How I would use the concept of flipped classrooms in my teaching?

            The concept of “Flipped Classrooms” is very interesting for teachers and students. It is when the traditional classroom is flipped into an interactive classroom for teachers and students. Many students sit in classrooms all day listening to a professor lecture about a subject matter. This can be very boring for a lot of students and sometimes they don’t even understand the lecture after it is over. But in the “Flipped Classrooms” concept the students are given videos of lectures by their professors that they can watch at home or somewhere where they can access a computer. The students are able to take their time while watching the lectures, really get a chance to understand the material, and are able to communicate with their peers and teachers via online discussions about the lectures. After the students watch the videos, the next day in the classroom they engage in activities with their teacher about the concepts in the videos.

            I would use the concept of “Flipped Classrooms” in my teaching by having my students watch learning videos from me at home and then when they get to class we can do the homework because they will have already mastered the concept from watching the videos. I will have the opportunity to spend more time with the students so they can ask me any questions about the content material. Also, I can use the concept of “Flipped Classrooms” in my teaching to do a lesson plan using TPACK on a video so the children can watch outside the classroom and when they come to class and complete the homework from the lesson.

Here are three live links that relate to this topic:

http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/

http://www.flippedclassroom.com/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/flipping-classrooms-does-it-make-sense/2012/06/06/gJQAk50vJV_blog.html