Reflection to Todd Nelsoney's Flipped Classroom

Wow, after watching Todd's tutorial on a flipped classroom I feel so much more knowledgeable on the concept. Its hard to just think of one tip I learned from him. So,I combined the key pointed that I learned from the tutorial. Here is the link :http://www.sophia.org/tutorials/flipped-class-webinar-with-todd-nesloney-091713, if you would like to watch what I did and reflect on it. He uses a blended model of the Flipped classroom by having the students watch short videos ( no longer than 6 minutes ) and then come in and join into a group of 4 students. The students read their summaries and answer each others' questions. Sometimes he has the group choose the best summary and they read them aloud to the whole class. I learned that the projects or assignments do not need to be graded in order for the students to have success. Another tip I learned from Tod is the no video no fun policy. If a student does not watch the video, they have to come in and watch the video and then do a group of worksheets on the concept. The students are engaged and excited in coming to his Math class and when the students are excited to go to class the teacher is doing a grade A job. I would definitely use this in the classroom after he told me that his students progressed by having a flipped classroom. I want to teach but I want to engage and excite my students and now I know how to - Flip my class! I love how he has his students create their own video and how he shares it with the world. I had this idea right away when I first heard of this concept. This is a great authentic way to assess your students. Todd made some great points throughout his whole tutorial and he gave some great advice. I want to buy the book "Teach like a Pirate" now and I will definitely look into Remind 101 for my future classroom. If I were to ask Tod a question it would be about his content, "Do you use the text book content to help guide your instructional videos?" I am sure he would have a great response to this question. Now that I think about it, I notice that tonight's class was totally FLIPPED! How do I know this? Well, First I watched Tod's tutorial on "Flipped Classroom". Then, I summarized what I learned in my Blog. Lastly, I created a question to ask Tod. I just did a W-S-Q and didn't even know it until now! Personally, I love this concept and I can't wait for my teaching position to implement it! Even if I am a Language Arts teacher I will incorporate it at least once a week. Technology is advancing and I love how teachers are becoming "with it" by adapting to the student's interests in the new technology.