277 – You’re Gonna Flip!

This week we turn WELSTech upside down as we discuss the growing “flipped classroom” trend with our semi-regular classroom technology correspondent, Gail Potratz.

The discussion:

Flipped Classrooms – The idea of providing instructional resources for students to consume at their own pace outside of the classroom and then dedicating classroom time to exploration and individual assistance on a topic is the concept behind “flipping” your classroom. Gail Potratz, Technology Coordinator at Emanuel in New London, WI, joins Martin and Sallie to discuss the basics for flipping lessons, tools to use and some early feedback on outcomes of this technique.

• Flipped Classroom Primer by Bernard Bull
• Infographics – The Flipped Classroom and What Is a Flipped Classroom
• Books – Flip Your Classroom and Blended Learning in Grades 4-12
• Flipped Classroom Webinar featuring Alan November
• Khan Academy
• Gail’s Flipped Classroom Examples – The Plot Thickens and The Piece of String
• TechSmith Video Creation Tools – Snagit, Jing and Camtasia Studio
• TEDed
• Eduvision.tv
• Sophia Flip Certification

Ministry resources:

(23:47) WordPress for Classrooms

Picks of the week:

• (26:20) bu.mp – Overview video
• 60 Second Recap
• ownCloud

Community feedback:

• (35:31) Authors who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs (for free!)
• How to Attach Files in Gmail From Cloud Storage Services
• 48 Free Education Apps Sorted By Grade Level
• The App Directory
• Are Teachers of Tomorrow Prepared to Use Innovative Tech
• Aspiring Teachers Outpace Current Ones in Tech Use, Survey Finds
• The Chromebook Pixel

Coming up on WELSTech:

(44:05) Episode 278 – Pastor Rob Guenther will join Martin and Sallie from Kenai, AK next week and share his tech-in-ministry success stories including his recent self-publishing efforts. (Release date – 03/05/13)

The featured artist:

(44:22) Another new WELS recording artist joins the WELSTech lineup today as we share the music of Michael Armstrong (pinemountainmusic.com) – Overwhelmed

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