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"A flipped classroom is any classroom where the lecture or traditional "teaching" portion is performed at home, and the activity or homework portion is done in the classroom. Rather than serving as a lecturer, the teacher or instructor is more of a guide, someone there to help their students work through problems."

"This website is available for you to use as often as you like, whether you are just checking on homework assignments or watching a video to help you better understand the standard we are working on for the week."

"Flipping is more than a buzzword. It helps teachers personalize lessons, assessments, and reporting"

It is the personal blog/website of Jon Bergmann. Jon is a teacher, educational coach, and writer who has had the privilege of helping educators around the world reconsider what education can look like. He, along with Aaron Sams, are considered two of the pioneers in the Flipped Class Movement. They co-wrote the book on the Flipped Classroom.

"Lectures aren't necessarily bad-they can be an effective way to help students acquire new knowledge (Hattie, 2008; Schwerdt & Wupperman, 2010). The problem with lectures is often a matter of pacing. For some students, the information may come too slowly or cover what they already know; other students may have trouble taking in information so rapidly, or they may lack the prior knowledge they need to understand the concepts presented."

"Flipped learning helps teachers move away from direct instruction as their primary teaching tool toward a more student-centered approach."

"We can evoke the revised version of Bloom's famous taxonomy of educational objectives to visualize the binary nature of language versus culture instruction: skills on the bottom, intellectually enriching engagement on the top: "