Flipped Classroom and Time

Today I read an article in District Administration on "Maximizing PLC time to flip your class" written by Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams. One of the challenges all educators face is time. So when we ask teachers to create a flipped class, some may feel it is an additional task to complete in addition to the many other tasks (lesson plans, grades, calling parents, etc.). In this article, the authors note the use of PLC time to complete a flipped class. Teachers found through collaboration they presented "to their students in a manner that was better than it would have been had they done it alone." Through the creation of collaborative flipped class videos, several benefits were found, including: creating better content, quality and excellence, reflection, and use of technology.