So my Intro to the Read/Write Web students begin blogging this week, and as The Nerdy Teacher suggested in a post on Edutopia, I'm going to pick my blog back up to serve as a model for my students. As I considered this reentry to the blogging community, I thought I would take the advantage this time to document my work in "Flipping" my Algebra I course for this school year with a series of posts about my experience. Hopefully my students will take something away from reading my posts, but what would make me even happier is if someone reading this finds my experiences useful. Of course I would love to hear comments from any new followers I might pick up to help me hone my skills in this new venture.
As an introduction to where I stand, I began incorporating lessons and practice modules from Khan Academy into my Algebra I course last year since I had been moved into a computer lab to teach. The use of these resources gradually grew to be more of a part of the everyday class as the year progressed, so I took the next step for this year and decided to fully flip my class. I spent some time over the summer organizing the course, and already have made some major changes after only a month in the classroom. I'll talk in more detail about these, along with what seems to be working (and not working), and all of the further changes that are sure to come around, later on.
These posts will be mirrored on the site I use to teach my Intro to the Read/Write Web course in Weebly where my students will be able to view them and leave their comments, but I look forward to any professional comments on this site so please comment away. I'm also going to try to stick to the assigned theme I give to my students each week, so I apologize ahead of time for any scattered thoughts.
I'm really excited to be blogging again looking forward to documenting this experiment in flipping my classroom. Thanks for reading, and please feel free to share.
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