JOURNAL REVIEW 32Journal Review 3 – Technology: Differentiating Instruction by Flipping the ClassroomSummaryIn the article,Technology: Differentiating Instruction by Flipping the Classroomby DelSiegle (2014), the author discusses how flipping the classroom can differentiate instruction forgifted and talented students.The article’s author is head of the Educational PsychologyDepartment in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut and past-presidentof the National Association for Gifted Children.He also directs the Three Summers and onlinemaster's degree programs in gifted education.The author’s vast knowledge and educationalresearch in the best ways to teach and motivate gifted students make him an authority on thesubject.One of the most popular trends in instructional technology does not involve newtechnology; it involves changing the way classroom instruction and homework are managed byreversing the traditional order of delivery (Siegle, 2014).The work that has traditionally beencalled classwork, usually a lecture, is accomplished at home by viewing teacher-created videosand what has traditionally been called homework, often assigned problems, is done in class(Bruder, as cited in Siegel, 2014).There is not just one way to flip the classroom, and somedescribe it as a mindset rather than a method (Siegle, 2014).“The flipped classroom allows
