1.Flipping an AP Statistics Class Joel Evans jevans3@hatboro-horsham.orgwww.hatboro-horsham.org/evans

2. http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom 3. My Story This is my 2nd year teaching AP Statistics. We useThe Practice of Statistics 2e My school is on a block schedule. The AP Statsclass is a year long course, however in the Fall, wemeet every OTHER day for 80 min. In the Spring, wemeet EVERY day for 80 min. Last year, I taught using a traditional style. In-classlectures followed by practice problems, or groupactivities. At the end of each semester, we are required to giveour students a class evaluation survey. The numberone complaint both semesters, was that I used toomany powerpoints. 4. This year I decided to try a flipped classroom model for atleast the first semester. After the AP Exam last year, I went back and tooka long, hard look at all my notes and powerpoints. First, I converted them to the Cornell Method (yetanother initiative at our school! Dont get mestarted!) Then, I revised my powerpoints to ensure thatthey matched the notes pages. (Last year, I waspulling powerpoints and lecture notes from allover the place, so they were a bit of a mish-mash) 5. This year Next, I use the recorder feature of the SmartNotebook software to record my lectures. Iborrowed (stole) a headset with a microphone fromBob Lochel. I also use an Intellislate, which allowsme to write on the powerpoints as I am talking. I upload my videos to two places: 1. YouTube 2. Screencast.com I then post them on my website 6. YouTube Pros: Probably the easiest of any to get started. YouTubeallows for easy distribution. Cons: Initial user accounts have a 15-minute limit which then gets bumped up as you build your videolibrary. Also, YouTube doesnt allow for downloads, nor does it providean RSS feed for the iTunes store.Screencast.com Pros: Free account for new users with 2GB ofstorage and 2GB of monthly streaming bandwidth allowed. It alsoprovides an RSS feed so you can submit your library to be distributedthrough iTunes. You can also organize by folders to share somecontent, but keeping other content private. Cons: If you have a largeviewership or a large library, 2GB might not be enough. A paid accountis $100/yr and upgrades to 200GB monthly bandwidth and 25GBstorage space. Also, the RSS feed is only for the 15 or 16 most recentuploads, so iTunes only holds the most recent items rather than theentire library.Vimeo Pros: HD video, no upload length limits, and no bandwidthlimits. Cons: You can only upload 500MB/week. If you have a heavyweek of posting, you might not be allowed to post your content. Therehttp://www.brianbennett.org/learn/teachers/flipping-the-clasare also issues with the RSS feed to iTunes, so posting in the store can 7. How does it work? Using Chapter 6 as an example. I handed out the Notes packet before Christmasbreak and their only assignment was to watch the3 Probability Videos and take notes to be readyfor class last Wednesday. On Wednesday, I opened the class with theSpinning Coins activity that I got from Doug Tysonat ATMOPAV. Then I had them do 8-10 problems from thetextbook with their groups while I circulated.Their HW was to finish the group problems and Ithrew in a couple of more problems. 8. How does it work? The rest of the chapter will be modeled the same way. Every class has a portion of the period devoted totextbook problems The rest of the period, will be spent doingFRAPPYs, interesting group activities, STATOgames, SMART Response reviews, etc. HW will be a few selected textbook problems. 9. What have I learned? It is a lot of work, but I love not lecturing in class! Kids take more and better notes from the videos. Shorter videos are better. I try to keep mine toless than 20 minutes. I am not always successfulwith that. Humor works well. Kids favorite video so far wasmy review of Exponential Growth. Check it out. 10. Whats next? Make videos for Chapters 7 12. Instead of lecture videos, start switching to demovideos. For example, a 2 proportion z-testproblem from start to finish. Posting on Edmodo and having kids comment onthem. SCARY!! Having kids make their own videos? Write a grant to purchase CAMTASIA and setup aflipping studio for our Math Department. 11. Helpful sitesAn article on 4 free tools that can be used with flipping.http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/12/12/4-no-cost-tools-for-educators.aspx?admgarea=Features1Teacher websites from people way moreexperienced at this: http://www.brianbennett.org/ http://www.youtube.com/user/BabelMath?feature=guide http://www.youtube.com/user/mporinchak/videos