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   Rick Yonker March 23, 2012 at 8:58 am Reply

   Where can I see some examples of your flipped lessons/videos?
   I teach biology and environmental science. Do you know of anyone who is flipping their env. sci class?

   Thanks!

   Rick

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     flipperteach March 23, 2012 at 12:59 pm Reply

     Hi Rick,

     you can check out my You Tube channel at
     http://www.youtube.com/user/cdurley1000, also on my channel check Paul Anderson’s channel he is a master of screencasting. I personally do not know of any Environmental Sc. teachers but a good place to start is the Flipped Classroom Ning http://vodcasting.ning.com.
     Hope that helps,
     cheers,
     c

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   Rick Yonker March 24, 2012 at 11:32 am Reply

   Thanks for the information! The websites (including your youtube) are very helpful.

   Rick

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   Rick Yonker April 1, 2012 at 6:36 am Reply

   Do your students take notes as they watch your videos? Do you have video note worksheets?

   Thanks so much for your help!

   Rick

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   Jim Rowley May 1, 2012 at 5:02 am Reply

   Hi Carolyn, I left a response to another of your posts. Could you share your no points for homework ideas as well as your thoughts and ideas for assessments that are not tests. What options you give your students instead of the traditional test. Thanks. Great blog.

   Jim

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     flipperteach May 1, 2012 at 5:33 am Reply

     Hi Jim, no “homework” given as in assigned to do and hand in for grading. There is work for learning. But have really moved away from assigned work. Have formative assessments. check in and check points. Still give tests (assessments) but all are re-doable (students have to apply for a re-do).
     Not sure if that is what you were after?

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   Jim Rowley May 1, 2012 at 6:41 am Reply

   Thank you for your response. I read in your blog a post referring to different possibilities for assessment. I was interested in what you had your students do. Glad to make a connection with you. How do you approach the idea of work for learning. What does that look like and how do you make it happen?

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     flipperteach May 1, 2012 at 7:26 am Reply

     Hi Jim, I do many formative learning opportunities, and have changed my assessments drastically (ie dropped all MC q’s) and moved to a focus on the big ideas. But I still give assessments.

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   Life is More Than Theory October 20, 2012 at 6:36 pm Reply

   Curious about your complete elimination of multiple choice on tests. Too simplistic? Not well written? Too easy to guess?

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     okmbio October 20, 2012 at 7:22 pm Reply

     I wanted to be able to generate many tests quickly, MC take a long time to write (really good ones). Wanted to focus on big ideas of Bio and not the small fragments. Wanted Ss to have a way to show what they know; wanted assessments to be about what Ss know instead of highlighting what they did not know. I did not want to worry about cheating (if u talk to Ss, there is a ton going on in most MC tests). I wanted to introduce open internet testing. I wanted to read what Ss thought.
     Some of my many reasons!
     c

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   boadams1 January 3, 2013 at 3:47 am Reply

   So many great “assessment literacy” points here in just these exchanges. Thanks, Carolyn.

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