Inquiry question:
All learners come at different academic levels in a classroom setting, so how as educators can we treat, support and respond to them all equally (considering different lesson plans, curricula, technology and personalized learning)?

Flipped classrooms invert traditional teaching methods, delivering instruction online outside of the class and moving “homework” into the classroom.

On the website below, I have found a really neat infographic that not only illustrates what flipped classrooms should look like, it also looks at the beginnings of it, and the positive results of this particular new method.

https://www.knewton.com/infographics/flipped-classroom/

Flipped classrooms have been all the rage in the education field today. With technology advancing daily, and children becoming more and more technologically literate, flipped classrooms have become more feasible than ever. Through Khan Academy in particular, teachers are able to assign videos, lectures, tutorials, assignments on subjects from arithmetic, physics, finance to history, which further enables student learning in the classroom. In connection to my inquiry question, flipped classrooms can promote learning inside and outside the classroom for all diverse learners. Students can utilize technology at home as a form of homework, then apply what they learned in classroom activities, which in consequence endorses mastery and collaborative work.

I can see myself using this flipped classroom concept in older grades. Some limitations I see in this concept is the issue of technology available in students’ homes. If some students in my class have access to technology and the internet then I could see the flipped classroom method working. But if not, it can cause more issues that go beyond learning. Flipped classrooms relate to my inquiry as it is a way teachers can implement differentiated instruction to students who are visual learners. Teachers can assign lectures, informative videos etc. to students to watch at home (possibly take notes) then explore the topic further in class through maybe hands-on experiential learning.

Strayer, J. F. (2011). Flipped Classroom. Retrieved February 11, 2016, from https://www.knewton.com.