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Flipping Music Classes at Martin City

12/8/2014

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Teachers all over the Grandview District are starting to flip their content.  Flipped classes allow for students to learn content, at their own pace, outside of school. Students are engaged and classroom time is freed up for more in depth practice and application of knowledge. Take a look at the statistics for Clintondale High School in Clinton Township, MI who started flipping their classes.

But flipping your classroom doesn't need to happen all at once. Once you have picked your learning management system, start out with a few lessons for you and your students, to get comfortable with the idea. This is exactly what Elizabeth Reicher, a music teacher at Martin City, is doing.  She wanted a way for her 4th grade students to learn and practice their recorder at home. She decided to use Edmodo as her learning management system to post helpful websites, documents, and lectures for her students to access. She uses Explain Everything, an app on her iPad to record her lectures. Check out Elizabeth's first attempt at flipping a lecture, all decked out with music!
Since this is something new for both the students and Mrs. Reicher, she is taking it one step at a time. She first asked students to simply log in and post that they have logged on and now she is currently taking it one step further by posting review videos for their next music assessment. What about the students that don't have internet access at home? Mrs. Reicher is creating DVD's to send home with students that include the videos they will need to watch.  Mrs. Reicher will tell you that flipping her classroom has been a slow process, but will continue to add more elements throughout the year.

What are your thoughts on flipping your classroom? What ways have you flipped your classroom?  We want to hear your experiences; the good, the bad, and the ugly!  Click comments below to respond.

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Diane (Stephanchick) DeLaTorre
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Ian link
12/10/2014 03:08:18 am

I'm new to it but I'm loving my new flipped classroom!!!!

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great ideas!
12/10/2014 03:35:19 am

Great ideas!!!

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