Flipped Classroom

       Hi everyone, today I am going to mention about the process of prepearing flipped classroom video. I worked with  Zeynep Naz İnalkaç on this assignment. Firstly let me clarify what is flipped classroom. It can be identified as an educational and pedagogical method where instruction or lectures take place in an individual learning space instead of a group learning space. Basically the definition of a flipped classroom is the reverse of the traditional method. I want to to share that we decided option two which is ''creating a vocabulary teaching video for 5th grade''. After that we determined the vocabulary for 5th grade level.Then we planned the content of the video. We chose the unit ''my town'' and seven vocabulary related to this unit. We talked about how we are going to present and teach the words we chosen. We watched some videos about the vocabulary teaching for young learners on youtube to be inspired. We used the page animaker to design the video. We tried to make it more fun and interesting for children in 5th grade by adding some animation to the video. It took a little effort at first because it was not an application we had used before. We had trouble adding voice record to our video due to some technical problems, but we overcome this issue by trying it from various devices. It was actually a different activity and experience and sort of stressful one. But at the end we made it, prepeared and submit on time. So let me touch on some benefits of flipped classroom. It can be stated that flipped classroom has many advantages such as it enhances learning, engages students in the process, emphasizes self-directed learning and encourages self-assesment of learning. On the other hand, there are some drawbacks of course. It can be a challenging experience for non-tech-savvy teacher and easily hampered by the unavailability of gadgets or good network. Beside that, it can create a digital divide which is something we are not looking for. The last one is increased time in front of screens instead of people probably the worst for me.

        Actually that is all I have to say. I hope you learned something new while reading and you enjoyed at the same time. See you in my next one stay tuned. Byee for now.