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Every day 7.2 million students
walk into classrooms

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throughout the United States.

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These classrooms generally
look the same;

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30 students sit in rows of desks
taking notes

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in their notebooks while the
teacher stands

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at a whiteboard teaching
the lesson.

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Regardless of ability level,

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each student receives the exact
same information at the exact
same pace.

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As Ms. Jackson presents
the same material,

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students respond differently;

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Tommy gets it,

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while Allison is bored
and Maria is lost.

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At the end of the day these
same students head home.

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While at home they sit at
the kitchen table doing

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their homework and try to
remember what Ms. Jackson said.

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Students like Tommy make it
most of the way through the homework,

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while others like Allison find
it easy and fly through it.

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At the same time,

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students like Maria get frustrated 
and need some extra help.

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Ms. Jackson recognizes that
students have different needs

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and would love to work
individually with each student,

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but this requires time
and resources

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that her school does not have.

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One solution to this problem is
the flipped classroom;

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here's what it looks like.

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While at home students sit in
their rooms watching videos

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of the lesson that Ms. Jackson
assigned.

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Tommy is still able to
work at his normal pace.

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Allison is no longer bored
because now she can use

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this new technology to fast-forward 
through the easy material.

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And Maria is no longer
frustrated

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because she can review the
material

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that she didn't understand by 
pausing and rewinding.

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When she really gets stuck,

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she can get help from
her classmates.

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New technology platforms
like Moodle and Edmodo

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make it easy for her to chat
online with her classmates.

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Just as the homework
is different,

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the classroom is
different at well.

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Instead of standing in front
of the room speaking,

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Ms. Jackson walks
around the room.

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She checks in with Tommy as he works
collaboratively with some students.

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She pushes Allison further with
some more challenging work.

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And she helps Maria
with the pieces

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that she still
doesn't quite get.

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In the traditional model the
teacher stands between

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the students and the knowledge,

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but with the flipped classroom
model the students have

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direct access to the knowledge
and the teacher serves

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as a coach, mentor and guide,

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helping the students access this
knowledge.

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The flipped classroom
leverages technology in a

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way that lets both Ms.
Jackson and

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the students make the most of
their time and efforts.