contemplating a brave new classroom
Written by Celeste Kirsh
I have made another discovery about flipped learning. You can use flipped learning to increase the amount of “coaching time” in a classroom, however utilizing this approach also makes sense in a busy classroom with students coming and going in different frequencies and at different times. A flipped instructional approach allows students to learn when … Continue reading “Flipped Speech Instruction”
Written by Celeste Kirsh
After yesterday’s 3rd F2F session with the cohort crew (kind of sounds like a weird band name), I have been thinking more about “blended learning”. We were placed into groups based off our research interests and I was in a room with others, but only one other was curious about flipped learning. The others were … Continue reading “In protest of the pendulum”
Written by Celeste Kirsh
What are my immediate next steps (who do I network with? what do I read/watch?) 1) Connect with others who are using the flipped classroom approach and ask them 10, 000 questions (by February 3rd). 2) Gain a better understanding of the interconnectivity between differentiated, individualized, and personalized learning and how this can relate to … Continue reading “My next steps”
Written by Celeste Kirsh
I was in my classroom far too late on a Wednesday evening. I called to cancel a yoga date with a friend, while staring at You Tube uploading screen, wondering why this was happening now: the first night my students could watch the comma videos, I realized the sound and pictures stopped syncing halfway through … Continue reading “So how did it go?”
Written by Celeste Kirsh
Here is my current plan for researching the flipped classroom in the context of 6th grade literacy. My research questions: What are best practices when “flipping” a classroom? Why should teachers consider using this teaching method in a literacy classroom? How are other teachers at my school already using online videos to leverage technology for … Continue reading “Declaration of intention”
Written by Celeste Kirsh
Well, if I am going to experiment with this, it only makes sense that I learn from the source, Mr. Khan. This visionary is one behind the classroom flipping movement. After watching this clip from 60 minutes, I was struck by a few things that may (or may not) influence my next steps with my … Continue reading “More thoughts on Flippery”
Written by Celeste Kirsh
I feel my status as a teaching geek has now been confirmed, as I have been voraciously researching flipped classrooms (among other topics) in the first few days of my Christmas vacation. Some people prefer the beach or the slopes, but I prefer research geekery. In all honesty though, I love the lavish vacations teachers … Continue reading “and the internet stalking begins!”
Written by Celeste Kirsh
I am curious about how to better serve my students’ unique learning needs and how I can allow them to more effectively access the grade six curriculum. I consider myself to be not just a teacher-researcher, but a teacher-experimenter and my classroom is my lab. My hypothesis is that a flipped classroom will allow my … Continue reading “Contemplating the Flipped Classroom”
Written by Celeste Kirsh
With our second (well…my first) Face to Face meeting happening this morning, I am actually probably hoping for what many were hankering for before the first scheduled meeting: I’m hoping to meet some of these bloggers and Twitterers (um…what do you call someone who Tweets? Is that even a thing?) that I have been reading … Continue reading “Second F2F Meeting…today!”
Written by Celeste Kirsh
During an exciting art session this afternoon, my students were saying brilliant, insightful, and deeply reflective things about how we read images (we had just created an image that represented a “frame” in our retelling of Tuck Everlasting). My colleague and co-creator, also our school’s art teacher, grabbed her iPhone, turned on the recorder, and … Continue reading “When phones in class are awesome…”