Communities of Practice
One of the most helpful ways to start flipping your classroom is to become part of a community of practice that helps to build your understanding and provides you with access to other educators in order to discuss ideas, resources, successes, and more. Below are some communities of practice around Flipped Learning for you to explore. Please pick one community of practice below to explore and then fill out the two small polls below!
Twitter is an amazing resource for educators- allowing teachers around the world to connect via a @ or a #. Increasingly common, are educational discussions via Twitter, know as Edchats in which teachers can share and discuss ideas, issues, and more! Click the logo to go to Twitter
Ways to Use Twitter as a Community of Practice
Ways to Use Twitter as a Community of Practice
- Follow the user @flippedlearning
- Use the following hashtags to explore flipped learning on Twitter (you don't need a Twitter account to access the hashtags): #flipclass, #flippedclass, #flipclass, #flippedlearning, #flippedtip, #peerinstruction, #edchat, #edtech, #teachers, #highered, #screencast
- Want more Twitter Edchats? Explore this helpful document with weekly edchat times to join in the discussions LIVE!
Have you never tweeted, twittered, or explored hashtags? (YES, what does it all even mean?!!!) Watch this short introduction to Twitter, hashtags and more!
Pinterest is more informal than the resources above, but with a simple search through the site of 'flipped teaching', 'flipped learning', or 'flipped classroom', an educator can have access to hundreds of lesson ideas, teacher blogs, and more. One just really needs to be careful to pedagogically evaluate ideas and resources, but if that is done, this can be an invaluable source of ideas and inspiration. Click on the logo to explore Pinterest.