Why an Educator is Flipping Colorado’s Classrooms

Tenth grader Chance Hansen, 16, watches a video presentation about chemical compounds Feb. 6 at Vista Ridge High School in Falcon School District 49. Chemistry teacher Jennifer Gray’s classrooms emphasize coaching, not lecturing. She follows the flipped classroom model, which leverages instructional technologies to compile electronic archives of video lectures. Digital innovations are helping her transition assignments typically considered homework into classwork.