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Monday, July 2, 2012

#ISTE12: 60 web tools in 60 minutes (Brandon Lutz)

Presenter:
Brandon Lutz

Website:

60in60.wikispaces.com
blutz01@gmail.com
blutz01.wikispaces.com
@blutz01

Notes (from presenter in bold, from me in italics):

http://60in60.wikispaces.com/60in602012ISTE (find link to these tools, Prezi used to present, and lots more. Prezi also embedded at end of blog post or can be found here)

Are you ready to be overwhelmed? Rather than go through all the webtools (you can view the prezi or the actual presentation I saw here http://www.isteconference.org/2012/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=69995931&selection_id=77415345&rownumber=1&max=49&gopage=) I am just going to make notes on the ones I am thinking about using.

I would highly recommend going through the Prezi and/or video presentation simultaneously as Brandon does a great job of succinctly saying what the tool is (summary) and how it can be used in the classroom (teaching relevance).

60 web Tools in 60 Minutes Cheat Sheet

http://60in60.wikispaces.com/

1. Videolicious http://videolicious.com/

2. Prezi http ://prezi .com/

Web-based, similar to PowerPoint, but cooler. I don't think I ever want to assign my students a PowerPoint again - Prezi it is! The nice thing is, you can import PowerPoint slides into Prezi if they are already created!

3. Poll Everywhere http://www.polleverywhere.com/

4. Edmodo http ://www .edmodo .com/

I already use Edmodo (have for the last 4 years, you can connect with me here: http://www.edmodo.com/mrskirch). It's a great tool for communicating with students, parents, and other teachers. I would say most of my readers come from the Flipped Class groups on Edmodo...lots of sharing/ideas going on there. The codes for the Edmodo groups are here: http://flippingwithkirch.blogspot.com/p/help-with-flipping.html)
Edmodo has a lot of other features if you want to use it to organize content, submit assignments (paperless!), or send out other information in a private way (students must have group code to join). I will be using Edmodo in conjuction with my class blogs (kirchmathanalysis.blogspot.com is starting to get up and running now, kirchalgebra1.blogspot.com won't be ready till the end of summer) next year - edmodo for communication purposes and the blogs for posting content. I got sick of my students "forgetting" their password or "not being able to find" videos or worksheets online.

5. Present Me http ://present .me /

6. Flubaroo http ://www .flubaroo .com/
I saw this in another presentation as well. Not sure how I will use it since I don't do a lot of tests/quizzes that are multiple choice or have one right answer, but it looks like a great tool!

7. Gooru Learning http://www.goorulearning.org/
Possibly a great place to curate content. Kind of confusing at first glance, but I'm sure if I took the time to sort through it I would find some good stuff.

8. Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.com/

9. Kid Zui http ://www .kidzui .com /

10. Little Bird Tales http://littlebirdtales.com

11. Star Fall http ://www .starfall .com /

12. Hippo Campus http ://www .hippocampus .org/
Similar to GooruLearning. Didn't have time to check it out, but it will be on my "to-do" list.

13. Course Hero http://www.coursehero.com/

14. Math Train http ://mathtrain .tv/
Great videos created by kids for kids. Will definitely be a place to curate content this year as well as provide examples for my students of what they should be doing.

15. Side Vibe http ://www .sidevibe .com /

16. Jog the Web http://www.jogtheweb.com

17. Hackasaurus http://hackasaurus.org/

18. Simple Meet http ://www .simplemeet .me /

19. BlockSite (Addon) Firefox https ://addons .mozilla .org /en -US /firefox /addon /blocksite /

20. Class Dojo http ://www .classdojo .com /

21. Mail Chimp http://mailchimp.com/

22. Drop Box https ://www .dropbox .com/
I think I am going to recommend this to my students next year so they don't have to worry about the flash drives! I've been using it since October or so and I love it... I can open any document on any computer. I used to have to get up, get my flash drive, and/or get the computer that the document was created on (we have WAY too many computers in our house!). Now, I can open and edit it anywhere. I love it!

