My Flipped Adventure in Teaching (Part 2)

As I mentioned at the start of my last post, I am a planner and a list maker.  I like the research process and seeing all of the possibilities.  My husband and I are notorious for our vacation planning down to which restaurants we’re going to try out while we’re in a new place.  The problem is that sometimes you can become crippled with the planning process.  Sometimes, you just have to jump in and try something and make changes as you go.  I’ve worked hard to make my path towards completely flipping all of my classes equal parts research, application, and reflection.  If you’re in the research portion of your journey, here are some of the resources I have found useful along the way.

Books:

• Flip Your Classroom: Reach every student in every class every day-  I think this is my 3rd time mentioning this book!
  
• Flipping 2.0 - Very, very highly recommend.  Extremely practical advice and real world applications.
  
• *I plan on getting this as soon as it’s available in June 2014- Flipped Learning: Gateway to Student Engagement
  

Twitter Chats:

• #flipclass (Mondays at 8pm EST)
• #sschat (Mondays at 7pm EST)
• #psychat (Wednesdays at 9pm EST)
  

EdCampNYC

• If you haven’t been to an EdCamp, do yourself a favor and check one out!  I’ve been to EdCampNYC twice and it has changed my educational life!
  

Websites/Apps:

• Flipped Learning Network and Ning 
  
• EducatorsTechnology.com
  
• Edudemic  
  
• Zite- With this app you can make your own categories and Zite will bring you information from around the web and then cater it to your needs/likes.  I use this app almost daily to keep up with what’s new in education.
  

Blogs:

• Flipped History- This is the blog that is guiding me most in the mastery portion of my flipped adventure. 
  
• Flipping My Spanish Classroom  
  
• Flipping with Kirch 
  
• US History Educator Blog- The focus of this blog isn't flipping but it is sometimes discussed as well as educational technology.
• Not Another History Teacher- An awesome educational technology blog with a focus on social studies.
  
• I recently just stumbled upon the following: A Flipped Approach and Student Centered History 
  

LMS Groups

• Schoology Flipped Classrooms
  
• Edmodo Flipping Your Classroom 
  

YouTube:

• Hip Hughes History  
  
• Katie Gimbar’s Flipped Classroom FAQ   
  

Hopefully some of these resources will be useful to you also as you make your own journey towards a flipped classroom.  Stay tuned for my final installment of my flipping story---how I decided to move to a flipped mastery model for my Psychology classes!

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