Flipped Learning
II first started considering the flipped classroom model of teaching towards the end of my second year in the classroom. I was tired of spending upwards of 60 minutes of class time per week taking notes. My professional learning team decided to attempt to use a model of the flipped classroom by giving students the PowerPoint slides to take home with questions to answer. We liked it because it saved some valuable time. Since that experiment, I have moved towards a full flipped classroom model, where my students take their notes online once a week using a program called EdPuzzle, which allows them to watch my lecture without using up class time. We then have an opportunity to participate in extension activities in the classroom to further our understanding of the topic that was introduced in the notes.
My flipped classroom model reached its current level after completing an action research project during ECI 523, Teacher as Researcher. I worked with Rebecca Dunhem to analyze the effectiveness of the flipped classroom model I was using at the time. Rebecca and I answered the research question, "How will flipping Jesse's social studies classroom affect student achievement in social studies?" Below is a copy of our research report.