Flip Teaching

Tonight's class covered multiple subject areas such as podcast, screencast, animoto, and flip teaching. 


What I found most interesting was flip teaching. Giving students the opportunity to access course content outside of the classroom will reinforce understanding. Flip teaching uses videos to cover content, the students are expected to watch and bring back their questions to class pushing them to be responsible for their individual learning. I feel the use of flip teaching gives struggling students  a second chance to master information outside of the lecture setting. In addition, it also can be used as a pre-teaching technique to possibly introduce new information to the students before the teacher presents new topics in the classroom. This type of teaching gives students control of what information they are receiving, it is hands on versus a lecture where many students cannot focus. I like the idea of making students responsible for their learning but I fear getting students to take flip teaching would be a huge challenge. Since the information is not being delivered in class by the teacher specifically how to ensure the students really are watching is my question. I would be interested in working with other educators who are currently using this technique and how they motivated their students to watch the videos. 

What I also would love to use in my classroom is the animoto video creations. Using these videos to provide education for students can make teaching more exciting for the students. Also I would be interested in having my future students use animoto to create their own report presentations, it would bring them new and exciting ways to present their work other then poster boards and powerpoint. 


Have a good weekend!