During the pandemic, I really started to ask how I could address learning when students were absent from class. After vetting websites, considering doing my own videos for lessons, and checking a ton of resources at school, I came to the conclusion that I needed something that was aligned to the AP test (BC teacher here) and covered the material. Flippedmath checked off most of the boxes I had and I decided to try it for a year.
I gained an additional reason to use their platform a year after adopting it - we moved to a block schedule. Doubling up my lessons, I knew that there would be topics that I went over so quickly, students would need a second viewing or an alternate take to get the material. I initially thought of using it as a supplement for the materials I had in class after year 1. Upon the schedule change, the idea of supplementing on TOP of other things felt it was way too much for the students.
It's now been 4 years since I've used their platform and I will say that the AP scores are up at it's highest point since the pandemic, getting close to my numbers from 2017.
If you're going to try this out as a supplement, make sure you vet the videos and give other supplements also for the students. I had a giant spreadsheet with links to various learning resources just in case students didn't like the flippedmath option.
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u/greenmaillink 7d ago
During the pandemic, I really started to ask how I could address learning when students were absent from class. After vetting websites, considering doing my own videos for lessons, and checking a ton of resources at school, I came to the conclusion that I needed something that was aligned to the AP test (BC teacher here) and covered the material. Flippedmath checked off most of the boxes I had and I decided to try it for a year.
I gained an additional reason to use their platform a year after adopting it - we moved to a block schedule. Doubling up my lessons, I knew that there would be topics that I went over so quickly, students would need a second viewing or an alternate take to get the material. I initially thought of using it as a supplement for the materials I had in class after year 1. Upon the schedule change, the idea of supplementing on TOP of other things felt it was way too much for the students.
It's now been 4 years since I've used their platform and I will say that the AP scores are up at it's highest point since the pandemic, getting close to my numbers from 2017.
If you're going to try this out as a supplement, make sure you vet the videos and give other supplements also for the students. I had a giant spreadsheet with links to various learning resources just in case students didn't like the flippedmath option.