Sunday, October 30, 2011

C4T # 3

I was assigned to Amanda Ooten and her blog is Science Teaching for the Future. The first thing that I commented on was what she explained as Catch-22 of the flip. The first part of this is that she talks about a girl "suzie" who does all her work, studies, stays up to date with all of her assignments but is struggling trying to figure out how to study in the AP class. She explains how she talks to her mom and finds out that she spends too much time trying to catch all of the other students up who don't do their work, and so she tells the other students that its on them to keep up with the material. She goes on to compare it to college which I think is great because she says college is not spoon fed, so she doesn't need to do that to her students. I like how she tells that we as educators its not our job to do it for them, but to give them the tools they need to succeed.
The next post was on The Nuts and Bolts of Flipping. This is how she explains to flip your classroom as a teacher. She tells us not to be afraid of a change because ultimately it should help the students. It has a online learning experience and it includes many videos, but it isn't just about all the videos.The main thing that this flip is aiming to accomplish is the end goal is to be able to get more one on one time with your students, and to be able to assess them as well. I would highly recommend looking at her page because she does such a great job explaining how to flip your classroom as well as giving such great advice on becoming an educator.

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