The Flipped Classroom

I started my kids, ages 7 and 9, using Khan Academy to help boost their math skills over the summer. In doing this, I've been thinking a lot about "The Flipped Classroom" model and how successful this really could be. If you don't know about the flipped classroom, check out the article at this link:

http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/how-the-flipped-classroom-is-radically-transforming-learning-536.php

I think it could really give teachers and students the time that they need to work through difficult struggles. Parents are often faced with trying to help their children learn skills and concepts that they, themselves, can't grasp. In the Flipped Classroom, teachers are available to help students apply the concepts that they learned the night before for homework. I think it's brilliant...thoughts?

Students Publishing on the Internet

So many schools and administrators are so fearful to encourage students to publish work on the Internet. Of course, we as educators, need to take precautions and teach students how to use the Internet safely, but the Internet gives students a voice. It provides for an authentic audience for which they can share their talents, opinions, knowlege and views. Beyond that, they can receive feedback from others when doing so. Students are growing up in a generation where it will be second nature to use the Internet to communicate and express themselves. Let's teach them how to do this safely! It is our job!

Newspaper Publishing Sites for Students

I'm researching the best ways to publish newspapers online for students. I like http://issuu.com/home . What about others? What does your school use?

ISTE 2011 Conference in Philly

Finally completed my registration for the Big Ed Tech conference in Philly today. Wow! There are tons of sessions, it almost gave me a headache! Let me know if you'll be there and what you are excited about learning this year! I'm looking forward to meeting new people, discussing topics such as cyber security and copyright issues and social networking in schools. I'm hoping to discover some new web 2.0 tools that I don't already know about and have my first experiences using moodle.

http://www.isteconference.org/ISTE/2011/glance/