Catch you on the flip side

"Aren't you supposed to be doing your homework and not watching videos?"

"But mom, this IS homework!"

This is a conversation I have with my mother at least once a week.  Homework isn't all about worksheets or readings in the text book anymore.  The flipped classroom is changing the game of education.  

With a flipped classroom, teachers are able to provide instruction while students are at home and work on homework during school hours.  In the article Flipping Your EL Classroom: A Primer it states "learners gain control over their learning. Learners have the power of the pause button to control the videos. Learners who get lost in class as the teacher explains more quickly than they can process can now stop the video and review. They can use the Internet to research issues the video may have raised."

Since the students are learning the main instruction outside of the class, they are able to have more time with the teacher to clarify confusing topics.  

In the article Three Reasons to Flip Your Classroom, the author mentions that "Flipped classroom adopters state that the approach is not about the videos, but about the best use of class time."   Since the students already received instruction through the flipped video, students come to class ready to contribute and collaborate.  This gives the teacher to implement more in-depth projects and debates.  The teacher can also assign work that would usually be for homework.  This way he/she can see the students at the moment frustration or confusion appears.  Students receive immediate feedback and