Friday, July 10, 2015
Week 2-Problem of Practice
I have had a strong desire to "flip my classroom". I don't know that I could flip it 100% but I would like to incorporate more of that style into my classroom. I really like the idea of having my students read and learn at home then put what they "learned" into practice during the school day. I feel I would be of better use to them while they are trying to master through practice rather than mastering at home. My dilemma is that I live in a very poor county yet work at an Early College High School. It is small in relation to the other high schools in our district; however, we have less resources. A couple of the schools in our district are one-to-one with technology. We are not. I have many students that do not have a smartphone/computer at home or internet access and if they do have a smartphone--they have limited internet access. I really would love to develop a way to still flip my classroom while accommodating the students who lack internet access.
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Hi Talissa,
ReplyDeleteI don't think you would be able to flip your classroom 100%, logistically speaking, nor do I think it should be all flipped. I think the direction you are heading, though, of trying to flip as much of your classroom as much as possible is going to have a huge positive impact on your teaching and the student's experience and learning.
It is challenging to want to aspire to flipping your classroom when many of your students lack the technological resources outside of the classroom. Is there a local library or even the school library that students could use after school certain days of the week, or even perhaps before school. I don't know if there are late buses or not, but that would make it a little easier. I hope we can find a solution for you before we finish the course.