Flipped Learning – How To Spend Less Time Flipping Your Math Class
Introduction
Are you thinking about flipping your class, but dreading the amount of time it will take to prepare all the videos? Or maybe you’ve already started flipping your class, but find yourself spending too much time creating videos and not enough time on the important things.
In this blog post, we’ll give you some tips on how to spend less time Flipping your math class so you can have a successful flipped classroom experience without putting in all the extra hours.
Tip # 1: Plan Ahead
When flipping your math class, it is important to plan ahead to ensure a successful transition. By its very nature, Flipped Learning requires that students be actively engaged in their learning. This means that you will need to design lessons that are truly student-centered, and that promote deep understanding. Additionally, you will need to assign meaningful assessments that provide immediate feedback that can be used to guide further learning. With careful planning, Flipped Learning can be a successful and effective way to teach math.
Tip #2: Find High-Quality Videos That Are Already Created
There are tons of high-quality videos that teachers have already created and put on YouTube. While it’s always best to create your own videos if you can, using someone else’s video is a great alternative. When you’re looking for videos, try to find ones that are around 5-10 minutes long and directly address the content you’re trying to teach. Of course, you’ll want to preview any videos before showing them to your students to make sure they align with your lesson objectives. Using existing videos can be a huge time-saver.
Tip #3: Find Ready-to-Use Websites
Khan Academy is a great resource for flipping your classroom. Khan Academy offers free math courses that cover a wide range of topics, and each lesson includes a short video followed by practice problems. Teachers can assign specific lessons to their students along with practice questions. Khan Academy also offers badges and progress tracking to help motivate students. By flipping your math class with Khan Academy, teachers can provide their students with engaging, flexible, and differentiated instruction all while saving time.
Tip #4: Utilize Technology in Class
There are many great tools out there that can help you flip your class. For example, platforms like Nearpod and Pear Deck let you easily create digital presentations that you can use instead of traditional lectures. Utilizing these kinds of tools can help you make your flipped classroom even more dynamic and engaging.
In addition, Quizizz is a fun and engaging assessment tool that has tons of premade quizzes for teachers to use. Simply find a quiz that relates to the content you are teaching and easily assign them to students. Students complete the quiz at their own pace and teachers get instant feedback on students’ progress. Since these quizzes are assigned to all students, students compete with one another making it more fun and engaging.
Tip # 5: Take Advantage of Free Resources
There are tons of free resources available online that can help you flip your classroom with ease. Teachers-Pay-Teachers is a great resource website created by teachers just like you. It offers a wide variety of lessons and activities, all of which can be easily customized to meet the needs of any classroom. Flipped Learning is an excellent way to engage all students in the learning process, and Teachers-Pay-Teachers is a great tool to help you during the process.
Conclusion
By following these tips, you can spend less time flipping your classroom and more time doing what you love. So get organized, find high-quality videos, use technology wisely, use already-made websites, and most importantly have fun!
