http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/10/26/teachers-involve-parents-in-the-flipped-classroom-too/ Just another eSchool Media site Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/10/26/teachers-involve-parents-in-the-flipped-classroom-too/comment-page-1/#comment-166466 mharrisonline2 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:09:49 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=114369#comment-166466 YourTeacher is making all its iBook textbooks for flipped K-12 math classrooms free through December 31, 2012. To help educators understand how interactive iBooks textbooks can help them flip the classroom, we are making Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, and Geometry free in Apple’s iBook store through the current year. Each example problem has a video explanation, and students receive immediate feedback from practice problems. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/yourteacher-offers-free-pilots-of-powerful-math-ibooks-textbooks-174942731.html?goback=.gde_108447_member_177618679 YourTeacher is making all its iBook textbooks for flipped K-12 math classrooms free through December 31, 2012. To help educators understand how interactive iBooks textbooks can help them flip the classroom, we are making Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, and Geometry free in Apple’s iBook store through the current year. Each example problem has a video explanation, and students receive immediate feedback from practice problems. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/yourteacher-offers-free-pilots-of-powerful-math-ibooks-textbooks-174942731.html?goback=.gde_108447_member_177618679

]]> http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/10/26/teachers-involve-parents-in-the-flipped-classroom-too/comment-page-1/#comment-166292 camfe Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:13:12 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=114369#comment-166292 I'm curious about your statement that "Over the past 200 years, the teaching model hasn't really changed. Since the first schools were created, teachers have stood at the front of the classroom and lectured." That is not my impression. As recently as 50 years ago many students attended school in one-room schools with many ages present. I thought that then it was more of a "tutor the student or small group of students, who then work independently until the next recitation/tutoring session" model. In some ways more like the flipped classroom than the more recent lecture and assign homework model... I’m curious about your statement that “Over the past 200 years, the teaching model hasn’t really changed. Since the first schools were created, teachers have stood at the front of the classroom and lectured.” That is not my impression. As recently as 50 years ago many students attended school in one-room schools with many ages present. I thought that then it was more of a “tutor the student or small group of students, who then work independently until the next recitation/tutoring session” model. In some ways more like the flipped classroom than the more recent lecture and assign homework model…

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