Roman Forestor
2-5-2017
Flipped Classroom Article
Even With Flipped Classrooms, Teachers Still at the Head of the Class
This article centers on the flipped classroom, but not as the primary teaching tool. The writer, Jane Swift, is the CEO of Middlebury Interactive Languages, and a former Governor of Massachusetts. She came from a family of educators and understood the trials and tribulations we go through as teachers. She has worked tirelessly to demonstrate that her company’s product is not based on corporate greed, but on furthering and improving education. The quote she uses is one that my mom, who was a teacher and administrator for her entire career, and I discuss often. She is trying to add another tool to the teacher’s toolbox. By blending the flipped classroom in with other concepts and creating a blended classroom concept the students can fully take advantage of the digital options available to improve student learning. There are even some educators who believe that the flipped classroom concept applied in home schooling might be the best path to Harvard today.
In my opinion, using the flipped classroom concept is the most important thing. My belief is that as an educator, I need to strive to find as many “traditional” and “non-traditional” ways for my students to display their knowledge. Allowing them to construct games, debates, presentations, or other types of projects, combined with multiple types of formal assessment is the key to accurately assessing my students progress in the classroom.
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