23. dushare http ://dushare .com /#

24. iBooks Author http ://www .apple .com /ibooks -author /

25. Remind 101 http ://remind`101.com /

26. Duolingo http://duolingo.com/
I may just use this for myself to re-learn some Spanish!!!

27. Boom Writer http ://boomwriter .com /

28. Scrible http ://www .scrible .com/
Can annotate, write over, highlight, add sticky notes to a website and then share unique link with students.

29. Paper Rater http ://www .paperrater .com
***English teachers check this out!! So cool!***

30. NBC Learn http ://www .nbclearn .com /portal /site /learn /k -12

31. SpeakPipe https://www.speakpipe.com/
Free voicemail thing you can add to your blog so students can leave voice messages on blog posts.

32. Capzles http ://www .capzles .com /

33. Docs Teach http ://docsteach .org /

34. Useful Charts http ://usefulcharts .com /

35. Desktop QR Code Reader http ://www .dansl .net /blog /?p =256

36. QR Stuff http://www.qrstuff.com/

37. QR Voice http ://qrvoice .net /

38. ptable http ://ptable .com/
***Great for Chemistry teachers - interactive periodic table!***

39. screenr http ://www .screenr .com /

40. anymeeting http://anymeeting.com/
Free webinar hosting (up to 200 people). Can use for video chatroom as well.

41. Jeopardy Labs http ://jeopardylabs .com/
Ha, let's just delete those hours of PowerPoint that so many teachers spent making. This is awesome!

42. Study Blue http ://www .studyblue .com /

43. Pearltrees http ://www .pearltrees .com
Visual bookmark folder. Might be nice for organization

44. Spaaze http ://www .spaaze .com /

45. Free Sound http ://www .freesound .org/
Free site can be used for podcasting (he said so, but I don't see where on the site... didn't look around too much though). Also has lots of cool free sounds - be careful because not filtered!

46. Vocaroo http ://vocaroo .com/
Quick and easy way to record audio file for podcast

47. ifttt http ://ifttt .com /

48. Blabbarize http ://blabberize .com /

49. PhotoSynth http://photosynth.net/default.aspx

50. Jelly Cam http ://www .jellycam .co .uk /

51. ToonTastic http://launchpadtoys.com/toontastic/

52. Producteev http ://www .producteev .com /

53. Reflection http://www.reflectionapp.com/

54. Tweet Chat http ://tweetchat .com /

55. pen.io http ://pen .io /

56. Sumdog http://www.sumdog.com/
Math site that lets students play games with people all over the world.

57. Smore http://www.smore.com/

58. Pinterest http ://pinterest .com /

59. Mentimeter http ://mentimeter .com /

60. Incredibox http://www.incredibox.com
Super fun. Not sure how I would use it in my classroom, but it's really cool. Check it out.

61. SURVEY Please click this link and share your thoughts! http ://tinyurl .com /60 in 6012

ISTE 2012 60 Web Tools in 60 Minutes on Prezi

#ISTE12: Ten Strategies for effective use of iPods in Math Class (Tim Pelton, Leslee Francis Pelton)

Presenter:

Tim Pelton, Leslee Francis Pelton

Website:

Mathtappers.com
Taptapmath.com

Notes (from presenters in bold, from me in italics):

iPods great for individual work, iPads great for sharing and collaboration

I really really really hope I am able to use our new iPad cart next year several times. They are so great for students creating their own videos, and I know there are a lot of apps that would help my Algebra 1 students out in a "fun" way.

Four main purposes of the ipod/ipad in the classroom

Great for exploring, collaborating, consolidating, creating

Getting set

Class sets vs BYOD

Class sets are managed and we don't have to teach a lot of different brands (like graphing calcs). Making sure students don't change settings and stuff
BYOD is good because students are more familiar with them and may not need as much help.

Which apps or resources are you going to use?

If you are using specific apps, sometimes BYOD doesn't work as well because students will have to download app, what if app is only on one device, etc
Some apps keep track of student progress, so you want them to use the same exact device every time

Have devices for students to borrow in this case.

Airserver: a tool to make your laptop behave like an AppleTV. Project a wireless signal for your classroom. $12 program, can run on 5 computers

Establishing routines

Great expectations and respect (students always have to take the same number)
Show and tell
Ask three before you ask me
iPods down, eyes up (iPods FACE down!!)

EXPLORING

let them play (they are going to do it, so give them time at first!!)
Appropriate scaffolding
Manageable challenges
What if?

