Using Technology To Flip The Classroom / ideastream - Northeast Ohio Public Radio, Television and Multiple Media

Using Technology To Flip The Classroom / ideastream - Northeast Ohio Public Radio, Television and Multiple Media

Schools have gone through numerous changes over the past century, but the basic setup of the classroom has stayed the same --- teachers lecture at the front of the room and kids complete assignments based on that material for homework. Now, thanks to webcams and YouTube, some Ohio teachers are using technology to record their lessons and assign them for homework instead. It's called the flipped classroom, and ideastream's Michelle Kanu reports it's another example of how technology is changing the way teachers teach and students learn.