Do a Flip!
Bob Martinez
Eddie Tchertchian
Pierce College
Do a Flip!
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SngYwMsxJ4U
Ask yourself these
questions:
What is the best use of my face-to-face time
with my students? How can my course be
more efficient?
Why did my students bomb my test after I did
my best lecture? (I thought we covered the
material.)
Do I believe in this statement: I need to get
my students to do more work than me.
What is a flip?
A flip lesson inverts the traditional classroom by
delivering instruction online outside of class and moving
homework into the classroom.
In other words: Lecturing happens outside the class
and work happens inside the class.
(From wikipedia) Flip teaching (or flipped classroom)
is a form of blended learning in which students learn
new content online by watching video lectures, usually
at home, and what used to be homework (assigned
problems) is now done in class with teachers offering
more personalized guidance and interaction with
students, instead of lecturing. This is also known as
backwards classroom, reverse instruction,
flipping the classroom and reverse teaching
Before we go further Captioning
for hearing impaired students
In YouTube, when playing a video you see the cc
button on the play bar below the video hit that
and you have your automatic captioning pretty
good if you spoke clearly in your video!
Then you go in and edit the automatic cc (easy
on Youtube).
Or your Special Services department can arrange
to have the videos ccd properly for you.
Why Do a Flip?
Your students learn at different rates
While youre up there lecturing students are not 100%
paying attention so they are missing important info.
Students dont do their homework, or if they do they get
misconceptions
You spend many hours re-explaining to students who
didnt get it in class.
To buy time (quality time) with your students in class
But I love lecturing If Im not a
lecturer, who am I?
Youre a facilitator, a guide on the side, the
ultimate tutor
You can do some clarification mini-lectures
when needed.
What do I facilitate?
Instead of lecturing you run activities and problem
solving sessions
Activities change your face-to-face time into
student-focused time (instead of teacher focused
time)
The activities, which you guide, promote higher
order thinking critical thinking. (listening to you
lecture and copying down info is lower level
thinking)
How do I deliver the info students
need to do the in-class activities?
(Eddie will cover this)
Make your own videos (with or without you actually
appearing in them) and give students the links.
a) Use a video camera, cell pone, I-pad etc., or use a laptop
or a tablet PC with Camtasia or Snag-it (screen recorders)
and post on You-tube, your faculty page, screencast.com
then email or post the links for students. Or Facebook.
b) Put your voice over a PowerPoint.
c) Find someone elses videos. Thats fine, youll get
over it.
d) Give links that go out to content on the web.
What do my students get out of a
flip?
They can rewind, pause, or stop you.
They can ask you targeted questions one-to-one
in class (instead of suffering through you
answering questions in class from students that
are totally lost).
They take ownership over their learning by
watching and taking notes on the videos and
then coming to class and working.
They like videos
What do my students get out of a
flip? cont
They get real time support on the homework or
activity
They can review the videos as needed (some
bring their cell phones or I-pads to class to review
a video or talk about it with other students)
What do I get out of the
flip?
You get more class time to do the kinds of
things you never had time for before:
Having groups or individuals report out on
the results of the activity
Running clicker questions
Calling attention to an issue and having
students actually understand what you are
talking about
Helping students in class and assessing
them on the spot
What do I get out of the flip?
cont
You record your lecture (presentation) once instead
of repeating it over and over for the next 20 years.
Students do more work than you.
Your class is much more efficient.
You get involved with technology that is here to stay
and you might as well get on board.
If my students wont do
homework, then how do I get
them to watch the videos?
