I think the whole thing can be flipped. Assign the lectures as homework. Do the homework in class. This is exactly how Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org

I think the whole thing can be flipped. Assign the lectures as homework. Do the homework in class. This is exactly how Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org/ https://www.khanacademy.org/) is structured. Technology opens up entirely new teaching methodologies. We should be encouraging mastery of concepts rather then praising good marks on tests. What does getting 80% on a test mean. It means there was 20% you didn't know. I sure hope that 20% wasn't important. When you consider that concepts build upon each other that 20% deficiency compounds pretty quickly. It leads to students thinking they are stupid when maybe there was just a concept early on they struggled with and never mastered that has caused them to stumble from that point forward. I breezed through High School only to later stumble with high level university Math courses. Khan Academy has helped me correct this problem and I think it should be integrated into the school system. It demands mastery, it is addictive to use (earn points, achievements) and it standardizes the lecture quality. Being able to watch a great teacher on video and having control of the pace (fast forward, rewind) is a much better use of time then copying notes off a blackboard. Teachers can have a dashboard view of how all of their students are doing and exactly what concepts each student is struggling with. Smart students can take it as far as they want without being slowed down. Students that are struggling can get help in a much more constructive way (and can stop being convinced they are stupid). Teachers can use class time to actually help the kids learn something. Pair students who excel with the ones that struggle and use them as tutors. Make the classroom a collaborative experience. That's where I think things need to go.