Flipped-Learning Toolkit

Thinking about flipping your classroom? Flipped-learning pioneers Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams walk you through the steps you need to take to make blended learning a reality.

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  Rethinking Space and Time
  Flipped learning gives teachers in-class time to support students on challenging material, provides early warning when they don't understand, and encourages them to ask questions. The first step: re-imagining your classroom space. 
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  Overcoming Common Hurdles

  Flipped-learning videos must encourage students to interact as well as watch. Here are seven low- and high-tech strategies to make sure this happens.

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  Is Flipping for Everyone? 

  Discover how some teachers have creatively applied the flipped learning model to increase quality class time in PE, woodworking, dance education, and elementary classrooms.

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  Formative Assessment

  In the flipped classroom, more direct instruction time with students allows for formative assessment throughout the unit. Learn how to quickly determine who understands the work, who's struggling, and who hasn't even watched the video.

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  Which Tech Tools Are Right for You?

  Four content-creation tool categories -- screencasting, tablets, document cameras, and video cameras -- will help your students take flipped learning outside of the classroom.

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  Getting Stakeholders on Board

  For parents, students, and administrators to make flipped learning a success, they must understand the best possible outcome and their roles in making it happen.

More Edutopia Resources for Flipped Classroom and Blended Learning

• Read More About Flipped Learning

  Video lectures at home? Homework in class? Welcome to a new world of active learning, where teachers can be there when students need them. Visit Edutopia's Flipped Classroom page for all of the best Edutopia resources on flipped-learning techniques.

• Read More About Blended Learning

  Flipped-classroom techniques fall under a style of teaching called blended learning. Learn how to combine face-to-face instruction with technology-facilitated classroom exercises here. 

• Should You Flip Your Classroom?

  Not sure if flipping the classroom is right for you? Read about the pros and cons in this article by Ramsey Musallam.

• Classroom Management and the Flipped Class

  The flipped classroom casts a different light on classroom management issues, as teachers rethink one-on-one time, off-task students, freedom vs. control, and parent expectations.

• Watch Salman Khan on Liberating the Classroom for Creativity

  In this video, Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, talks about how blended learning can give teachers more time to focus on creative thinking, help struggling students succeed, and encourage collaborative education.