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Interesting chat about how someone gave up flipping classrooms for something better ... Not reverting to old ways but something better.

I may have missed the boat on the technical definition of Flipped classroom but I have always thought that student centered learning was Flipped classroom and not just lecture capture. At least that is what we try and encourage up here that capturing lectures is still a lecture.

Why attend Flip the Switch? I love to teach, just like others at Cornell, but the bad news is that while we all are teaching, 64% of our students are texting!! Out of my frustration, I've been experimenting successfully with using mobile devices and to turn my students away from distraction and towards interaction. At a deeper level, I am now connecting better with ALL students, not just the ones that always raise their hands. In the process I started to wonder if I could somehow help other faculty members do this. The Workshop My team has put together an intimate, hands-on workshop specifically focused on creating an action plan for each participant's courses/teaching needs, on how to make use of cellphones and other devices to intrigue and engage students, deploy digital video to renew attention spans and implement innovative "apps" to engage the YouTube generation in order to improve the learning environment.

ANother idea for May PD: