Lesson #1

Lesson #1

Due to technical difficulties and connections to YouTube at school (Uploading the video), today's video will be delayed. I plan to have it up by 4:45 P.M. later today. This gives us a chance to realize that this is what happens in the real world, don't worry I have a plan B. I will put all of the content on this post and allow the students to view this introductory video and start working with the assignment that will not be due until Thursday. That gives us enough time to adjust and I promise I will find more solutions to make sure this will become a consistent and reliable form and method of doing our homework.

First the Knight in shining armor is going to do an introduction:


And now the Presentation as a PDF. That means a document that lists everything that will usually be on the video. This also gives me a way to help those that do not have the internet or a computer at home with the same material.

Coming ASAP give me a second it is downloading. . . Okay back to Plan B Here is a link to the PDF File
Lesson 1 PDF You don't need to sign in to use this link, just click and view or download.

Okay now plan C, since Plan B was taking so long:

The Flipped Model

Welcome

http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/brentfanchar/

This will be an exciting year. To introduce the classroom this year, you will become very familiar with a new concept in the coming months. Mr. Fisher's classroom is about to be "Flipped." As this is an introduction, you will get a glimpse of what it will be like in the third grade room.
You will hear more about it, but Mr. Fisher is changing the way you will be doing some of your work. Instead of doing homework sheets every night with little or no instructions, you will need to follow a video. This video will demonstrate the basic concepts, demonstrate examples and basically teach a lesson that you (the student) would normally be taught in school. With those lessons you will then come back to school ready to do the assignment in class. This "flipped" paradigm as it is being called will be more empowering to the students, the parents will be able to understand the homework, and this will allow Mr. Fisher to help students quicker and more effeciently.

To quote some brief statments "The Flipped Classroom isn't a methodology. It's an ideology. (Brian Bennett)." It means the flipped classroom philosophy is fluid and adaptable. It means that when done the right way, it can positively impact student learning regardless of the subject or classroom (http://danielvspencer.org). You are welcome to learn more about it: (Here is a Wikipedia Introduction). Monday morning Mr. Fisher will upload the first introduction to this "Flipped" Model and will show you (the students) what is expected and what you will have to do.

Mr. Fisher
Please visit this blog to be ready for the first video: http://fisherflip.blogspot.com/

The Flipped Classroom

Welcome to Mr. Fisher's Third Grade Flipped Classroom

Expect our class to be a little bit different, and expect to challenge yourself.