Posts Tagged by flipclass
Redesigning Learning in a Flipped Classroom
| May 16, 2012 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Flipclass, Risk, Teaching, Thoughts |
A comment I hear frequently after a visit is, “That looked nothing like what I thought it would.” It’s a good place to start a discussion about the total redesign a flipped classroom brings. A major criticism of the flipped classroom is that lecture is given as homework, and homework becomes the new class work.… more
No More Copies
| May 10, 2012 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Flipclass, Teaching, Thoughts |
We learn by emulating or imitating. To begin our frog dissections this week, I demonstrated proper cutting procedures on a frog. Students watched and then imitated my cuts. Soon, they were off on their own with a new skill under their belt. “Mr. Bennett, to get through the muscle, I made a pinch cut again”… more
Moving the Flipped Class
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Flipclass, Thoughts |
I have not written for almost two weeks now. Half of the reason is because of writer’s block, another half because school is crazy, and a third half because of some family issues that came up unexpectedly. I opened up my blog a few times with intention to write, but I could not get anything… more
Ugly Learning
| April 13, 2012 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Flipclass, Grading, Teaching |
Unfortunately, we are entrenched in an age of education that wants to be “pretty.” Students are all reaching “mastery” in every subject and they all move at the same pace through every class every year. Like all utopian societies, this is not attainable. True learning is ugly (to outsiders), and we need to embrace that… more
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