The keynote
speakers are considered the pioneers of Flipping
Learning. Come along and meet them.
 | Aaron
Sams has been an educator since 2000 and is currently the Managing Director of FlippedClass.com, co-founder of The
Flipped Learning Network™, and is an Adjunct Professor at Saint Vincent College. He was awarded the
2009 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching and was a
Chemistry teacher in Woodland Park, CO and in Hacienda Heights, CA. Aaron also
served as co-chair of the Colorado State Science Standards Revision Committee
and serves as an advisor to TED-Ed. Aaron co-authored Flip
Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day and Flipped
Learning: Gateway to Student Engagement. He frequently speaks and conducts
workshops on educational uses of screencasts and The Flipped Classroom concept.
He advocates inquiry-based and student-centered learning environments in which
students are encouraged to demonstrate their understanding in ways that are
meaningful to them. With experience in public, private, and home schools, in
both face-to-face, online, and blended learning environments, Aaron brings a
unique educational perspective to any audience. He is a lifelong learner,
reader, maker, and explorer. He holds both a B.S. in Biochemistry and an
M.A.Ed. from Biola University. |
 | Jon Bergmann is considered one of the pioneers in the Flipped Class movement after successfully flipping his own classroom and sharing the teaching model with other educators. He and fellow flipped pioneer Aaron Sams, wrote the first book on the subject, Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day. Their second book, Flipped Learning: Gateway to Student Engagement, was released July 2014. In 2002, Jon received the Presidential Award for Excellence for Math and Science Teaching, and was named Semi-Finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year in 2010. Jon is a co-founder of the Flipped Learning NetworkTM, a nonprofit organization that provides teachers with the resources needed to implement flipped learning (http://flippedlearning.org). Additionally, Jon serves on the advisory board of TED Education, and hosts “The Flip Side,” a radio show which tells the stories of flipped educators. To learn more about Jon and flipped learning, visit http://flippedclass.com |
