You guys are pretty lonely in your 'flipped' PLG. But I think that you've actually chosen one of the best professional learning that you can do. I'm a big fan of the concept of flipping the classroom and joined a PLG at my previous school on this topic.
The learning that you will be doing will be primarily on technology (actually getting learning online). But I think that there are much much larger implications on your learning. Actually I think that you're both very suited to this PLG as you now have both post graduate qualifications (Leon - Regan has just finished off a MEd). So I think that you'll appreciate that flipping classrooms is really about deeply understanding the way students learn in a classroom (and how our traditional chalk and talk can be improved upon).
I think that the first things for you guys to do are...
- Have a look online for flipped classroom experiences. I recall some online qualifications that you can get for free from US university (it is the university that that Maths teacher was associated with - the link was on the original kamar).
- Create a youtube account - I've done these before pretty easy. Best if you have a smart phone as then you can directly save your video straight to youtube ready for your students.
The best advice that I can give you is to jump into flipping. Probably you'll spend a week or two looking at what it's about but unless you actually put yourself out there. I surveyed my classes and found one that was keen. I remember them saying "ha ha you'll go viral" - never happened - but the quality of the conversations/learning/communication in my classroom greatly improved.
Cheers J
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