I recently presented to the Board of Education about the Flipped Classroom Method. A couple of days after my presentation, someone from the newspaper contacted me about doing an interview. I emailed her my responses to her questions and she came to take pictures of my class. I was so thrilled after reading the article!
So, I have been thinking a little bit about my vodcasts. Right now, they are either PowerPoints or Standard Deviant videos. I want to change the format and follow the FIZZ lecture board concept. Basically, the teacher will actually be in the videos using prepared lecture boards with content. I have to go find someone …
So, the students are still having a hard time stayinng focus. I am implemented a revised version of PBIS to hopefully motivate the students to move at a steady pace. So far, the majority of Spanish I is about where they should be. However, Spanish II-IV is still lagging behind. I will need to focus …
So, the first semester has ended and I have had mixed results. Spanish I began strong but by the end of the last grading period, students were too far behind to catch up. Also, they seem to have forgotten all of what they learned because they were unable to answer proficiency questions at the end …
So, I have been flipping for 9 weeks now and I think it is time to incorporate some of my “fun” activities. I have been working hard to get the students accustomed to the flipped classroom and implementing PBL units at the same time. As a result, I have not done as many differentiated activities …
Last week, I gave my very first unit test to my Spanish I class. I must say that I had the best results of any year I have give unit assessments. The funny thing is that this time, the unit included concepts I don’t usually teach the first few weeks of school. The class average …
SO, I am three weeks into flipping my class. I cannot express how pleased I have been with the results! It has taken some time for students to get used to having to pace themselves. As a result, we are further behind where I wanted to be at this point in the semester. So, what …
Well, I am two weeks into my first year of flipping my classroom. So far, I am pleased with the results. My students are reaching the goals for each section and are producing Spanish with far more proficiency than my students have at the same point in the school year as last year. I am …
So, teachers return to work on Monday. I am both excited and apprehensive about the upcoming school year. My plan is to finish my classroom this weekend (yep…on Saturday and maybe Sunday). I have a workshop that I am giving on Collaborative and Cooperative Groups on Tuesday and I am ill-prepared as of today. I …
If you are looking for a great book on differentiated instruction, check out Diane Heacox’s Making Differentiation a Habit. It is a great book with tons of examples. I found it to be a much easier read than most books on the topic. The book also comes with a CD full of reproducibles. It has …
