Flipped Classroom Day October 1, 2014

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The Flipped Learning Network is promoting a flip your classroom day on October 1, 2014. They are asking participants to create or curate content. There is a form on the link below to notify flippedlearning.org of your intent to participate. More information is available at http://flippedlearning.org/Page/68

Example Flipped Lesson

As we look to kick off our 2014-15 cohort of the Flipped Learning group through Marshall University, I wanted to make a flipped lesson just to get me in the right mindset.
This first lesson isn't witty or slick.  I just wanted to put something quick and easy together to get us started.  I gave myself 30 minutes to prepare and record the five minute video on the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis.  I started with the assessment portion by identifying what students should know and be able to do by the end of the lesson.  I then tapped some graphics of chloroplasts and did a video narration of the two photosystems.  There are errors and I am OK with that.  Your students will be OK with errors as well.  I used a simple, free web tool (http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/) to record and export the video.  Since I used the free version, there was no editing.  I exported to an MPEG then uploaded to Vimeo.  The entire process (aside from the time it took Vimeo to make the video available) took less than 25 minutes.
The target audience for this lesson is 10th grade biology I students.
You can view this video in either of these two places:

Vimeo

Dropbox

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