Flipped Classroom

    One tip I got from Todd off of his webinar from 5/7/14 on Flipped Learning was that as long as the students are learning in the classroom and watching his videos, homework does not exist or matter. This was something that really stood out to me because I could not agree more. Teachers are always assigning a bunch of homework to students every night of the week and it can get overwhelming. Not only does it get overwhelming but also if someone was a little "iffy" about the lesson in class, the homework will be just as hard for them. By Todd assigning the videos for his students to watch and them doing their WSQ or KWL after, allows him to see who is doing their work and then seeing what the students did learn and what questions they had. It was amazing listening and watching his slide show about all of the different things he does with flipped learning in his classroom.
    If I could ask Todd a question, it would be, how does he think of all of his assignments and lessons ahead of time? I know in the video he said how easy it  was to flip math and science, but I was curious to why it was so easy, does he have a certain way of doing it all?
    After watching Todd's webinar I am definitely more inclined to use Flipped Learning in my classroom. I would love to teach art, so I was thinking I could post videos on art lessons of me doing tutorials for assignments. Then, students coming in the next day already knowing what to do and having their questions already typed up or written down on a piece of paper for me so we could use the whole class time to be working. It would be a fun way to teach students lessons and techniques used for the art class; by watching me I think they would have a better understanding of lessons and classwork.