Getting+Ready+For+the+Flip

If content is delivered outside of class time, it is up to the teacher to provide the students with opportunities in class to //**place the content they learned into context**//. Many teachers struggle with the "extra" class time that is created by removing direct instruction from the classroom, and do not know exactly what to do with their students. These in-class "activities" (for lack of a better term) must:

1) help support the student understanding of the stated learning objectives,

2) be designed to help students process what they have learned and place the learning into the context of the world in which they live,

3) be engaging to the students, yet flexible enough to allow students the ability to process and produce in a way that is meaningful to them. Possible in-class work could include:


 * student created content
 * independent problem solving
 * inquiry-based activities
 * Project Based Learning

Some teachers have asked why //**videos**// are necessary if they have engaging class work for their students through which students can learn. Not all material is suitable to be taught through a video lesson. If you have something for the students to work through that does not require direct instruction through a video, then do not make a video. We should never use a tool (in this case a video) just for the sake of using the tool; we should use the tool because it is the right tool for a particular job.