Teachers shared what they did when students misused privileges. Some teachers went to the extreme that students lost their privileges for the rest of the school year (that's a little too much for me!), whereas others had more reasonable discipline procedures, such as losing it for the day or the chapter.

Share what you discovered

Sometimes students find the coolest things that we didn't even know about - let them share with you and with each other!

COLLABORATING

Paired practice and peer support. Share with each other!
Challenges, look for consensus
Justify your answers and decisions

CONSOLIDATING.

Giving them a chance to become confident with something

1. Centers
2. Individual learning goals

Self directed
Curriculum linked
Mastery, then fluency (it doesn't matter how fast you go if you are not accurate)

This is something my kids struggle with - they want to get it done fast no matter how many they get wrong. With some apps, there are "timers" on them that encourage them to do just that. We need to remind our students that they need to make the best use of their practice time by focusing on mastery and not speed (fluency)

Support assessment

CREATING.

Show what you know

Comic life
Explain everything

I like EduCreations, although I know that Explain Everything, ShowMe, and ScreenChomp all have similar features. I have found that I can just give my students the iPad with EduCreations and they can figure it out. I'm sure they could do the same with the other three apps, there are just a lot more buttons to play around with that might get distracting and have them waste time.

Apply, analyze, and synthesize
Problem solving
Visualize, represent
Coaching
Not explaining to ME, but explaining to someone that does not know!!!

This is something I need to remind my students of when they are making their own videos next year -- they need to include enough description/ oral metacognition to help a student who doesn't know what to do!!!

Overall, this session was focused on using the apps that the presenters created (MathTappers). The apps have some good aspects to them and I could see my low Algebra 1 students using them. As with any app, I think they will be most helpful/beneficial when all students have a device they can be using at once.

#ISTE12: Educational Blogging: Flattening the Classroom Walls! (Linda Yollis, Kathleen Morris)

Presenter:

Linda Yollis @lindayollis
Kathleen Morris @kathleen_morris

Website:

Notes (from presenters in bold, from me in italics):

Two teachers, one in Australia and one in America (Leopold and LA)
Everything is moderated by the teacher...

This is very important for me if I am going to have my students blog. I believe you can subscribe to posts as well as comments. However, I think there is also a way for me to be an "author" on the blog. My only concern with this is that it would become too much work on my part. I would much rather just subscribe to each of my students' blogs and receive updates in my RSS feed whenever a new post or comment happens.

Benefits:

Authentic way to teach literacy skills
Authentic audience from all around the world (use cluster maps)
Global connections
Can integrate Internet safety in authentic ways...discussions about online behaviors and being a responsible member of the Internet community

Parent participation

Family blogging month, virtual volunteers, commenting back
parent skyped in during session: "Better reading and writing skills, friends around the world"

I can see the parent involvement in blogging happening a lot more at the elementary level. I think it's a great tool to keep parents involved and to continue to educate them!

Students EARN their own blogs once they participate on class blog, quality commenting, etc

Start with commenting
Then with posts
Then with own blog (parents or teacher is the administrator of those blogs)

I am still thinking about what I want to do for my students. I think starting by commenting on our class blog is a good place, especially as I am getting to know my students and there is so much to do at the beginning of the year anyways.
In the past, I have thought about assigning posts to students for each day/week summarizing what we learned or the important information. I have always felt like this would be one more thing on my plate to moderate, hence why I haven't done it. I found it easier to just update it myself, that way I knew it got done and the info I wanted dispersed was correct and timely. However, I may consider it this year... we'll see!
I need to look into how to "easily" be the administrator of my students' blogs. It's not like I have an elementary class of 20 or 30. I have almost 200 students. Should I do this with all my students, or just start with Math Analysis this year, maybe doing Algebra 1 for the 2nd semester?

Global project examples

These are all great examples of using blogging to break down the walls of the classroom and connect with other classrooms around the country (and around the world!!) While most of them seem to be best suited for the elementary levels, there are some ideas any teacher can glean from them.

