. Topics for discussion will include current techniques, develop ideas for the future, and talk about current trends and potentially flipping the classroom, tutorials, and/or embedded librarianship.

This session is free for ARLD members, but space is limited. Registration ends March 8th-click here for additional information.

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Upcoming Flipped Classroom Mini Conference

According to Mary Mehsikomer…..

The Flipped Classroom is a topic that seems to be on everybody’s mind these days. MEMO is planning a one-day “mini conference” around flipped learning that you won’t want to miss. Save April 12, 2013 on your calendars to attend this event at TIES in St. Paul.

I am also looking for some volunteers to help me plan the day so that it meets the needs of all attendees. If you are at all interested in helping with this – and it won’t be a huge amount of work – please contact me at mary.mehsikomer@ties.k12.mn.us or via phone at 651-999-6510. I need some people to help us flip out!  Thank You!

Mary Mehsikomer,Technology Integration Development & Outreach Facilitator, TIES

E-mail: mary.mehsikomer@ties.k12.mn.us

Skype: mary.mehsikomer2

Twitter: marytmm