11- Bursting Bubbles
The semester has started and I’m already sprinting full speed to keep up. My grand vision of having all my video lectures recorded before the first day of class (so I could spend more time focusing on improving the ACTIVITIES…
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Shadowing Trauma Surgeons
My last week in Sacramento, in addition to trying to pack and get everything back in my car, I was sent follow a resident in the Emergency Department. This service is especially difficult because its patients range from the mentally…
9- Attendance
Concerns about student attendance is one of the arguments I’ve heard against flipping. Why would students bother coming to class if they can get all the content on their own time? Unfortunately, my lecture attendance did drop in my flipped…
8- DO Something!
Figuring out how to motivate students to come to class prepared is the first half of a successful flip. Figuring out how to keep them motivated by providing meaningful activities during class time is the second half of the challenge.…
7- Do Online Lectures Work?
It can take some serious momentum to motivate the filming of your own video lectures to flip a class. But once the commitment is made, I think it is important to periodically monitor the student experience with the online lectures.…
Shadowing: Plastic Surgery
After multiple shifts with plastic surgeons in the OR they take over after mastectomies or other cancers are removed. They are called to the Emergency room to evaluate superficial , I appreciate not only their physical skill, but the variety of…
Summer Travels, part 2
Here’s a fun scientific thought for you. A beer can (or soda can) one-third full of liquid will stand on its indented angle. The new fad in several microbreweries is to have glasses shaped like beer cans because it’s familiar…
6- Being BRAVE
As educators, we are used to being vulnerable. We stand in front of crowds (and sometimes very big crowds) of humans and explain what we know. We guide the ship, so to speak, and if we make mistakes, they are…
Summer Travels, part 1
It’s nice to have the summer to travel. For the past few years, I’ve spent most of the summer break driving around the US, visiting family, friends, and points of interest. I can be a workaholic during the school year,…
5- Recording Flipped Lectures
In the last post, I talked about the many different ways to flip a class. When I decided to flip my classes, I spent a lot of time thinking about my student population and what form of the flip would…