PAIN ! You have to make video notes count points
in the class have students keep an organized
portfolio or journal and check it periodically
Reading notes, Video notes, Homework (see next
slide) daily collections
You have to be VERY organized
Math 262 Sequences and Series
Worksheet
Ite
Item
m#
1
Sequences: Read and take notes on section 9.1 Sequences
2
Watch and take notes on these videos:
1) Find first 5 terms of sequence by hand and with a calculator method, and, Find the
general nth term of a sequence: http://youtu.be/qFgbtUF_DW4
2) More videos on finding the general nth term of a sequence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUWSMlI1QXI ,
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=find+general+term+of+a+sequence
3) Definition of Limit of a sequence and examples: http://youtu.be/-MeEi1U-5m8
4) Bounded sequence, Convergence of a monotonic & bounded sequence:
http://youtu.be/uJ5GMwykQyA
5) Find whether a sequence converges or diverges; If convergent, find the limit:
http://youtu.be/V_srRsUXy80
6) Recursively defined sequences, Fibonacci and nth term approx.; Find a recursive def. for a
sequence; Show general term satisfies recursive definition: http://youtu.be/KpieSgSIWek
7) Recursively defined sequences of the form : http://youtu.be/rS8Zj06ft5Y ; The applet
used at the end of the video to obtain a graph of [ sequence terms vs. n ] was obtained at
this site: http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Recursion/
3
Do section 9.1 #1 33 odd, 34, 41 59 odd (27 problems)
Technology
You can be a good teacher and never use technology,
and technology wont turn a bad teacher into a good
one. However, a good teacher who uses technology
well can make great things happen! Rushton Hurley
Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer
deserves to be. - rewording by David Thornburg of the
original Arthur C. Clark quote (Teachers that can be
replaced by a machine should be.)
Get on the tech bus before it runs you over Bob
Martinez
Examples of video and link types
Going over your syllabus video
How to do a process videos http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvPM3x9RAKE
Topic Motivation videos (by yourself)
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV4xnYXO88g&fe
ature=youtu.be
Topic Motivation videos (by someone else)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Idra8rVS1I
Examples of video and link types
cont
Content videos and/or content links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfcIaUF2JqM
(Unit circ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po4KO_ds-S4
(VSoR with music)
http://
tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/DefnOfDeriv
ative.aspx
(Pauls Online Notes)
Applets for students to work with: http://
mathworld.wolfram.com/RiemannSum.html
How I did my flip
Calculus classes at Pierce College
100% flip I flipped every lesson
Recorded 340 videos so far for Calculus 1 and 2
classes (144,932 views (http://www.youtube.com/
search on MartinrmPierce ), and included many
links to videos, demos, applets, and notes on the
internet.
Made worksheets to guide students step by step
http://faculty.piercecollege.edu/martinrm/Math2
62/Math262Worksheet2.pdf
What my flip class usually looks like
Get yourself an intern!
Free volunteer imbedded (in-class) tutor to walk
around the class helping students with you. Interns are
volunteers looking for resume building activities. They
dont have to be full time students, they dont have to
even go to your college!
Since you are doing a Flip (and not lecturing for that
lesson or lessons), you are totally justified to have one.
Talk to your Learning Center director about it. If they
tell you it cant be done theyre wrong!
Flip Survey Student
Responses
Not only did i learn more than other math
classes but i worked harder because the path
to it was more accessible, while others are
more ambiguous and repetitive. I worked a
variety of problems i never thought i could
solve or understand where examples from the
book leave you stranded. technology also
played a huge role to understanding calculus. I
really hope next class will be flip side as well. I
wish this was the standard way of teaching
math.
Survey responses cont
I loved the flip class. Personally I found that I
excelled in this class method much more than
I did for my previous math classes. It broke
down the material in a way that I could easily
understand it and get things done. Also, it
helped me develop my study habits that are
integral (pun not intended) to my college
career.
Survey responses cont
This has been the best math class I have
taken so far. I really like the flip style and I
think I learned a lot more because of it. There
should be more math classes like this one.
And Martinez is a really good teacher.
Survey responses cont
I don't remember ever being so productive
during a math course. The long lectures
during past math courses got confusing, and
were too linear. With the flip, everyone is
able to be on the same page, the instructor
is accessible, and rather than a focus on
teaching the theory or teaching the
application, we get a balanced, holistic
understanding of mathematics. I don't
understand why this isn't more popular, as it
just makes sense once you experience it.
