Flipped classroom

I think the flipped classroom is a great idea. It enables teachers to utilize classroom time more efficiently and have a more direct impact on answering questions or leading discussions. By using video and audio online to teach students at home and using the class time to clarify and help the instruction teachers are able to double their impact on the students. The video benefits students because they can use it as a tool for learning, they are able to pause, rewind and re-watch the videos so that the instruction can be fully understood. In the future I plan to use the idea of the flipped classroom more and more once I am comfortable with my teaching technique.

2 Blogs:
History=http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/mission-dialogue-christianity-wake-indian-independence-audio  while both of these podcasts are meant for higher education classes, they offer great advantages to both students and teachers. The podcasts featured by Oxford offer an in depth look at India in the wake of British control and they can teach a great deal on the subject. While this particular podcast is a bit advanced for students in high schools, there are many more in the internet that can be used with great success, the trick is finding an accurate, detailed, credible podcast to feature in the classroom.
Other=http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/intergenerational-justice-what-do-we-owe-future-generations-hilary-term-seminar-series-2011  this podcast examines our decisions in the past and present and the effects they will have on our future generations and the planet. This is more a human behavior and sociology theme but ties closely with social studies and social sciences. This podcast could help my students better understand the decisions we have made and the consequences of those decisions.