Donald Clark Plan B
"Flip the classroom -- every teacher should do this"
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A great explanation of what flipping means as well as a compelling apologetic for the why and the how of the process:
Don’t
use technology in the classroom, use it before and after, outside of
the classtoom (sic). Classrooms were never designed for technology, apart,
perhaps, for Whiteboards. But the danger with whiteboards is that they
reinforce talking at students and ‘lecturing’. Flip the classroom.
Assign the short talks for homework, THEN use the classroom for the
application of the concepts. The net result is that you humanise the
classroom. It becomes a place primarily for learning, not teaching.
Simple, but like most great ideas - brilliant.
The details of Clark's discussion bears strong relation to Marc Prensky's concept of partnering: let each party do what they do best, and save the class time for coaching. Forget big summative evaluations -- use the gaming model, the " magic dust from games," where immediate and effective feedback is given.
Makes me want to get back to the classroom -- but not under today's testing mindset.
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