Survey responses cont
Basically, learning and taking notes on the
lecture from the youtube videos before we
go over it in class was what allowed me to
pass this class. Because i would come in
and review and it gave me more time in
class to ask "what if" questions. Also more
practice problems that really helps build
our skill. I definetly enjoyed the flip style
and would recommend that all calculus
should be taught that way!
Survey responses cont
I really enjoyed the flip style, because it
was very flexible and worked perfectly with
my schedule. Also being able to access the
videos and teacher notes, any time you
want was a big help. Thank you Prof.
Martinez.
It was a great style of teaching. But I
would say the overall teaching style of the
teacher made it easy to understand
Awesome class and knowledgeable
professor. 10/10 would recommend this
class to future calculus students.
Examples of flip lessons - Art
Students watch a video at home of the
instructor explaining what a visual analysis is
and the various aspects it addresses about a
specific work of art (patronage, historical
context, intended audience, function). Then in
class, each student works on a specific
artwork and conducts her/her own visual
analysis with the instructor walking around,
checking on student work, engaging the
students in further discussion of the various
aspects. - Ramela Abbamontian
Examples of flip lessons - Physics
Student watch a series of online video
lectures that I have prepared and then in class
I work a problem and then students work
similar homework problems. Lee Loveridge
Examples of flip lessons Psychology
Normal version: I ask students to read a paper (for
homework) and mark it up from the abstract to the end of
the discussion section. But students usually dont mark it up
properly. Then in class we would come up with appropriate
wording and do a class discussion.
Flip version: I would provide a synopsis of the writing
assignment sample in a video which they would have access
to in advance of our discussing the paper. During class they
would be significantly marking up the paper, especially the
abstract and figure and I could be circulating around
addressing concerns/validating their success with coming up
with sentences as well as facilitating their being able to
successfully write optimal rationales for 3 great future study
improvement ideas. Ann Hennessey
Examples of flip lessons Philosophy
The students watch a video explanation of
definitions for logical operators at home, then
come to class and with guidance from the
instructor work on related exercises and
discuss confusing concepts (e.g., the truthfunctionality of the conditional). Mia Wood
Examples of flip lessons - English
Usually, we would discuss a text in class,
followed by a writing assignment to be
completed at home. One way I flip this is to do
an online discussion of the reading (via Moodle)
and then spend the class time working on their
essay (with me going around answering
questions as they come up). I have found they
spend more concentrated time writing their
essays if I require them to do it in class (no
distractions that the fridge, tv, and facebook all
offer when "writing" at home). - Kim Manner
Examples of flip lessons - Business
Normally in class the instructor would introduce the concept of
Income, Expenses and Net Profit, then explain the different parts of
an Income Statement, show examples of how income, expenses
and net profit fit into an income statement and then give a number
of specific examples of Income Statements on the board. If time
permits have students try an exercise or two that deal with the
Income Statement. Students are then assigned exercises and a
more detailed problem or two as homework, the homework may
take a couple of hours.
In a flip classroom the students would do the same things as the
math students would do, they would watch a video, take notes,
perhaps be directed to a website to see actual Income Statements
from well known companies such as McDonalds, Apple, etc., the
students would then come to class and be assigned a light exercise
and then a more complicated problem. The instructor would walk
around and consult with students, perhaps not just answering
questions, but posing questions to the students and allowing them
to seek out the answers in order to complete the problems. The
instructor might set-up groups to work on the problem and have
the groups present the solutions at the end of the class. The
Create your own flip example
(If we have time) Get into groups and come
up with and discuss flip lesson examples from
your subject areas
Questions?
Resources:
My Flipped Classroom Crystal Kirch
http://prezi.com/-vbtn0xnnyzx/my-flipped-classr
oom/
Bob Martinez
Math faculty
Pierce College Student Success Committee cochair
L.A. Pierce College
[email protected]
