Technology in Teacher Education

Bunch of inspiring ideas to use Twitter for educational contexts. I've been benefiting from a couple of them in my classes, and I safely assert that Twitter increases interaction of the students, if properly used.

Here comes an infograph about social media on campus, with pros, cons and overall impact

Briefly Social Networking

Is this new style of teaching a more efficient way of educating today's students?

Myspace, Facebook and more...funny

A flipped class keeps student learning at the center of teaching by enabling instructors to guide their students higher levels of application and deeper thinking. This table shows the differences in the student experience of a traditional and flipped class.

Here is a very short but informative video to explain the logic of flipped classroom

I also liked it. This video briefly explaining an example of flipped classroom clearly. So, I think it can be useful of understanding its meaning. At the end of the video there are comments of teachers. One says that: This is nice and all, but all it takes for this to completely fail (I've tried it) is several students who simply don't want to work say "I don't have a computer" or "I work until three in the morning." Some legitimately don't (not sure how you get around that) and some are simply lazy (don't think so? I did a lecture where students were given a sheet of paper which had sentences with missing words that I would GIVE them, and one student would not even do that). Other says that: They have smart phones, don't they? If they had time for homework outside of class, why wouldn't they have time for videos instead?... So they are really discussing the flipped classroom in practice..

Knewton, a learning technology company, recently posted a fascinating infographic entitled "The Flipped Classroom: Turning Traditional Education on Its Head." What is the flipped classroom, you ask? According to the infographic, it is a classroom that "inverts traditional teaching methods, delivering instruction online outside of class and moving 'homework' into the classroom."

The content of this video is an example of a flipped classroom. It is written that "Peer into Aaron Sams' classroom as he explains why he flipped his classroom. Aaron Sams, along with Jonathan Bergmann were the first to flip their classes. The currently teach in Woodland Park Colorado and are writing a book about the Flipped Class."

Flipped Classroom | November 2013 Digital Edition Early adopters share how schools can find success with teachers and students alike--even when the technology seems as topsy-turvy as the lessons.

For the ones who are curious about the development of the flipped classroom till now, the paper provides a comprehensive survey of prior and ongoing research of the flipped classroom.

The 6 Steps to Flipping A Classroom Infographic synthesizes the overwhelming to-do list of flipping your classroom into 6 easy steps that make the whole process a little less daunting. Plan Figure out which lesson you're going to flip. Outline key learning outcomes and put together a lesson plan.

The flipped classroom inverts traditional teaching methods, delivering instruction online outside of the classroom and moving "homework" into the classroom.

"I recently attended the ISTE conference in San Diego, CA. While I was only there for about 36 hours, it was easy for me to pick up on one of the hottest topics for the three-day event. The "flipped classroom" was being discussed in social lounges, in conference sessions, on the exhibit floor, on the hashtag and even at dinner."

Over the past two years, the Flipped Learning method has created quite a stir. Some argue that this teaching method will completely transform education, while others say it is simply an opportunity for boring lectures to be viewed in new locations. While the debate goes on, the concept of Flipped Learning is not entirely new.

In this link, you can find 4 tips to flip your classrooms :)

This video shows the differences between a flipped and a traditional classroom in a funny way. It emphasizes benefits of flipped classroom and presents reactions of different type of students to the flipped classroom features. It is a video not only funny but also instructive.

Some benefits of flipped classroom