The document discusses Bryn Mawr Middle School's use of technology and exploration of the "flipped classroom" model. Key points include: 1) Faculty currently use tools like Google Docs, Prezi, and VoiceThread, and teach basic Microsoft Office skills. 2) The school is exploring the flipped classroom model, where students watch video lectures at home and work on homework and projects in class with teacher guidance. 3) Student feedback on early flipped classroom experiments was positive, with 80-90% liking the approach and saying it helped their understanding.

1. BRYN MAWR MIDDLE
SCHOOL
New Ways of Teaching and Learning

2. CURRENT USES OF TECHNOLOGY
BY FACULTY
• Google Docs across the curriculum
• Web 2.0 presentation tools (Prezi, VoiceThread)
• Continuing past work of teaching basic skills in Microsoft Office
applications
• Research work (searching effectively, citations, etc)
• Professional Learning Communities and Professional Development
• Exciting working in exploring “Flipped Classroom”

3. FLIPPED CLASSROOM
• What is it?
• Bryn Mawr Professional Development

4. EDUCATIONAL “CHATTER”
“. . . teachers say flipped, or upside-down, classes offer greater control of material and more face time with
students.”
“Flipping the classroom. . . has made her students more independent, less-stressed learners, because for
many students, the hardest part is applying the lesson to problem sets.”
- “Flipped Classrooms take advantage of technology” USA Today 7 October 2011
“Children (or adults, for that matter) need no longer feel ashamed when they have to
review part or all of a lecture several times. So they can advance at their own pace.”
- “Flipping the classroom: Hopes that the internet can improve teaching may at
last be bearing fruit” The Economist 17 September 2011
Flipped classroom teachers almost universally agree that it’s not the instructional
videos on their own, but how they are integrated into an overall approach, that
makes the difference . . . students can’t just “watch the video and be done with
it” . . . as the year progresses he sees them asking better questions and thinking
more deeply about the content.
- “Online instruction at home frees class time for learning” Education Next
Winter 2012

5. EXAMPLE OF SCREENCAST

6. 80% of students rated Yes, I'm not having as much trouble with the math work in class anymore,
thanks to the videos at home that I can always go back and watch when I'm
between 8-10 when getting stuck. Notes help a lot too!
asked how they like
the “flipped” system
Yes. I find it much easier to learn the lesson at home and actually do the work here. So,
we are less likely to forget the questions we had.
90% said they Yes, instead of doing problems at home and being confused, we did problems at school.
Friends could help you and also Mrs. Stevens went around asking if anyone had
questions.
would like to
continue
STUDENT LEARNING

7. STILL WORK TO BE DONE
As we continue to explore this idea, we will need to
explore . . .
- how to use in-class most effectively
- how do/can you mimic that valuable face to face
time when exploring an idea
- boosting in-class enrichment work to best take
our students to the next level
- continuing to be aware of (and meeting the needs
of) a variety different learning styles
- how flipping needs to meet the teacher's needs
and the needs of the lesson