The Flipped Classroom

Many teachers are using the concept of a Flipped Classroom to meet the needs of their students in the classrooms.  Students view the concept of the lesson prior to coming to class  & during class time with the teacher, students are able to apply their learning in various ways.  This allows the teacher to meet with students on an individual basis and provide assistance at each student's level and need.  What do you think?  Is a Flipped Classroom something you would be willing to try? 

The purpose for a Flipped Classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGuLuipTwg

What if students don't do the work?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1MKpyVPilI&feature=relmfu

Flipped Classroom structure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RafJfNH15cw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syeEQgclpzU

What about students who don't have computer access?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoNlL3Plx-g&feature=relmfu

Flipped Classroom examples
4th grade long division:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJe3564yY-g

Youtube channel for language arts classroom:  http://www.youtube.com/user/FlippedClassroom

The Letter B:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEEvSpi7pc8&feature=related

Spanish nouns:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B9JoTDnXK4&feature=relmfu

How to add & subtract fractions:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BMmI7psKAg&feature=relmfu





Articles & Resources
http://www.andrewkmiller.com/2012/02/five-best-practices-for-the-flipped-classroom/

http://ht.ly/bl8Ev

http://esheninger.blogspot.com/2012/02/truly-flipped-classroom.html


Khan Academy

http://www.khanacademy.org/

Observations & Interventions of Behaviors

We will use these videos to discuss a child's behavior & interactions and the teacher's / parent's  interventions with the child.  What would you do in each scenario? Do you agree with how the situation was handled?

Child bites another child  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e76VRfGfEbI
Boy who doesn't want to nap  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eCfnrGu5xo
Classroom behaviors  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzTUYAOkPM
Tantrum in the parking lot  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q5FdzHaOuE&feature=related

Social Skills Resources

Techonology resources to create your own online differentiated social story:

A quick video that could be viewed as a social story for students and can be greated for individualized students, via Voki    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHzPND3biL8&feature=fvwrel

http://www.goanimate.com/
http://www.xtranormal.com/
http://www.voki.com/

Online resources that can be used to create social skills lessons:

http://www.boystownpress.org/samplePDFs/45-015_look.pdf (only a sample of one, but you can see how they are formated and create your own from Boystown framework)

http://www.cccoe.net/social/skillslist.htm  (many, many, many social skills & lessons listed for middle school students)

http://service.columbia.k12.mo.us/pbs/pbis-lesson-plans/ (social skills lesson plans based on the PBIS framework for elementary & middle level students)

http://www.thegraycenter.org/social-stories/what-are-social-stories  (Carol Gray shows how social stories look like & gives an overview of their effectiveness for students)

http://pbiscompendium.ssd.k12.mo.us/ResourcesSchools/SSD/SocialSkills/activiti.htm (several examples of lesson plans for various social stories)

I think you're doing Great!

100 ways to Say Good Job!
http://www.kathyandcalvin.com/100-ways-say-good-job
http://www.staffordsoccer.com/docs/Classic/coach_info/100WaystoSayGoodJob.pdf

** A word of caution with praise.  Praise is a great way to build motivation in students and continue to foster self-efficacy too.  When you praise a student, be specific in what you are praising and let the child know exactly what you are praising.

"Tony, good job on raising your hand and waiting for me to call on you. This showed me you knew the answer and wanted to share it with the class."

"Cassandra, I liked how you have handed in all of your assignments this quarter on time. This tells me you are paying attention to when assignments are due and you want to do your best on them!"

Response to Intervention

Response to Intervention is a proactive approach to help all students understand the core curriculum and have academic & behavior skills to be successful in the classroom.

It is a school-wide model that emcompasses:
1) impentation of high-quality, research-based instruction matched to the needs of the students
2) provides a universal screening to identify students who need assistance (a snapshot)
3) provides interventions of increasingly intensity when students continue to struggle
4) make important educational decisions based on data

Bos, C. S., & Vaughn, S. (2012). Strategies for teaching students with learning and behavior problems (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall.

Iowa's Instructional Decision Making model  http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1362:idmprintresources&catid=460:learning-supports&Itemid=2591

National Center for Response to Intervention  http://www.rti4success.org/

National Center for Learning Disabilities  http://www.ncld.org/

Intevention Central   http://www.interventioncentral.org/

My, how teaching & learning have changed...

How to Maintain Classroom Discipline:  Good & Bad Methods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzTUYAOkPM

Positive Reinforcements
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA96Fba-WHk

Negative Reinforcements

Scaffolding Instruction

 

"More Scaffolding Please..." Cartoon. rollingfruitbats.com. 4 March 2004. 5 May 2012. www.rollingfruitbats.com/news/2003_015.html

Scaffolding instruction is "adjusting and extending instruction so that the student is challenged and able to develop new skills. The teacher can scaffold instruction to meet the needs of the students by manipulating the task, materials, group size, pace, presentation, and so on."  (Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems by Sharon Vaughn & Candace S. Bos)

Application Practice:  choose one of the following activities and write a description on how you would teach a student to complete the task, step-by-step:

making a peanut butter & jelly sandwich

tying a pair of shoelaces

getting a bowl of cereal ready for breakfast

washing your hands

turning on your computer and logging into your email

how to brush your teeth

how to send a text message

how to check out at Wal-mart

An overview of scaffolding, its characteristics and what it looks like at different age levels can be found at

http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Scaffolding