Over the weekend I read my first article about flipping instruction on Connected Principals and I just can’t seem to get it out of my head. I keep finding myself googling to locate different articles reading more and more.
I just can’t get enough.
And now I sit here and before you as my witness I’m going to declare publicly, I wanna flip.
In a bad way. But how?
As an administrator of an elementary school I quickly realize that there are some flipping adjustments that we must make for this to be successful. It’s kinda difficult to flip first grade reading instruction. However, I can see this being used in third-fifth grades very easily.
As my assistant principal and I discussed the topic, we immediately thought, “not all of our students have access to computers at home.” We are a full Title 1 campus and you know that presents its own challenges.
But, we have a solution. At my campus, we have 2 computers labs that are full literally all day. The teachers could collaborate and arrange for a time for the students to view the flip videos in the lab and then spend regular classtime working on homework and application of the skills.
And…what…if…(having an idea here)….we could have teachers flip vocabulary instruction! Research shows that students who are economically disadvantaged and/second language learners have the greatest need in the area of vocabulary. What would happen if teachers created short videos of vocabulary instruction and the students watched them prior to the lesson or application? Amazing things could happen!
How? Just how will I implement this as an administrator? It’s one thing to have great ideas, it’s another to actually get them implemented.
Stay tuned as I continue to flip out over flipping instruction!
I just can’t get enough.
And now I sit here and before you as my witness I’m going to declare publicly, I wanna flip.
In a bad way. But how?
As an administrator of an elementary school I quickly realize that there are some flipping adjustments that we must make for this to be successful. It’s kinda difficult to flip first grade reading instruction. However, I can see this being used in third-fifth grades very easily.
As my assistant principal and I discussed the topic, we immediately thought, “not all of our students have access to computers at home.” We are a full Title 1 campus and you know that presents its own challenges.
But, we have a solution. At my campus, we have 2 computers labs that are full literally all day. The teachers could collaborate and arrange for a time for the students to view the flip videos in the lab and then spend regular classtime working on homework and application of the skills.
And…what…if…(having an idea here)….we could have teachers flip vocabulary instruction! Research shows that students who are economically disadvantaged and/second language learners have the greatest need in the area of vocabulary. What would happen if teachers created short videos of vocabulary instruction and the students watched them prior to the lesson or application? Amazing things could happen!
How? Just how will I implement this as an administrator? It’s one thing to have great ideas, it’s another to actually get them implemented.
Stay tuned as I continue to flip out over flipping instruction!
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