MAINEducation 2012 #ACTEM12

Flipping the classroom with iTunes UJonathan Pratt, Assistant Head of School for Academics, Foxcroft Academy

What’s flipping?

✤ Traditional classroom

✤ In class: teacher provides direct instruction to students

✤ Out of class: students practice / apply learning

✤ Flipped classroom

✤ In class: Students practice / apply learning

✤ Out of class: teacher provides direct instruction to students

Why flip?

✤ Asynchronous instruction

✤ Freedom of time & location

✤ Rewind & fast-forward

✤ Facilitated application

✤ Individualized assistance

✤ Student collaboration

How to flip?

✤ Create and/or curate content

✤ Organize content

✤ Host content

✤ Ensure student access to content

Flipping with iTunes U

✤ Curate existing content

✤ Organize content

✤ Host content

✤ Enable access to content

Curating with iTunes U

Organizing with iTunes U

Hosting with iTunes U

Accessing with iTunes U

Public Site Manager

✤ Institutional enrollment at https://eduapp.apple.com/

✤ No requirement to have public courses

✤ Benefits for institutionally affiliated teachers

✤ Unlimited courses (public or private)

✤ Unlimited students (in private courses)

✤ Unlimited storage

Course Manager

Student thoughts...

Student thoughts...

Learning with iTunes U app

Access iTunes U via iTunes

Access iTunes U via iTunes

Multi-dimensional flipping

✤ When students are doing more projects in the classroom...

✤ Teachers gain better understanding of how each student learns...

✤ iTunes U content ecosystem can lead to a “flip” along another axis...

✤ In <-> Out flip leads to Teacher Centered <-> Student Centered flip

Final thoughts

✤ Flipping instruction from in-class to out-of-class is the easy part

✤ Shifting mindset and skill-set to use class time for project-based learning is a significant challenge

✤ Student-centered classrooms can be “messy” and “chaotic”

“The transition is a difficult one, and I think once you’ve transitioned, it still always takes a lot more work, reflection, and patience than traditional models, but it’s definitely worth it.” - Shelly Wright (@wrightsroom)

MAINEducation 2012 #ACTEM12

Thank you.Mia Morrison is here with me to answer questions about using iTunes U in the classroom.