Don't Flip your Class - Fortify it
Leslee Francis Pelton, lfrancis@uvic.ca
Tim Pelton, tpelton@uvic.ca
University of Victoria
In our experience, only a few keen students regularly prepare by reviewing flipped content outside of class. To improve efficiency, we recast the process – fortifying our classes with concise video content (lectures, demonstrations), integrated questions, discussions and explorations
What are the Benefits of Video?
- Capture and share canned (but good) explanations
- View anywhere – in school/resource room/home
- Ability to replay – again and again…
- Ability to stop and start to support lessons
- Meet individual needs
- Support parents who are trying to help
What Makes a Good Video?
- Succinct/focused/short
- Clear and correct
- Presents a hook, context, or engaging explanation
- Authentic
What are the Intended Benefits of Flipping?
- Free up time for activities and personal attention in class
- Reduce instructions/support needed to accomplish homework
- Give students control – inquiry focused
- Capture your ‘best’ content and share (do it once)
What are the limitations of flipping?
- What if they don’t watch anything outside of class?
- Do they understand the content in the video?
- Is learned helplessness an issue?
- Do they have access to video outside of school?
What does it mean to Fortify?
The addition of essential/desirable elements to improve the utility or value of a product or service
Fortification in the classroom means – in part – creating/finding and incorporating short videos that:
- Capture student attention
- Present concepts efficiently (20 min -> 5 min)
- Set the context for a discussion
- Model procedures/processes
- Support student understanding
- Support students outside of class
Why should the Teacher Create Videos?
- You have something useful to say
- You have a unique way of expressing ideas
- Share once and it can be used again
- Get the message right
- To instill confidence – you know the content
- Share and share alike
The Production Process
- Identify your objectives (understand the problem)
- Make a Plan
- Efficiently cover your content
- Edit the pauses
- Avoid distracting yourself
- Think through the possible questions
- Manage tangential discussions
Where can I find videos? (yes use these gifts!)
- www.edutopia.com
- www.teachertube.com
- www.vimeo.com
- www.youtube.com
- www.khanacademy.org
- www.mathsnacks.com
- When you find one & you will often find more
- Vet the videos to make sure they are effective and plan your classroom questions/activities
Thoughts on Using Videos
- Identify the break points and insert questions– to support discussion
- Ask students to paraphrase or apply what they have just learned
- Find an app that lets you cache videos
- Show students how to use playback speed (1.25 x)
- Break up longer videos to avoid learned helplessness
- Set up a website for your classes and share the links
- Invite students to generate videos
What are we doing in our classrooms?
Our teaching area is mathematics education, and we find that it is relatively easy to create a short video clip to explain/demonstrate a concept that many students struggle with. The videos don’t have a high production value - they just have to help students make sense (remember you can adjust the playback speed)
See our youtube channel:
www.youtube.com/user/twp007/videos
Also check out another website we have created to encourage folks to create and share their understandings on video:
www.explainingunderstanding.com
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