As a teacher, I am always striving to find new and innovative
ways to improve my students learning. The newest innovation is the Flipped
Classroom. With this type of learning environment teachers video/record or
provide resources for their lessons, the students use the resources on their
own time and then come to class to do “homework” and to work with the teacher
and other students on what they have learned or did not understand. By teaching
in this way students are allowed to learn at their own pace and to receive the
help needed.
One way to flip the classroom that I use is to incorporate LiveBinders into my
classroom (see earlier blog post for information about Livebinders). I started teaching
stop motion/claymation to my students 2 to 3 years ago in the traditional
manner. The projects I received from my students were decent. Last year, I decided
to try something new. I created a binder in LiveBinders that included resources
for every aspect of the claymation process along with instructions for their
assigned project. Students were able to work at their own pace, review things
they did not understand, and the result was a better understanding of the claymation
process which resulted in better claymations.
LiveBinders can be incorporated into any subject area and be
used in different ways.
Examples:
- Instead of having a teacher created resource, students could create a binder to organize information for a research paper, video, or other project.
- Teachers can use binders that have already been created.
- Of course, teachers can always create their own binders as well.
As always, if you have any questions, please leave them in the comments section.
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