Project 1: collaboration corner (joint blog) http://collaboration-corner.blogspot.com/

Worked on projects together
What's for lunch and meet our school
Tools:

Fotobabble- picture uploading and then add audio to it
Voicethread-
Videos-

Project 2: Ugandan global project http://ugandanglobalproject.blogspot.com/

6 weeks
Every week was different focus topic on the blog
Raised $20,000 for Ugandan school
tools:

Stixy
Dropbox, hash tags on twitter, google docs to collaborate and stay organized
Slideshare
Wallwisher (simple virtual sticky note tool for reflection)

Project 3: our world, our story http://ourworldourstories.edublogs.org/

Weekly topics, six or seven schools from different countries collaborating
Tools:

Sliderocket
Technologies used to connect: Skype!!!

Comment section is where blogs come to life**********

Project four: the tale trail http://mravery.edublogs.org/2012/05/01/taletrail/

Creative writing
Wrote narrative together
One class would write the first chapter and leave a cliffhanger and the next class would pick it up
Made audiobook with slide rocket

How to get started with global collaboration

Comment on other peoples blogs!
Quadblogging.net - over a four week period, one class is focus, other three comment. At end, you can choose to continue with other projects or not
Student blogging challenge
All about building relationships!!
Look for similarities in finding connections (grade level, standard of writing, purpose, etc)
Be genuine! Make a connection with the person you are reading and commenting with
Be consistent
Focus (just pick a couple blogs to be visiting and commenting on)

Our tips for success

Start small. Have goals.
Prioritize. Don't get involved in too many projects or relationships at once.
Integrate. Math, reading, social studies must be integrated... Don't separate them!
Network.
Have fun

Privacy issues

Never use last name
Everything is moderated
Don't have students post personal stuff
Class guideline samples on their blogs
Never pair a face with a name
Check with district

I am still in the process of checking with my district for "rules" I need to abide by. Everyone is on vacation until mid-July, it seems! So, my "blogging ideas" will need to be put on hold until I hear back from them. I don't want to start something and then find out I can't follow through with it.

All of the information from this session was very informative and helpful in thinking about the things that must be considered when having your classes blog. I hope it all works out this year - I think it would be a great "tool" to use in my classes to get my students TWIRLSing even more :)

Friday, June 29, 2012

#ISTE12 - my "Table of Contents"

After a good night's sleep (or two), I think I'm finally ready to look through all the notes, handouts, business cards, websites, and QR codes that I accumulated over my four days in San Diego. I literally have no idea how to make sense of it all, so we will see what this turns into.

The purpose of me blogging through this is for me to make sure

(1) I remember what I heard

(2) I think about what I heard

(3) I consider how I am going to use what I heard.

If you have further questions about anything, feel free to ask; otherwise, I have tried to also get the presenter's contact information so you can contact them directly as well.

ALL TITLES BELOW ARE HYPERLINKED TO A BLOG POST ABOUT THEM

See who else is blogging about #ISTE12 here http://www.isteconference.org/2012/communities/blog.php
ISTE's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/istevideos

ISTE posts to start off...

People I met (Relationships, Connections, and Conversation!) - one of the best parts of ISTE - meeting people, both tweeps and newbies, and having conversations about just about anything.
My Random list of thoughts and resources - this is the "smorgasbord" post of everything random I found or heard about that doesn't really fit elsewhere.

My personal focus for ISTE was to attend sessions on the following:

Flipped Classroom

The Many Faces of the Flipped Classroom (Aaron Sams, Brian Bennett, Jonathan Bergmann, two ladies from Clintondale HS, April Gudenrath, Eric Marcos, Ramsey Musallam, Stacey Roshan, Dan Spencer, Kristin Daniels) and Many Faces of the Flipped Classroom: The Conversation Continues

Blogging in the Classroom

Web Tools

Apps in the Classroom

Differentiated assignments/assessments/products and ideas for the math classroom

KEYNOTES (links to YouTube videos only)

Keynote #1 - Sir Ken Robinson. Redefining Horizons: Encouraging Students Passion to Achieve
Keynote #2 - Dr. Yong Zhao. Defining High-Quality Education
Keynote #3 - Dr. Willit Smits. A time for learning in Action (need to watch VOD)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS (grouped by day)

POSTER SESSIONS (COMING SOON)

Information Fluency: Getting students to Evaluate what they find (Carl Heine, Dennis O'Connor)
Creating an environment for students to succeed using technology (Ben Smith, Jared Mader)

