Happy Flipped Day! The beginning of this school year marks a pivotal transition in my teaching career. Due to a summer of reflection, professional development and growth of my PLN, I will make a slew of changes. Perhaps, I'm taking on more than I can chew and this is analogous to diving into the deep end; however, once I get an idea, it is full speed ahead. Like Mike Greenberg constantly says on my favorite ESPN show, and I recently repeated in a #flipclass chat, "once you find the one you want to spend the rest of your life with, you want to begin living that life immediately."
Here are the changes I'm implementing:
- Flipped class - started 4th quarter of last year
- Mastery learning
- Learning cycles
- Projects aligned to Higher Order Blooms Tasks
- Student voice and choice
- Moodle quizzes
- Student blogging - next year
- SBG - next year
It is an overwhelming list. The flipped class would've been a great accomplishment in a given year. However, the reason I'm flipping is because offloading direct instruction gives me the opportunity to make a responsive class. By instituting mastery learning cycles with blogging, SBG and voice & choice, I'm creating the class that I've always wanted. The flipped class gave me the vehicle to achieve, what I hope to be, teaching Nirvana.
I know the road will be filled with obstacles and roadblocks but I'm happy to have a wonderful PLN, a toolkit of teaching techniques and pedagogy to navigate the road!
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