Don't flip out. Flip the Classroom!

Some flips from English 111

Orwell and Hughes, defining moments in the lives of great writers. What made them tick?

http://community.tncc.edu/faculty/dollieslager/Hughes_Orwell_analysis.html

Mon. 10/8
In-class activity: 1] Discuss summaries of the article, and 2] discuss the paragraphs which describe EI behaviors you have witnessed or behaviors which exemplify the lack of EI.

Assignment for Wednesday, 10/10/12, but first a note about the assignment for today. Folks, I gave an easy assignment (above) for a Weds. through Mon. span of five days, but only seven people were ready with it. I told you we would "flip" the classroom and do the hardest work in class--but that means that you HAVE to do YOUR part and make sure you are fully prepared for classes.
By the way, y'all seven folks who were prepared with your paragraphs and discussed them with your colleagues and me today, I have recorded the one-point of credit I had planned to give everyone who had their homework done. You GO! :-) Now, everybody, do the following:

• Revise and correctly document the E.I. article summary which your group began drafting in class last week. I will grade these paragraphs in class on Wednesday while you are drafting your next essay, so you MUST have the summary paragraph or earn 0 out of 3 points possible for this summary.
• View the Goleman video and take notes about E.I. so that you fully understand the concept.
• Look for examples of behaviors which exhibit emotional intelligence, or the lack thereof, in face-to-face situations (perhaps at your workplace, at home, in social settings); OR on television (e.g., a news analysis program, a favorite TV show); OR online (I saw more video titles about E.I. when I found the Goleman video).
  • Following is an interesting example from Youtube that we can discuss in class: Terry Tate, Office Linebacker. ;-)
  • Or these two scenes from the popular TV show, The Office:
    • The new boss (red plaid shirt) has his staff together for a "team building" experience
    • The Wheel of Chores
• Draft a paragraph describing the situation you have chosen to analyze and discussing why it exhibits Emotional Intelligence or exhibits a lack of Emotional Intelligence. In the analysis, be sure to indicate which characteristics or aspects of E.I. are evident (or are evidently lacking).

Weds. 10/10
In-class activity: 1] Turn in your summary of the Emotional Intelligence article, 2] discuss the paragraphs which describe EI behaviors you have witnessed or behaviors which exemplify the lack of EI., and 3] begin composing your Emotional Intelligence essay.

Assignment for Monday, 10/15/12:
Follow my instructions for writing a researched essay on Emotional Intelligence. It is due at the beginning of class on Monday, 10/15.

Some Flips from Dev. English

Monday 2/20/12 and Tuesday, 2/21/12
In-class Activity: Identifying the thesis statement and the "showing" details (Power 3 sentences) in the essay, "Succeeding Against the Odds."

• The marked copy should look something like this one, where the concrete desctriptive details are highlighted in yellow and the eplanatory text is in white.

Assignments for Wednesday 2/22/12 and Thursday 2/23/12:
Draft a one-pager (at least) telling about someone you know personally or have known personally who, by your definition, has succeeded against difficulties. This person could be YOU!

Video resources (somewhat) related to our study of neuronal development during learning (these may prove useful when revising the brain development essay):

• Anatomy of a Neuron (note, "synaptic cleft" = "synaptic gap")
• Neurons: How They Work
• Synaptic firing is much like a spark plug firing
• How the Brain Works (during learning)

Brain devdelopment during learning: http://community.tncc.edu/faculty/dollieslager/NH_Brain_dev.htm

The Nothing Box: According to Mark Gungor, men's brains and women's brains work differently. Hmmmm . . . .

Some Flippin' Resources

"The Flipped Classroom Infographic: A new method of teaching is turning the traditional classroom on its head" Graphic article on flipping

The Flipped Classroom (a site at Northern Colo. U.)

"Teachers Use Technology to Flip Their Classrooms"

Goanimate your lessons, or have your students do them!

Ted Talks tell all!