Blog/Podcasts - Audacity
Wikispaces for collaboration
"Be vague"
Kids update class blog on schedule
Have tutorials on website

Top 10 Learning activities for Meaningful integration of Web 2.0 tools (Shufang Shi, Sophia Tan)

CTLT.weebly.com

VoiceThread: Students communicating, collaborating, and loving it (Lisa Butler)
Teachers become movie stars: Muscogee County Educators Make Podcasts (Tony Vincent, Tina Cross, Shawn Cruzen, Richard Green)
Curriculum 2.0: integrating digital age skills into instruction (Katie Hecklinger)
Building the edtech toolbox: Professional learning in bytes (Leslie Perry)
Educational iPad App Database (Kyle Calderwood)

Blog What? Blogging in the middle school math classroom (Jane Germany)
Math Tappers: Apps for iOS device (Leslee Francis-Pelton, Tim Pelton)
Hot iPad Apps for the Math Classroom (Margaret Thombs, Kimberly Frezza, Sara Spellman, Jenny Tsankova)
Algebra 24x7 through the use of iPads (Loretta Asay, Jennifer Andricopulos, Sherwood Jones)
Algebra: The interactive way to learn with HTML5 (Caesar Villareal, Ramon Aragon, Eriberto Castillo, et.al)
Coaching teachers to implement student-centered, technology-rich instruction (Davis Brock, Alice Christie, Kyle Kallhoff)

Making the Common Core Uncommonly Exciting (Jamie Hagan)
Apptivities: Creative Classroom Lessons for your iPad (Jon Samuelson)

ipadsammy.com
@ipadsammy
jsamuelson@eanesisd.net

No Boundaries: Using iPads to Reach English Language Learners (Heather Parris-Fitzpatrick, Lisa Estrada, Laverne Mitchell, Regina Moraitis)
Flipped Math Classroom (Wayne Feller, Kristin Daniel)
Flipped instruction in the language arts classroom (Troy Cockrum)
How can we use geometry to build a game? (Karolina Piedra Segura, Oscar Perez)

WANT TO WATCH V.O.D. (approximate titles) (COMING SOON)

http://www.isteconference.org/2012/program/search_results.php?selection_id=77415345&nocache=1341258376

Monday:

Ignite #1
Elementary Math
Comic Life
Creativity
iLearn
Change
Apps
Creative iPad Apps
Textbook
Smartphones
Digital Work
Google Apps

Tuesday

Blooms
Graphic Inequiries
Applying Apps
Edugames
Ignite #2
Overcoming the Algebra Barrier with Mobile Devices

Wednesday

Digital Content
Media Makers
Mentor Teachers
Multiplayer math gaming
Did they get it? Assessment and Edmdoo
Beyond Literacy
Curators of Knowledge: Students' new role in the digital collaborative classroom
Film Festival
Google Tools
Hollywood Squares
99 free resources and projects for digital age learning

#ISTE12: The Many Faces of the Flipped Classroom

Presenters:

See a picture of all the presenters here!

Thanks to Troy Cockrum, listen to the podcast of this panel here!

The Many Faces of the Flipped Classroom and Many Faces of the Flipped Classroom: The Conversation Continues

Aaron Sams
Brian Bennett
Jonathan Bergmann
Meloney and Dawn from Clintondale HS
April Gudenrath
Eric Marcos
Ramsey Musallam
Stacey Roshan
Dan Spencer
Kristin Daniels

Websites:
flippedlearning.org
flipped-learning.com

Article about the panel here.

Notes (All from presenters except from me in red):

Who is on the panel?

Brian Bennett - Flipped two whole consecutive years high school biology and chemistry
Eric Marcos - Sixth grade public math teacher, Santa Monica
Stacey Roshan - High school math teacher in Maryland. Bullis school
Ramsey Musallam - Sacred heart cathedral prep in San Francisco
April Gudenrath - K-10 IB school in Colorado springs
Kristin Daniels - Tech integration specialist for Nine elementary schools
Dan Spencer - Former teacher, now tech specialist
Meloney, AP at Clintondale and Dawn, director for ninth grade center at Clintondale; School of choice

What is your definition of a flipped classroom?

