#flipclass chat thoughts (from Mon 6/4)

So this post is incredibly late, but I never got around to finishing it last week :)

I'm just posting it now with my favorite tweets separated into categories so I can refer back to them later this summer. 

My biggest reflections from this chat are:

• Students still must feel fully supported in a Flipped Classroom... even though we are trying to limit spoon-feeding and wean them off what they have been used to for so many years, we need to expect that it is going to be hard for them and they are going to struggle with it at first and need our continued reminders and support as to why we are doing what we do.
• Continue to work on my questioning techniques and ways to help students really think through the content and come to conclusions themselves (with my support and guidance, of course!)
• I want to teach my students to use the internet as a resource more next year... the content and resources does not always have to come straight from me... I want them to learn how to find great stuff online, because once they get out of my class and into a non-flipped class, they are going to need those skills!  (And in life, too!)
• Continue to encourage and find ways to model/teach good collaboration skills, especially at the beginning of the year.

 
How do you discourage and work against the "spoon-feeding" mentality of students in a flipped class? (via @guster4lovers)


When students just want us to give them the answers:

• Link to book I referenced in #flipclass chat tonight. http://www.amazon.com/Why-Wont-Just-Tell-Answer/dp/1571108122/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338863554&sr=1-1 

•  Carrie Ross ‏@MsRossEnglish I struggled w/ this. Students wanted me to spoonfeed "What is the right answer your want us to say?" Tough to stay strong #flipclass 
  Dan Spencer ‏@runfardvs @msrossenglish It is hard but it gets easier. Keep asking "What do you mean by __?". Ss get used to it. #flipclass 
  GS Arnold ‏@arnoldscience @MsRossEnglish I generally respond to that, with, do you really want me to tell you what to say, are you a puppet? #flipclass
   
• GS Arnold ‏@arnoldscience@MLanghans410 Yeah, that will never end, sometimes I post answers to simple stuff online, that way they still have to seek it #flipclass   
• Stacey Roshan ‏@buddyxo.@arnoldscience @MLanghans410 I like posting solutions & letting ss work through those. Lots of good learning there, too #flipclass
  
  

   Brian E. Bennett ‏@bennettscience @buddyxo @arnoldscience @MLanghans410 That works for me as well. Sometimes show the "what," they do the "how." #flipclass

Supporting yet not spoonfeeding:

• Stacey Roshan ‏@buddyxo Closing note: we need to be careful not to go too extreme anti spoon-feeding. Support is key & it's imp ss know ur there for them #flipclass
• Dan Spencer ‏@runfardvs
  It's important to understand that not spoonfeeding Ss doesn't mean we stop answering their questions. Guide > Tell #flipclass 
  
  
  
  
   Tom Driscoll ‏@Mr_Driscoll
  Students need to know that you are still supporting them throughout #flipclass process. Scaffolding and guidance a must to build trust. 
• Stacey Roshan ‏@buddyxo
  .@Mr_Driscoll Exactly. Support, trust, organization, clarity of expectations, consistency. These r crucial in the way I do things #flipclass
   

Teaching students to collaborate:

•  Audrey McLaren McG ‏@a_mcsquared one key to successful non-spoon feeding must be good collabrative groups and activities #flipclass - make it a viable alternative

Dan Spencer ‏@runfardvs@a_mcsquared Helping students understand the power of collaboration is huge! #flipclass

Teaching students to use the Internet correctly as a resource for their learning:

• Dan Spencer ‏@runfardvs I've always admired people like @jrsowash and @kithard who take time to teach their Ss how to do Google searches the right way. #flipclass  
• Stacey Roshan ‏@buddyxo.@runfardvs @jrsowash Agree. Nxt yr I will teach skills I take for granted that they know ex: adding hyperlinks, embed vs linking #flipclass 
• Crystal Kirch ‏@crystalkirch @bennettscience @runfardvs @jrsowash @kithard What do you mean by "google search the right way"? would love to hear #flipclass 
• Dan Spencer ‏@runfardvs @crystalkirch For example: teach them about key words/ideas rather than just typing in the entire question (aka #AskJeeves) #flipclass 
• Audrey McLaren McG ‏@a_mcsquared @runfardvs I like Dan Meyers idea of showing them a situation, then asking what the question is #flipclass

 Getting students to show their work and thought processes:

Crystal Kirch ‏@crystalkirch@buddyxo @Mr_Brett_Clark Same here. Most eventually get it, but I still have a few reluctant work-showers #flipclass

Stacey Roshan ‏@buddyxo @crystalkirch @Mr_Brett_Clark I never said it was easy! Esp frustrating for some of the really smart ones who like to hold all in their head

Brett Clark ‏@Mr_Brett_Clark @buddyxo @crystalkirch For those who "do it in their head", I always tell them, "I can't grade your brain". #flipclass

Stacey Roshan ‏@buddyxo.@Mr_Brett_Clark @crystalkirch (Side rant) I thnk it goes back 2 earlier levels when "carrying the 1" in ur head = ur "smarter" #flipclass

Dan Spencer ‏@runfardvs@mr_brett_clark Classic! #flipclass

Flipped Class Room Set-up

• Tom Driscoll ‏@Mr_Driscoll anyone configuring #flipclass rooms into separate "instructional" and "task/project" spaces? I know science does so with labs... @Mr_Driscoll I"m going to do that with "work", "watch", "quiz" and "create" areas...if I find the furniture #flipclass

Random stuff:

•  Brian E. Bennett ‏@bennettscience
  I find my kids went thru 3 cycles. Excitement (novelty), anger (frustration…spoon feeding was coveted), appreciation. #flipclass
   
• Brian E. Bennett ‏@bennettscience ProTip: If you get written evals from kids, wordle it. You might see an encouraging trend. http://bit.ly/JCs7PI #flipclass

• Michele Langhans ‏@MLanghans410 I think trust is the bottom line in creating independent learners.We must cultivate trust & then Ss begin asking better questions #flipclass

• Brian E. Bennett ‏@bennettscience  What have you had to change about your approach to work in your #flipclass?  JD Ferries-Rowe ‏@jdferries @bennettscience learned: once they value class time, they want it/demand it. that means less "overview" even when more efficient #flipclass

•  Jasper Fox Sr. ‏@jsprfox instead of writing essential questions yourself, have students write their own for each lesson #flipclass