1. 21st Century Learning Environments: Michigan must declare that the era of drill-and-kill assessments and sit-and- click software substitutes is over. We need to refocus education on engaging each and every learner through rich, meaningful, rigorous learning opportunities with the goal of producing a 21st Century workforce. There are more opportunities than ever to create authentic learning environments where students can analyze, discover, debate, explore, solve, and understand. Engaged, lifelong learners are the types of employees every employer wants to hire; that is what our schools should be producing. By focusing on this learning outcome, we believe student achievement will increase for all students and a world class workforce will result.
So can you help? This blog is meant to help "crowd source" an annotated bibliography that provides empirical support for the five points. Our goal is to move 54321 Michigan beyond a rant or response into action and we need to provide an evidence-based industry like public education with support that good things can and should be done.
Can support the claim that "every student needs to learn in environments that are engaging and designed for personalized, individualized learning" with a citation and link to a resource? Then post a comment with that information. Please try to use APA if you can. Thank you!
3 comments:
The flipped classroom is defined as the following:
1. A means to INCREASE interaction and personalized contact time between students and teachers.
2. An environment where students take responsibility for their own learning.
3. A classroom where the teacher is not the "sage on the stage", but the "guide on the side".
4. A blending of direct instruction with constructivist learning.
5. A classroom where students who are absent due to illness or extra-curricular activities such as athletics or field-trips, don't get left behind.
6. A class where content is permanently archived for review or remediation.
7. A class where all students are engaged in their learning.
8. A place where all students can get a personalized education.
These two resources will provide excellent information and examples of the flipped classroom:
Hamilton Middle School 8th Grade Science:
https://sites.google.com/site/hms8thgradescience/flippedclassroom
The Flipped Class: Myths vs. Reality
http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/the-flipped-class-conversation-689.php
A first-hand look inside a flipped classroom
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/02/09/a-first-hand-look-inside-a-flipped-classroom/
The flipped classroom learning model by Learning for Mastery L4M. Check out their YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/Learning4Mastery also check out http://edreach.us/2011/11/28/the-flipped-classroom-revisited/ for another great resource on this topic.
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