Mrs. Winer's Flipped Classroom

Why the flipped classroom, and what's my philosophy? Here is a 12-minute video explaining just this. I plan to implement my capstone project in your class!  But I wanted to give you some background information so that you can see why I think it's so important to do this with you. I am looking for your honest feedback when it's all done!

Dear Students,    I am going to teach this year using the flipped classroom infused with ed-tech. Here's a little background about why I am doing it and what exactly it is.   In a flipped classroom, the teacher creates videos ahead of time and students work on problems in class. I had heard about this method for many years, but nothing attracted me to it. I enjoyed teaching. I liked to get students to discover ideas in class. The idea of watching students do homework in class did not appeal to me. I read books and scoured the internet for ideas to help with teaching during distance learning, but it was not until I read Stacey Roshan’s book, Tech with Heart: Leveraging Technology to Empower Student Voice, Ease Anxiety, and Create Compassionate Classrooms (2019), that I decided to try and completely change my traditional way of teaching to flipped learning with new technology.      Roshan described the flipped classroom differently. First, she flipped with a...

Welcome to my virtual classroom! Find your textbook, your Google Classroom, your homework help, office hours link, and even just some fun games and a calming room. Please, take some time to play around, get familiar with all of the links, and don't hesitate to click on the extra help link so that you can make an appointment with me!