Week 7: How Do I Flip My Classroom?

What is a Flipped Classroom? What does it mean to Flip My Class? What can "Flipping" do for my students?  

Have you ever asked yourself these questions?  Flipping the classroom is more than creating videos to replace your content.  Watch these two videos made by teachers to help understand the what and why of a Flipped Classroom.

  

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How to Get Started

There are a variety of tools you can use to create your flipped lessons.  Here are just a few:

• Screencast-O-Matic - This free screencast tool is a great option if you are using a computer (PC or Mac). You are able to record everything that's happening on your screen, along with your voice over and then save into a video file that you then share with your students.  The tool can be run straight from the website but will run smoother if you download and install onto your computer.
  
  
• Explain Everything - This is another great tool for creating screencasts using your iPad.  It is an interactive whiteboard app where you can quickly and easily capture your lesson through writing or drawing, import your Powerpoint or Keynote presentations, add other videos and then easily save your video to Google Drive where your students can access.
  
  
• VideoScribe - Create animated whiteboard style videos using this tool that you download on your computer.  The introductory video above by Stacey Roshan was created using this tool. There is a monthly subscription cost but have a 7-day trial offer if you'd like to try it out. 

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Advanced Tips

Supplement your flipped lessons with formative assessments to help gauge where your students are with the content.  Here are a few options to explore:

• Socrative
• Kahoot
• Polleverywhere

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Other Resources

Connect with other educators and access flipped classroom resources, including example lessons: Flipped Learning Network

Read this article on Screencasting to Engage Learning

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Your Task

Download and install one of the screencasting or whiteboard tools and try it out.  In the comments below, describe how you might use one of these tools to create a flipped lesson.


Upcoming EIL Summer Workshops:

Thinking about using Explain Everything to create your flipped lessons?  EIL will be hosting an Explain Everything workshop session on Thursday, June 30 from 10:30am - 12:30pm or 12:30pm - 2:30pm.  Click here to sign up!

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