Why I Flipped My Classroom
I do love this idea for many reasons: this use of home time to introduce content and the use of class time to apply their learning would be more effective than lecturing a class that is not listening and then sending them home to practice the concepts learned that day for homework that they have to ask for help with anyway because they either were not paying attention or were not ready for the concept presented. I think this really pushes students to take ownership of their learning and makes them the responsible party for taking care of their work independently. I do have one very big problem with this kind of instruction: accessibility of the necessary technology. I work in a Title 1 school where most of the students would most likely not have internet access in their homes and could not access the videos prior to class. However, if it is possible because of student accessibility, I think this is a great idea.
Using Assessment to Improve Instruction
This video expresses the importance of assessing learning for the purpose of driving effective instruction. I found it interesting that the beginning segments of the video introduce assessment as something that some teachers feel is not worth doing. Then I thought that maybe they are thinking of assessment as the large, summative assessments such as benchmarks and EOCT’s. I feel that formative assessment, as we discussed earlier this semester, is not only how you can assess students’ learning, but also how you assess your instructional design and methods. Assessment in its most basic form is really done daily by observing and interacting with the students and having them show you their understanding of the content.
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