Flip Your Classroom & Digitize Your Content

Flip Your Classroom &
Digitize Your Content

“Flipped Learning is a pedagogical
approach that shifts direct instruction
from the group learning space to the
individual learning space.” –Flipped Learning
Network

Allowing for direct instruction to
happen individually allows for a
more collaborative, interactive
atmosphere to flow during class.

Students are able to learn at their own speed, re-watch
                                       the core concepts as many times as they need, and use
                                       the time in the classroom to apply that knowledge.

                                       Learning Culture - The Flipped Learning model shifts
                                       instruction to a learner-centered approach, actively
                                       involving students in their own knowledge construction.

                                       Intentional Content – What concepts lend themselves to
                                       flipped learning? The teacher determine what must be
                                       taught and what students can/need to explore on their
                                       own. **Not everything needs to be flipped.

                                       Professional Educator- Teachers during flipped learning
                                       should be observing students, providing relevant
Note: not every concept can or         feedback, and assessing their work.
*should* be flipped. However, front
loading concepts allows for students
to spend more time engaging and
practicing, allowing you, as the
teacher, to meet students where
they are and support them.

The traditional flipped model requires students to
complete video lessons as homework. But what
happens when homework isn’t completed regularly,
OR you know a student doesn’t have internet access?

There is another method called the “in-class flip,”
which is centers/stations, that will be the best method
for most students.

Flipping gives more individualized time for students,
allowing for a personalized learning experience for
each student.

Flipping the Classroom
   Tool #1: EdPuzzle

EdPuzzle is a video platform where teachers can find
or upload videos, embed questions and comments,
add their own audio, embedded during a video,

EdPuzzle allows teachers to re-use content available
on the EdPuzzle platform, YouTube, and Khan
Academy.

Teachers can also record their own lesson and
upload it to EdPuzzle!

Using EdPuzzle, students can learn at their own pace,
and you can hold them accountable with embedded
questions throughout the screencast/video.

Students receive immediate feedback on multiple
choice questions, so they can see if they understood
the content present.

Let’s Experience an EdPuzzle Video as a
Student…
           National Geographic Gulper Eel

Upload or create your own
video! You can also create
folders to keep everything
organized.

         You can also search
         from any of these
         resources

Creating Your Own Video Lesson
                                 Don’t judge me or my
                                 Christmas wrapping
                                 paper back there—this
                                 is a video I had
                                 accessible, so I
                                 uploaded it (lol).
                                 There are three
                                 options—you can cut a
                                 video, add a voiceover
                                 (a good idea if you are
                                 using someone else’s
                                 video), and embed
                                 your own questions.

When you’re
                    These are the                finished editing,
                    types of questions           this is your menu.
                    you can add.                 You can choose
                                                 to assign, share,
                                                 delete, etc, and
                                                 you can edit your
                                                 privacy settings.

                                  These are
                                  the events
                                  added to my
                                  video, and
                                  the interval
You choose the
                                  at which
stopping point to
                                  they’re
add a question or
                                  added.
note.

Using an Existing Video

Assigning to Your Class

You can use the link to create a QR code
for seamless use with littles on iPads, send
the link in a student e-mail, or embed the
link right into your Canvas class.

Below is student progress—You can see how well students did on the assignment,
and even when the assignment was turned in.

                                                                Note: Because of Act 837, I
                                                                would use student aliases for
                                                                student logins.

Flipping the Classroom
  Tool #2: Nearpod

Nearpod is the tool that does it all seamlessly!
We will try a lesson together!

Creating a lesson in   1.   You can add your own files—PowerPoints,
                            PNG, PDF, or Google Slides. You can also

two ways!                   add a multitude of activities

#2: Nearpod’s Huge Content Library!

This is one search using fifth grade science and the NGSS. This search yielded so many results, and these
resources could be used to front load content in a station, review of prior learning, skills practice, or all
three.

Assigning a Nearpod Lesson in 3-2-1.
             Hover over the lesson you’ve saved to your Content Library, and choose
             Live Participation + Zoom, Live Participation, or Student-paced mode.