Integrated, holistic, adaptive, humanized learning
More engaging... It makes sense. Better use of time for students to learn more efficiently and better in the class
A way to transform traditional classroom dynamic, hear more from the students, get some of the stress out of the classroom. Calm, inspiring environment
What does good teaching mean to me... Flipping blooms taxonomy. Lower end blooms at home... Higher end blooms done in community

This will be one of my "focuses" next year when I am presenting the flipped classroom to students and parents.

A way for her to make learning come alive to my students
Applying it to professional development...a way to give teachers what they need to so they can do what they need-want in their classrooms
Flipped classroom PD lets teachers actually USE what they are being trained on
Allowing all teachers and students to learn at their own pace. Individualizes learning. Kids who need more help can go at their own pace and get more help. Kids who want to go faster can.
Helped with lowest level learners and levels the playing field for all - Not just for high level learners
An environment that encourages students to try, to make mistakes, and to think about their learning,
It's just good teaching

What is the use of video in your class?

The one question your kids ask all the time... Screencast it! Even just directions (how to get to google docs)

I am going to do this for lots of basic stuff next year - using Edmodo (gosh it was so frustrating having to re-explain myself over and over again!), project instructions, etc

Thinking about things that will stay the same from year to year... Procedural steps... Those make good videos.
He (Ramsey) doesn't want the first exposure to content to be from teacher. Explore,flip,apply. Videos in response to their misconceptions. When do they need him? After they've had a chance to work with it.

I'm still not a full EFA advocate. I still believe there is importance and value in explicitly teaching math, especially to my lower learners (see article here that supports that). However, I would like to do a little more "previewing" of content this year - that is, having students do some sort of thinking, brainstorming, etc of the content before watching the video. I'm not sure what this will look like yet.

Mathtrain.tv Students make math videos...the kids want to make them! (no ec or grades!)
Could be used to frontload a lesson
Front load a lot of information, offload common questions (MLA format!!)
Hear critical information that is needed for discussions, etc
Students create videos, vodcasts, podcasts... Students have to interact and respond with

What is the bigger picture?

Recognize what is good direct instruction
Videos are a resource, it's just one thing we use
Personalized the learning process because students can choose how they learn
Maximize and leverage the resources we have!

This "bigger picture" is another area I want to focus on this year. This last year, every lesson was delivered via video and students were required to watch my videos. I would like to expand that this year to include other methods of delivery, including textbook, online resources, other videos, etc. At this point, I'm not sure if I'm ready to allow students to have full control over where they receive content - that's a scary step! Right now, I'm thinking I will start the year off with just my videos, and then teach students how to find good content on their own, and then allow them to have a little more choice. We'll see :)

Key benefits of the FC

School was not meeting their needs, they weren't doing hw and it wasn't because they didn't care...they just needed more support. They were supposed to process their learning in an environment that didn't support that.

Another key point I am going to make - I want students to process their learning in an environment that supports it - my classroom!

Students in charge of taking a role in their education
Maximizing learning!!!

TRADITIONAL FLIPPERS

Where do you put the videos in the instructional cycle

PD- front load with video of how to use the tool so PD is actually integrating and implementing tool into their teaching
Dan spencer- videos should be 3-5 minutes (This is a little short for me. For Alg1, sometimes I have 5 minute videos... most often it is 7-12 for Alg1 and 8-15 for Math Analysis)
10 minute video is 15-20 minutes to make It also depends on how much editing you want to do. Before I used Camtasia, the videos were one take, no editing, just finish and upload. I could get a 10 minute video done in literally...10 minutes. Now, I would say a 10 minute video takes 20-30 minutes to make, edit, and upload.
Stacey- 20 minute videos. Expect students to take 40 minutes to watch it. That is their only hw for the night. Students like that they know how long the hw is supposed to take them. They can PLAN on how long it will take them Love this and will definitely be emphasizing this with my students in the fall. According to my end of year survey, 28% of my students said that a 10 minute video would take them less than 12 minutes to watch. That means they aren't pausing it very much to write things down. They need to be taught how to watch an educational video - it's not just put your feet up and watch mindlessly like you'd watch a TV show. I need to emphasize to my students the following "suggested protocol" for a 10 minute video:

approximately 20 minutes watching (52% of my students said they would spend 15-30 minutes on a 10 minute video)
5 minutes completing "Secret Questions"
10 minutes completing WSQ

