The document discusses flipping the classroom using iTunes U. Flipping the classroom involves providing direct instruction to students outside of class through online content and using class time for practicing and applying learning. iTunes U can be used to curate, organize, host and provide access to content for students outside of class. The document provides information on setting up an iTunes U course and discusses student and teacher experiences with using a flipped classroom model along with iTunes U.

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Flipping the classroom with
iTunes U
Jonathan Pratt, Assistant Head of School for Academics, Foxcroft Academy

2. What’s flipping?
✤ Traditional classroom
✤ In class: teacher provides direct instruction to students
✤ Out of class: students practice / apply learning
✤ Flipped classroom
✤ In class: Students practice / apply learning
✤ Out of class: teacher provides direct instruction to students

3. Why flip?
✤ Asynchronous instruction
✤ Freedom of time & location
✤ Rewind & fast-forward
✤ Facilitated application
✤ Individualized assistance
✤ Student collaboration

4. How to flip?
✤ Create and/or curate content
✤ Organize content
✤ Host content
✤ Ensure student access to content

5. Flipping with iTunes U
✤ Curate existing content
✤ Organize content
✤ Host content
✤ Enable access to content

6. Curating with iTunes U

7. Organizing with iTunes U

8. Hosting with iTunes U

9. Accessing with iTunes U

10. Public Site Manager
✤ Institutional enrollment at https://eduapp.apple.com/
✤ No requirement to have public courses
✤ Benefits for institutionally affiliated teachers
✤ Unlimited courses (public or private)
✤ Unlimited students (in private courses)
✤ Unlimited storage

11. Course Manager

12. Student thoughts...

13. Student thoughts...

14. Learning with iTunes U app

15. Access iTunes U via iTunes

16. Access iTunes U via iTunes

17. Multi-dimensional flipping
✤ When students are doing more projects in the classroom...
✤ Teachers gain better understanding of how each student learns...
✤ iTunes U content ecosystem can lead to a “flip” along another axis...
✤ In <-> Out flip leads to Teacher Centered <-> Student Centered flip

18. Final thoughts
✤ Flipping instruction from in-class to out-of-class is the easy part
✤ Shifting mindset and skill-set to use class time for project-based
learning is a significant challenge
✤ Student-centered classrooms can be “messy” and “chaotic”
“The transition is a difficult one, and I think once you’ve transitioned, it still
always takes a lot more work, reflection, and patience than traditional
models, but it’s definitely worth it.” - Shelly Wright (@wrightsroom)

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Thank you.
Mia Morrison is here with me to answer questions about using iTunes U in the classroom.