Indiana District Experimenting With "Flipped Classroom."

The Pendleton (IN) Herald Bulletin (4/26, Palmer) reports that a number of students at Pendleton Heights High School in Pendleton, Indiana, are learning using a "flipped classroom" model, in which "students watch video lectures, or 'vodcasts,' made by their teachers from home, whether it be on YouTube or the school website. Then, they return to class the next day expected to use the knowledge they've learned to complete assignments, quizzes and labs. 'The real benefit of it is when they're (students) trying to learn content, they have the teacher to help them,' Principal Mark Hall said." The piece notes that educators in Colorado devised the approach, and that it has been spreading across the country.