The most common questions I get about flipping my classroom are all around the tools I use to deliver content to my students. It is an important question to consider, but it shouldn't be the first one. That is why I deliberately started this blog series with a big picture overview of the "why" of flipped teaching , and followed it with a post on finding good content. Once you have those components in place, you need to decide on a good tool or platform for delivering that

This year, I decided not to post my classroom rules or consequences. I know, it sounds counter productive, but stay with me here. My initial assumption about the students’ other classes was confirmed: it was the rules and consequences “pony show”. I asked my students to help me create the way our classroom operates using our school’s four keys to success. Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Involved. I started by asking them to respond to the following prompts on co