Flipped Classrooms

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Flipped Classrooms
(YouTube, CBS News, 2014)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY7B3k95JqU
Finally tonight, a new way for school kids to do their homework and perhaps a ray of hope for the parents
who frequently get called upon to help. Dean Reynolds takes us inside the flipped classroom.
At Warren Township High School in Gurnee, Illinois, science teacher Collin Black helps kids (to) do
homework in class and sends his lectures home. Black and others who’ve embraced what’s called “the
flipped classroom” condense their lectures into a brief, home-made and often light-hearted video.
Visible light is actually the smallest, teeniest, tiniest part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Students can digest the information outside of class whenever they like. The next day, they get their
questions answered and apply the lesson with the teacher in the room.
-I can talk faster in the video ‘cos I don’t have to slow down for the kids that ... (to) make sure they’re
catching it and ...
-Because they can pause…
-Right, they can pause it, they can rewind it, so I can talk faster and they can pick up that information
quicker.
Freshman Haley Dorsey echoed that point.
We’re able to, like, pause, and then go back, and, like, go over stuff that we don’t really understand. The
videos are nice. I actually like them. They’re much easier than what we used to do last year.
Jerret Cossy is another freshman.
It’s really nice, to go home, go look on the YouTube channel and, you know, watch the videos.
Because you’re moving slower, they’re moving less.
The question I like to ask, is what’s the best use of your face-to-face class time?
Educator John Burgman along with partner Erin Sams came up with the flipped classroom concept,
originally designed for football players who missed class while on the road.
We have school backwards. We’re sending kids home to do the hard stuff. We send them home to apply,
and analyse and synthesize content, and they can’t do it!
Perfect!
And then when they come to class now in a flipped classroom, the difficult tasks: application, analysis
and synthesis happen with the expert, the most important person, the teacher, present.
Three percent of teachers are flipping classrooms now, eighteen percent have expressed interest, and
twenty-eight percent of school administrations want to do it.
I can challenge the people who are doing really, really well and help the kids who really are struggling.
No matter what, I would say every day now I talk to every kid.
For Collin Black the flipped classroom is right-side up.
When you see a kid who’s been struggling and then they understand it, that, that’s what does it.
And for a whole group of young minds.
CBS News, Dean Reynolds, Gurnee, Illinois.
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Vocabulary
01. a ray of hope
02. get called upon to help
03. the flipped classroom
04. a lecture
05. sends his lectures home
06. to embrace
07. light-hearted
08. teeniest, tiniest
09. they get their questions answered
10. ‘cos
11. to slow down
12. to make sure they’re catching it
13. they can pause
14. they can rewind it
15. they can pick up the information
16. freshman
17. we’re able to, like, pause
18. and then go back
19. to go over stuff
20. I actually like them
21. than what we used to do
22. along with partner
23. came up with
24. who missed class while on the road
25. we have school backwards
26. to do the hard stuff
27. who are struggling
28. no matter what
29. the flipped classroom is right-side up
30. that’s what does it
une lueur d’espoir
sont demandés / sollicités
la classe/leçon inversée
un cours magistral
envoie ses cours à domicile
(ici) adopter
amusant
le plus riquiqui, le plus minuscule
ils ont les réponses à leurs questions
contraction orale de « because »
ralentir (ici, parler plus lentement)
pour être sûr qu’ils comprennent
ils peuvent arrêter la vidéo / mettre sur ‘pause’
ils peuvent remettre en arrière / rembobiner
ils peuvent capter, saisir l’information
étudiant de première année (ici, du lycée)
équivalent de ‘genre’ glissé sans raison dans
des phrases ! (langage oral)
et puis revenir en arrière
revenir sur des trucs
en fait je les aime
à ce que nous faisions / étions habitués à faire
avec / accompagné de son partenaire
a suggéré, a eu l’idée
qui manquaient l’école quand ils étaient sur la route
nous faisons l’école à l’envers (de la mauvaise
façon)
faire la partie difficile
qui luttent = rencontrent des difficultés
quoiqu’il arrive
la classe inversée est à l’endroit
(=la bonne façon de faire)
c’est cela qui fait son succès
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Flipped Classrooms
(YouTube, CBS News, 2014)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
Finally tonight, a new way for school kids to do their homework and perhaps a _r______of _h_________
lueur (d’) espoir
for the parents who frequently _g______c_______u_______ to help. Dean Reynolds takes us inside the
sont demandés / sollicités
flipped classroom.
At Warren Township High School in Gurnee, Illinois, science teacher Collin Black helps kids (to) do
homework in class and sends his _l____________ home. For Black and others who’ve _e_____________
cours magistraux
(ont) adopté
what’s called “the flipped classroom” condense their lectures into a brief, home-made and often
_l_______-h____________ video.
amusants
Visible light is actually the smallest, _t__________, _t__________ part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
la plus riquiqui
la plus minuscule
Students can digest the information outside of class whenever they like. The next day, they get their
questions answered and apply the lesson with the teacher in the room.
-I can talk faster in the video ‘cos I don’t have to _s_______d_________ for the kids that ... (to) make
ralentir
sure they’re _c______________ it and ...
comprennent
-Because they can pause…
-Right, they can pause it, they can _r__________ it, so I can talk faster and they can _p_______u______
revenir en arrière / rembobiner
saisir / capter
that information quicker.
_F______________ Haley Dorsey echoed that point.
Etudiant(e) de première année
We’re able to, like, pause, and then go back, and, like, _g_____o________s___________ that we don’t
revenir sur des trucs
really understand. The videos are nice. I actually like them. They’re much easier than what we used to
do last year.
Jerret Cossy is another freshman.
It’s really nice, to go home, go look on the YouTube channel and, you know, watch the videos.
Because you’re moving slower, they’re moving less.
The question I like to ask, is what’s the best use of your face-to-face class time?
Educator Peter-John Burgman _a__________w_______ partner Erin Sams _c______u____w__________
avec / accompagné de
ont eu l’idée
the flipped classroom concept, originally designed for football players who _m_________c_______ while
ont manqué l’école
on the road.
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We have school _b_______________. We’re sending kids home to do the _h________ stuff. We send
à l’envers
difficile
them home to apply, and analyse and synthesize content, and they can’t do it!
Perfect!
And then when they come to class now in a flipped classroom, the difficult tasks: application, analysis
and synthesis happen with the expert, the most important person, the teacher, present.
Three percent of teachers are flipping classrooms now, eighteen percent have expressed interest, and
twenty-eight percent of school administrations want to do it.
I can challenge the people who are doing really, really well and help the kids who really are
_s___________________.
rencontrent des difficultés
_N_____m_________w_________, I would say every day now I talk to every kid.
Quoiqu’il arrive
For Collin Black the flipped classroom is _r_______-s________u______.
à l’endroit
When you see a kid who’s been struggling and then they understand it, that, that’s what does it.
And for a whole group of young minds.