Ward,+Flipping_Round+2

=Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers in a Flipped Classroom= include component="comments" page="Ward, Flipping_Round 2" limit="10" 1) Break down into steps the process of adding mixed numbers. 2) Watch video demonstrations on the lessons, need to address what questions to ask, wait time, telling them how to use the videos. 3) Students write questions to explore the steps. //Ongoing:// explore if posting questions anonymously change the questions. 4) Students will view videos of other students solving a problem and will respond with whether the student did it right or if not, what they did wrong. 4) The students practice in a collaborative way how to solve problems. 5) The students use technology to create a video, song, cartoon(Go animate), glogster to share with the class. 6) Students use a self-assessment and a team rubric to assess themselves and determine their grade. Questions they ask, collaborative problem solving, creative product ||
 * **Title**: ||< Adding Mixed Numbers ||
 * **Subject**: ||< Math ||
 * **Grade**: ||< 6th grade ||
 * **Time Frame**: ||< 2-3 days ||
 * **Summary:** ||< The student will learn the algorithm to add mixed numbers and share the process for adding fractions with others. ||
 * **Tasks**: ||< I have got to figure out a solution on Access to Computers.
 * Be sure to highlight opportunities for students to practice/employ an "early adopter" or lifelong learning skill ||
 * Objectives: ||< * Adding Mixed Numbers as well as breaking down the parts of LCM for finding a common denominator, using GCF to simplify. ||
 * Assessment: ||< How will you assess the students learning?
 * Resources: ||< * Computers and programs for creativity, good class questions. ||
 * **Teacher**
 * Reflections:** || **Update on all the steps listed above:**

Well, I did the best with the access problem. Made sure that the kids knew about the library hours as well as myself and the other 6th grade teachers are available before and after school for computer access. With about 16 kids, I issued textbooks and give them their assignments out of there.

1) We did video the kids doing problems, but they all got them right so there was not much to analyze. It took some doing to get the videos into iMovie, then QuickTime, then youtube. But I learned how and this will help the process on all my videos. 2) With creating the videos, I'm doing better asking questions, telling them when to pause and start back up. Still adjusting the flipcharts to address the fact that it is being videoed. Can continue to improve in this area. 3) The kids prefer posting anonymously because they "don't want others cheating off of them". We had a long discussion about how there was improvement from the first posting to the last. Don't like it. Do not want to collaborate. For now, I am just accepting their submissions inside their profile not as a posting. I have included in examples all the Student Generated Word Problems Compliled in Edmodo. 4) Made many student videos, but they did not do them wrong, so I included them as examples for others to watch on Edmodo Assignment. 4) Students worked with each other to come up with "better questions" than what they originally wrote. My appraiser loved this and thought there was significant rigor and relevance. 5) I assigned the kids a project with total freedom of choice, they chose the format, the topic, and whether they wanted to work as a team or individual. 6) The kids self-assessed based on an "i-Rubric" rubric, I assessed them on i-Rubric, and their classmates assessed each team with feedback.


 * What went well:** Using the technology is definitely getting better both the creation and the kid's usage. Gathering kids work, whether it be word problems or projects in Edmodo is the way to go. By flipping the lessons, I am getting so much more out of classroom time and we are able to do so much more. I'm learning lots of new tools and resources like i-rubric.com.


 * What is challenging:** Videos still freeze and kids still don't always do their assignments. Still working on the collaboration issue. This is new to many kids, don't know how to or don't want to. Some projects have the technology, but the math is wrong or incomplete. Makes you wonder if they get the basics of how to do a problem.

Student Project for Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Renaming Student Glogster Student Generated Word Problems Compiled in Edmodo [|Student Glogster] [|youtube video] ||
 * What I am going to do differently:** I am trying to make longer videos and putting them as a link to youtube. I will use educreator on the i-pads to capture student work. Upon reflection with the students, they needed more class time for the projects because there was not enough technology for everyone who wanted to us it and they had to share in the class periods they had. They liked the rubrics and giving and getting the feedback. Next time, I will require a project templete where they have to explain how they are going to teach their lesson and I will require examples to be "approved" by me. This will take extra work and effort by me, but will develop into a better product. ||
 * **Examples**: ||< Video Showing Students Doing Problems and explaining.

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