A Look Inside a Flipped-Mastery Social Studies Class

One of the comments I heard from educators after presenting at least week's Flipped Learning Conference in Hartford was that they understood the concept, but could not picture how it would actually work in their classrooms.  I have had similar questions posed to me in the past via Twitter and in comments on this blog, so I decided to take some video of last Friday's world history class and put together a brief compilation.

Below is a look at a typical day in our flipped-mastery world history course.  There are three basic components of each class:

• Warmup (warmup activity, debrief/discussion/modeling, progress monitoring, goal setting)
• Unit Work Session (students work on mastering learning objectives)
• Reflection (students reflect on their accomplishments for the day)

Take a look and tell me what you think!  Please post any comments or questions below, or contact me directly on Twitter  @Mr_Driscoll or thdriscoll@gmail.com.

Flipped Learning for the Humanities

I was honored to present and serve as a panelist at today's Flipped Learning Workshop in Hartford, CT.  Jon Bergmann opened with a great keynote presentation and the audience questions during the panel discussion were incredibly thoughtful.  We even had a student panel of 8th graders discuss their flipped learning experiences with us after lunch.  Those who participated in my afternoon breakout session brought up several interesting and relevant points, as well as suggestions for effectively incorporating flipped learning into humanities courses.  The day closed with a productive "edcamp" style session on the implementation of flipped-mastery. Overall, it was a very successful event that I was proud to be a part of!

Below is the google presentation that I used to outline today's breakout session.
*Formatting only seems to work correctly when viewed in full screen (lower menu bar button w/ 4 arrows).

Flipped Learning & Democratic Education Research Study

As some readers may know, I am currently working on research as part of a graduate program through Teachers College of Columbia.  I have recently narrowed my focus to the following research question:

Does flipped learning help democratize education? 

True, this is a loaded question and can be interpreted in numerous ways.  For now, however, I have developed two surveys (one for educators, one for students) that will help shed light on this issue.

If you are an educator that incorporates aspects of flipped learning and would like to participate in the research, please complete the survey below.  Many educators have already completed the brief online survey, and for that I thank you mightily!

Flipped-History Hangout #3

Below is the archive of our discussion on 10/24/12.

Participants: Karl Lindgren-Streicher (@kls4711), David Fouch (@davidfouch), and Tom Driscoll (@Mr_Driscoll).  

Topics:

• Flipped Learning Open House (How did it go?  How should we conduct the next one?)
• Group Collaboration & Flipped Learning
• Self-Pacing Strategies

Flipped Learning Open Houses Thursday 10/18

On Thursday, October 18th, three contributors to Flipped-History will be hosting Flipped Learning Open Houses.  As described by the Flipped Learning Network...

 "Experienced educators in Flipped Classrooms across the globe will open their doors to allow interested educators and students to see how Flipped Learning works and what happens when learning is turned on its head. Flipped Class Open Houses are intended to shed light on this approach to learning and encourage other teachers and administrators to give Flipped Learning a try in their own schools/districts."  

Click here for the official information and registration page.

Up until recently, the flipped class approach has been adopted mostly by math and science educators.  This is your chance to observe the flipped learning models implemented in social studies classrooms!  Here is some brief information regarding the three flipped-history educators opening up their classrooms on October 18th. (More information can be found on the official site.) 

Tom Driscoll (Putnam, CT)

World History / 10th Grade

Putnam High School

152 Woodstock Ave., Putnam, CT 860 963-6905

Classroom Visits From 8:15-10:00, Q & A until 11.

Stop by the front office to check in, they will be expecting "flipped class" visitors. Proceed to room 45 for classroom visits and the Q & A session. 

Registration Form

Karl Lindgren-Streicher (San Mateo, CA)

World History / 9th Grade

Hillsdale HIgh School

3115 Del Monte Street  650 558 2699

7:45-9:13 am PT & 10:18-11:46 am PT = class (visit anytime during this section), available for questions etc from 11:46 am-1:55 pm PT

Stop at front office to sign in and get a campus map, will meet for most of the period in the library, not my classroom (classroom = 219)

Registration Form

David Fouch (Grand Rapids, MI)

US History, AP US History, AP Governemnt, AP World History

Forest Hills Northern

3801 Leonard   616-493-8600

Classroom Visits 7:40-9:00am and 11:00am-1:40pm

Park in Guest Parking in the front staff lot and enter through the main office. 

Registration Form