Educational Technology

September 16, 2011

District classes ‘flip’ out

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:40 am

By HANNAH JOHNSON, Stillwater Gazette

Some classrooms in Independent School District 834 are flipping out. Six to be exact. Six fifth-grade classrooms in five elementary schools across the district are piloting a “flipped classroom”. From now until January, Lily Lake, Lake Elmo, Oak Park, Withrow and Stonebridge elementary schools will be reversing how fifth grade students learn mathematics. Instead of a teacher standing at the front of the classroom presenting math principles for an hour – as is traditional – the math content will now be delivered at home. Teachers have created seven- to 12-minute online videos that explain a daily math lesson. Students watch the videos at home on their computers and return to class the next day to do their “homework” in the classroom while the teacher is there to assist.

http://www.stillwatergazette.com/articles/2011/09/09/headlines/724sv_090911_school.txt

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