Leading a Digital School 2015 Day 2

Flipped learning was the theme of today and who better to give the intro keynote that Jon Bergmann, the man at ground zero for Flipped learning.

A few thoughts from Jon:

  • BIG question - what is the best use of class time?
  • Teaching is about human interaction and relationships
  • Our access to information has fundamentally changed with the coming of the smartphone and internet access.
  • Marzano research:
    • 58% class time is interacting with new content (read lecturing!)
    • 36% practicing new content
    • 6% Cognitively complex tasks involving generating and testing hypotheses
  • Homework - we send them home with the hard stuff! Some parents can help but most can't.
  • Blooms taxonomy revisited - spend most class time in the applying and analysing areas.
                                

  • What we need is transformation (bottom up from teachers) not revolution (top down)
  • Students are more likely to do flipped homework - because it is easier.
  • Communicate with parents and leaders about what you are doing
  • Flip staff meetings! Flip parent night?
  • HOW? 4 'T's:
    • Change THINKING - get champion teachers (not all young), model it, get parent buy-in.
    • TRAINING
    • TIME
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • 4 mistakes:
    • Videos too long - must be < 15 mins
    • Teach students HOW to interact with the videos and make notes
      • Day 1 - get one student to pause
      • Day 2 - note taking etc
      • Day 3...
    • Make your own videos
    • Don't rescue by reverting to lectures if they don't watch the videos
  • Website flippedclass.com
  • If you can be replaced by a video, you should be.
  • What value do we add?

Phil Stubbs - Making learning irresistible

A challenge to flipping!

  • Not e-learning but c-learning - collaboration, communication etc

  • Rewind - better with teachers who may explain differently the second time.
  • The missing 'C' - curiosity.
  • Cath Murdoch TED talk. Where does the wonder and awe go in high school? The power of ummmm...
  • We need awe in wonder in school! Flipped learning needs to activate more than content and instruction but be designed to get students to THINK.
  • The cure boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. (Dorothy Parker)

My slides: