STEM is rethinking how the classroom setting works with the inclusion of modern and future technology meshing subject matter from all areas of the world. Fifteen years ago a VHS tape and an overhead projector was the cutting edge in classroom technology along with an Apple IIe for playing math games. Teachers did not consider working collaboratively as often because they had to physically move students from room to room to accomplish this. A STEM teaching model breaks down figurative classroom walls, making the entire world a possible classroom.
In today's classroom, science, technology, engineering and math can be integrated together to give the student the most powerful learning experience possible. Technology is available to create lessons and learning environments we could not have imagined 15 years ago. As educators, we owe it to our students to use a STEM model in the classroom to give them the best possible learning experience.
This might not be exactly what we are looking for, but this concept of "flipping" a classroom uses technology in a new way, having the students watch the lesson at home then do the "homework" type lessons in the classroom where there is a professional teacher to help them really is fascinating.
What is linked below is a new report in a "flipped" classroom in Colorado.
This use of technology has completely reinvented the classroom model for these teachers and students, and it brings up many questions for me. But it also shows the possibilities for teachers and students with current technology.
This is an interesting video. I think the students in this video are considerably older than mine, but it is still applicable. At the EdTech conference this year, I went to an EdModo lecture. The teacher was using the site to have students complete lessons at home, thus freeing up time for hands on activities at school. It's a very interesting concept, but I'm not sure how this could be done in homes with limited tech. I know the video discussed using DVDs, but I have students who do not have those resources.
I agree that it is interesting. Would I ever jump with both feet into flipping? I am not sure. Would I like to try and create a video to be viewed at home for students and parents to watch together and discuss? Absolutely. Possibly a 10 minute video explaining the scientific process with the first step of a sample experiment for students and parents to complete at home. This would be more like dipping my toes in to see how it works.
It does make sense to me that having the teacher there when "homework" type problems are being completed by the student. When they reach a stopping point and have a question, the teacher would be the best resource, and at home the teacher is not there.
And to further this, my main TV is hardwired to the internet and has a Youtube app, so watching this on a TV would be very easy. The problem arises with the students who do not have high speed internet connections in their homes.
What an awesome idea. It completely rethinks everything about how the traditional classroom is supposed to work. Just the chance to give more lab time in the classroom is worth trying this let alone it could possibly solve the whole homework dilemma with students simply not doing it. The only drawback is that it would be very easy to get into a rut of students not watching the videos, which will lead to nothing being taught at all. But its definitely an interesting idea that I would try with a class that has the self motivation to become life long learners like the video lectures enable.
STEM is rethinking how the classroom setting works with the inclusion of modern and future technology meshing subject matter from all areas of the world. Fifteen years ago a VHS tape and an overhead projector was the cutting edge in classroom technology along with an Apple IIe for playing math games. Teachers did not consider working collaboratively as often because they had to physically move students from room to room to accomplish this. A STEM teaching model breaks down figurative classroom walls, making the entire world a possible classroom.
In today's classroom, science, technology, engineering and math can be integrated together to give the student the most powerful learning experience possible. Technology is available to create lessons and learning environments we could not have imagined 15 years ago. As educators, we owe it to our students to use a STEM model in the classroom to give them the best possible learning experience.
This might not be exactly what we are looking for, but this concept of "flipping" a classroom uses technology in a new way, having the students watch the lesson at home then do the "homework" type lessons in the classroom where there is a professional teacher to help them really is fascinating.
What is linked below is a new report in a "flipped" classroom in Colorado.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-y9vR7YTak&feature=relmfu
My second link is a teacher describing, in a very basic form, what her "flipped" classroom looks like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGuLuipTwg&feature=relmfu
This use of technology has completely reinvented the classroom model for these teachers and students, and it brings up many questions for me. But it also shows the possibilities for teachers and students with current technology.
It does make sense to me that having the teacher there when "homework" type problems are being completed by the student. When they reach a stopping point and have a question, the teacher would be the best resource, and at home the teacher is not there.
And to further this, my main TV is hardwired to the internet and has a Youtube app, so watching this on a TV would be very easy. The problem arises with the students who do not have high speed internet connections in their homes.