Flipped Classrooms?

After reading "What Is The Flipped Classroom Model And Why Is It Amazing? (With Infographic)" on Forbes and "Things You Should Know about Flipped Classrooms", I understand that the concept of a flipped classroom is one that takes away most, if not all in-class teacher lectures and puts them instead online in video format. This is to allow for more classroom time for the types of assignments that in a "normal" classroom setting, students would normally be doing at home or outside of class time. These things include projects, discussions with peers, and other hands-on activities. The Forbes article included pros and cons, as well as the other article. It is important to take into consideration the fact that some students may not have the tools to be able to easily access these video lectures. This can make learning either more of a difficulty or impossible for some. Additionally, the Forbes article mentions that teachers would easily be able to have online assessments that they can have students take in order for them to monitor how well the students are doing in grasping various concepts. I didn't think this was an overly strong argument for a flipped classroom because as we learned earlier with the idea of using computers for testing, students are likely to cheat or use the internet to come up with ideas or facts for them instead of really proving whether or not they have learned anything. As the "Things You Should Know about Flipped Classrooms" article mentions, it would take more time on the educator's part to record and upload all of the lecture videos for their students. However, I think this could be done and I really like the sound of the benefits associated with a flipped classroom. These benefits I like are: more one on one time with the teacher, ability for students to have more time to understand concepts before moving on with the rest of the class at the same pace, more time for communication between peers and teacher, the ability for students to still learn if unable to make it to class, and for easy access for parents to be involved directly with ongoing class functions. These are the sorts of things I would love to include in my classroom. Depending on the school I teach at someday, perhaps Macbooks will be standard issued every year to students so they will all have access and eliminate that problem of flipped learning. Either way, I think there should still be a balance between what students do on technology and what they experience in the classroom. Maybe we could have a "partially flipped" classroom instead?