Where do you see this going? Clintondale teachers

Having students start making the videos

Biggest benefit to FC

It is individualizing instruction and reducing anxiety in the classroom
Transforming teachers and teachers raising expectations for themselves (pd)
Who owns the learning??? Teacher or student
Closing the achievement gap
Students having control of their learning

Hosting videos

YouTube
screencast.com
Local Lms
YouTube edu
Mathtrain.tv
Vimeo
Educreations

NONTRADITIONAL FLIP

Ramsey-

Front loading can be a better version of a bad thing. Video needs to be a technique used strategically.
Finds his students are more motivated to learn once they are confused and perplexed first.
Cognitive load theory.., we assume our students are fully invested in the learning process
Just in time teaching
Google form underneath has two questions... Just a conceptual summary and then a multiple choice question that is worked out partway thru in the video so students have to watch it to know when he stopped working it out
Edit confirmation in google form. Add links to other videos, pages in book to look at, etc.
I like the idea of having a multiple choice question worked out partway through so students have to watch it to know how far you got.
I like having other links in the confirmation for further practice. Generally what I do is actually give the link to the Google Form (view-only) so students can read back through their responses, read their classmates who have submitted, as well as read mine (the first row) and find the correct answers to the Secret Questions. Generally, I put a link to an Educreations video working out the SQ correctly on the form for them to click on if they got it wrong.
My biggest concern with this is a lot of my students this last year would never click on the link to view the spreadsheet...and I'm not sure why! When asked, they would always say "Oh I forgot" or "You can do that?"... comments that made me think they weren't really paying attention to what they were doing. I don't know why they WOULDN'T want to know if they were correct or not! Wouldn't you?

FC . Does the term accurately reflect what is actually going on?

I have made a choice to leverage video in such a way that I am able to do more with my class time (Bennett)
Flipped learning vs. flipped classroom... It's about the learning not the classroom
"offloading direct instruction using videos"... It's just a buzzword
We are identifying good teaching
We are using video to leverage this

Why is it exploding? Why is it resonating with teachers?

One on one time to make an impact on our students
Rehumanizing the classroom, students actually feel like people who matter!! Students can feel that success that is squashed out of American schools
Students are empowered to believe in themselves

Random Comments

Guided notes should not just be copied From mine, it should be THEIR notes... Promote good note taking skills

Important point I don't think I emphasized enough this year. I made a point that everything I have written down should be written down as well. However, I think it is important that the notes are written in words that the students will understand, and that they often have things written down that I just SAID and maybe didn't write.

Students always start the class... From THEIR DISCUSSIONS, that is what guides the discussion in class and what she goes over. Stacey does not start the class with a discussion that she thinks of, it is all based on the students

Since my WSQs are submitted online, I can see where they need help before class begins. However, I like the idea of students just getting into groups and starting their WSQ chats right away, and see what they can work through just by themselves without me having to re-explain things. Then, if there is the need, I can pull them back together or pull up a small group.

Still include reading.. Articles and blogs.

I hope to expand my library this year!

Students have choice in what they learn and how they learn and how they demonstrate understanding. "you-choose" assignments. Students take ownership of their learning.

"Menus" or "Choice Boards". I'll be blogging a lot about that later this summer as I get to reading and researching the links I have saved.

Mathematicians are people, too...Books, short stories that students read and then lead to discussion... IN MATH CLASS!!!

Hmmm I like this. I had to take a "History of Math" class in college and it was actually pretty interesting. I always tell my kids stories about Pythagoras and Descartes... I should find some more fun stuff!

"You're gonna ruin my kid when they go to college"

Dan -I'm trying to help my students become individual learners, I am trying to teach them how to learn. How to actually think about what is being presented to them and make sense of it to them.
Kristin - We are giving them the chance to learn about their thinking and think about their learning I love this quote.
My hope is that by being in a "flipped classroom" my students are more independent learners who know HOW to learn and HOW to use their resources to help them succeed.

I can never get enough of amazing people talking about #flipclass! Let the conversation continue!

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