While trying to make the concept of slope differentiated for all my learners,
I created a Tic Tac Toe board for students to pick three activities in a row that fit their learning styles.
What I inadvertently created was a flipped classroom of sorts of some of my students.
Using the helpful video websites, they watched the videos at home
And then practiced the skills under my watchful eye.
When mistakes in their thinking and understanding came to light, we were able to quickly correct these and move on.
Wow.
I sure didn't see that coming.
But how cool!
Moving forward is a good thing. If you don't move, you become stagnant. If you become stagnant, you smell. (I'm going with a creek bed analogy here...stay with me). "It Is What It Is" helps us to keep our sanity as we try new things, but at the same time we should never settle for "what it is". We should constantly reflect and learn to move our teaching and our student's learning to higher levels so the classroom doesn't turn stale.

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