Instead of learning grammar in language arts class, Poornika Moniandy, learns grammar in the comfort of her own home.

Moniandy participates in what is known as a flipped classroom, which is where instead of the teacher going over material in class, they make videos or audio clips that the students can watch at home. The students can then use class time to ask questions and get help from the teacher.

Moniandy only uses this style of classroom in her ALAR/P II class. “It’s a new concept that I haven’t been exposed to before,” Moniandy said. “I personally prefer learning directly instead of through media.”

Moniandy said there are no consequences to not watching the videos but the students do have to complete a quiz in relation to what the video was about.

“Most people don’t watch the videos,” Moniandy said. “I feel like a lot of people already know the rules themselves so they don’t want to watch the videos.”

Lauren Williams, ALAR/P II teacher, heard about the flipped classroom from other teachers and some workshops she attended.

“I heard mostly about how it allowed students to take their own time with things and speed it up so I like how there was a little bit more student choice,” Williams said.

Her students can access the videos on Google Classroom and watch them however many times they please. Williams said she thinks her students like this new learning style and it’s very helpful especially before test.

“I think they like [the videos] quite a bit. I know a lot of students use the videos to study and I like that they can do that because obviously I can’t go home with them,” Williams said. “Their grades have been higher on grammar this year so I’m pretty happy with it.”

Dr. Cathy Farrar, science teacher, plans to use the flipped classroom later this year with her AP Biology students.

“What I’m currently doing is trying to create a series of review videos that they’ll be able to watch on their own at home because we will not have time to review for the AP test,” Dr. Farrar said.

Dr. Farrar said she had known of the trend for quite a while but she only decided that it would be a good fit for her students last year.

Although she hasn’t used any videos for her students in AP bio, Dr. Farrar does teach a statistics class at Quincy University that uses the flipped classroom the majority of the time.

“When I grade their homework, I talk them through what they did wrong and they seem to really like it,” Dr. Farrar said.

While the “flipped classroom” is a fairly new trend and hasn’t been integrated into many classrooms, students may be seeing a lot more of it in the upcoming school year.