             In a flipped lesson, you would want to choose student-paced mode.

             If you are differentiating, you can modify a lesson, and assign different
             student-paced lessons to different students. They’ll just have their own
             specific join code.

I assigned the lesson, students
completed it, NOW WHAT?
                                             These were reports from 3 separate
        After students have completed the    presentations I completed for PD.
        lesson, you can access each lesson   Two were live in-person, and one
        in the reports tab, which can be     was embedded on my Blackboard
        found in the menu on the left hand   page (which is why the session was
        side of the dashboard screen.        started at 2:04 AM haha).

Sample Report…Because Data.

The Silver edition of Nearpod, which has TONS
of features, is 100% totally F R E E! If you
complete a short “Nearpod Certified
Educator” webinar, you will get access to try
out the gold edition of Nearpod for free for
6 months.

This really is one of my very favorite tools. I
love it so much, I just haven’t been able to
make the switch to Peardeck.

Flipping the Classroom
       Tool #3:

What is Flipgrid?
1.   “Flipgrid is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion
     experience for learners and families.” –Flipgrid, 2021
2.   It is part of the Microsoft Family (and easily integrated
     with Nearpod!).
3.   Flipgrid’s mission is to “Empower Every Voice.”
4.   Getting started is simple! You can register with your
     Microsoft (or Google) credentials. If you log in with
     Google or Microsoft credentials, you’ll be prompted to
     ask for your Community Type. As you can see, Flipgrid is
     a pretty versatile tool.

Creating a Group
• You’ll start by creating a group. There are a few options here. Do you want a group for
  each class, or if you teach the same content, do you maybe want you third period science
  and your fifth period science discussing together?
• For the 2020-2021 school year, there was special permission given, so we could use Flipgrid
  with student PII. I am not sure if that’s still the case. If it isn’t, students can cover their
  faces with emojis or a blurred filter.

A CoPilot is someone who has access to the same group to create topics, approve comments, etc. Basically, a
partner teacher.
A join code is what a student enters when they go to the Flipgrid website. I made mine easy…Unfortunately, my
kids always misspelled Reulet. 

Topic Responses:

Ideas for Flipgrid
Integration:

1.   A TikTok Challenge. I challenged my fifth graders to
     create a TikTok-style educational video to explain what
     they knew about water pollution. **I always model for
     my students, so they know what to expect. I even
     added the “TikTok” logo and a fake @ to get students
     excited about participating. One student didn’t want to
     show her face, so she just added text and narrated her
     answer. I’ve had other students who didn’t want to talk
     and only added words…I always let students lead here.

Idea #2: Social-Emotional Learning

Flipgrid is THE tool that got my virtual students and I through the isolation of virtual learning. I did many
topics like this one, where I just asked students to tell a joke, or tell their favorite memory, etc. It was a
morning meeting of sorts.

Idea #3: A FlipHunt Research Project

                     For this assignment, I made a separate group
                     and called it “Jamestown Research.” Students
                     had to find the answer to each individual
                     question. We did this over a period of several
                     days, so students were able to research and
                     answer as they went.

Idea #4: Virtual Presentations
                    Flipgrid has the “screen record” feature
                    now, so while some students explained
                    using their face, other students screen
                    recorded their presentations.

Giving Feedback

1.   Students and teachers can leave comments on
     individual videos. You, as the teacher, have the
     option to moderate those comments by having
     comment and video approvals on. Flipgrid did have
     the ability to give rubric-based feedback, but
     that feature is going away in August. However,
     you will be able to add private video and text
     feedback that only a student will see!

Questions?

Please don’t hesitate to reach out!
E-mail: Katelyn.reulet@cpsb.org
Twitter: @kreulet2

https://www.edutopia.org/video/flipped-
           class-flipping-everyone

Further
Reading:   https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-05-
           07-what-why-and-how-to-flip-your-
           classroom

           https://www.edutopia.org/blog/flipped-
           classroom-in-class-version-jennifer-
           gonzalez