In yet another effort to engage students in the classroom
and to integrate technology into the teaching/learning process, a number of
classroom teachers have turned to a technique known as “the flipped classroom.”
In this scenario, students complete their “homework” in the classroom under the
mentorship of their teacher and explore their class assignments at home.
Teachers employ YouTube to post lessons s well as iPod lectures. While the flipped
classroom technique has not caught on with a majority of the teaching
population, the concepts do raise the issue of the use of technology on the classroom.
Have we as educators resorted to using as much tech as possible just to use
tech? Is it yet the latest ploy to get students interested in education? The program fails to consider those students
who cannot afford to purchase the latest high tech devices. This is just another
case of the latest educational fad and school districts throughout the country,
desperate to improve student performance, are more than willing to jump on the latest
bandwagon without a thorough review of the empirical research.
For more information you may wish to read some of the following:
“The Flipped Classroom” by Bill Tucker (http://educationnext.org/files/ednext_20121_BTucker.pdf)
Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom” by Andrew Miller
(http://ticharter33.org/library/TIarticle36.pdf)
As always your feedback is welcome. Best wishes for a successful
2013-1014 school year.
C.2013 J. Margolis
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