An interesting post by Shelly Wright about 'flipping' the classroom, reversing instruction using video to reach students at home, then focusing on the inquiry learning once they are in the classroom....
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Ok, so the talk goes for 20 minutes but he's very easy to listen to, entertaining and explains some great new features he's introduced to his Khan Academy. The whole idea of flipping the classroom is very appealing.
I'm going to apply this next term with one of my Year 11 classes. I've generated videos using iShowU app (only for Mac, I think it was around $10) from app store.
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