The "Flipped Classroom"

Grade 10 Science. Seems like a simple enough topic to teach right? Wrong. During my first student teaching placement I volunteered to take over a Grade 10 Science classroom because I figured the material couldn't be too complex. Very early into my teaching I found that trying to recall material that I haven't so much as thought about in seven years proved to be rather difficult. In order to brush up on my balancing chemical equation skills I turned to the trust Khan Academy videos on YouTube. After my student teaching I never really thought about those videos again, that is until today. I began to dig deeper into the Khan Academy, its foundation and pedagogy. Founder Salman, presents the idea of the "Flipped Classroom" where the students learn at their own pace and level while the teacher acts more like a tutor than a lecturer. This style of learning is dependant on a teacher who is semi tech savvy, and having a one-to-one student to device ration would be ideal (one can dream!). It is more than likely that I will never implement Salman Khan's strategy to its fullest, although I am looking forward to playing with it in my next placement, at the very least re-teaching Grade 6 math to myself. Any who what made me think of this was the fact that every single video is licensed under Creative Commons which allows teachers to ease their minds about copyright issues in the classroom and I strongly urge all teachers and future teachers to check it out!