Kid Power: How Technology is Changing the Learning Experience Brady Hesse, an eighth-grader at Bridgetown Middle School in Cincinnati, likes all things digital. That's not unusual for boys his age, many of whom would rather play video games than do just about anything else. So when Hesse heard about an opportunity to play with computers during the school day, he jumped at the chance. "I didn't really know what we were going to do," Hesse adds, "but I like using technology." Soon, he was creating and animating his own digital sketches. Although Hesse and other eKIDs participants weren't familiar with the software when the semester began, they learned quickly. Origin Story Concerned that technology wasn't being used to its full potential, a team of teachers and administrators led by Tracy Pirkle, OHLSD's director of curriculum and eLearning, conceived of the eKIDs program in summer 2009. Photo: Jonathan Robert Willis So Pirkle and her colleagues wrote a curriculum and launched eKIDs as a pilot program in fall 2010. Knowledge Is Power Modus Operandi
Flipped Classroom How flipping works for you Save time; stop repeating yourself Record re-usable video lessons, so you don't have to do it again next year. Let students take control of their learning Not all students learn at the same pace. Spend more time with students Build stronger student-teacher relationships, and promote higher level thinking. Other teachers are doing it, you can too Stacey Roshan found that the traditional classroom model wasn't cutting it for her AP students, so she flipped her class. Watch Stacey's Story Crystal Kirch started using videos as instructional tools in her class but soon realized the real value of flipping lectures was being able to spend more face-to-face time with students. Read Crystal's Story Tools You Can Use
Personalizing flipped engagement Will Richardson Three words seem to be dancing around in my head of late when it comes to current thinking about education: “personalization,” “engagement” and “flip.” All three were on display on the vendor floor and in session rooms at last week’s International Society for Technology in Education conference in San Diego, one of the largest ed tech conferences in the world attended by upward of 18,000 people. At first blush, they are words that seem to promote a vision of better learning for kids. Let’s set some of that context first. At this sudden moment of abundance, I totally get why we want to “personalize” education for each child. Well, I struggle with that picture on a couple of levels. We don’t need personalization as much as we need to promote and give opportunities for our kids to do personal learning. Similarly, the word “engagement” gets very little pushback in the conversation. In a word, that’s bunk.
35 Sources for Curated Educational Videos Like explorers approaching an unfamiliar landscape, teachers who are ready to take the plunge into flipped classrooms and blended learning often approach the opportunity with a mix of excitement and trepidation. Just dipping a toe into the virtual waters of online content can be overwhelming, and there’s a risk that even the most fearless educator can become paralyzed by the bottomless depths of content and endless pools of resources. While many teachers begin by creating their own content and videos, most start by sifting through free online sources. The amount of available information out there is staggering. YouTube users across the globe upload 48 hours of content every minute. And a google search for “science video” yields over 4 billion results! Fortunately, there are some great websites and services that take the guesswork out of finding and sorting educational video content.
There's More Than One Way to Flip a Classroom - Digital Education In a packed session this afternoon at ISTE 2012 here in San Diego, a panel of nine educators, as well as two moderators presented their ideas and experiences with "flipping" their classrooms. The session was led by Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann, two chemistry teachers who pioneered the flipped learning model back in 2006. The pair recently co-wrote a book, published by ISTE and ASCD, called Flip Your Classroom. Defining what "flipping your classroom" meant was the first topic of conversation, which proved to be somewhat more difficult than you might expect. In fact, the reason the panel consisted of nine educators, instead of two or three, was precisely to demonstrate that there were many different ways to effectively flip a classroom. The flipped classroom has become somewhat synonymous with using videos to have students view lectures at home while in-class time is used for applied knowledge.
Top Apps for Flipping your Classroom or Gym « The Flipped Coach iMovie: iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad While not necessarily the first app to come to mind for flipping your classroom, this app is invaluable for making simple edits on recordings that you have made. Most recording or capturing software on iPad, iPhone, or iPod's do not have the ability to pause and restart recordings. iMovie also allows you to cut clips up and piece together your final movie. Coach's Eye: This easily is my favorite app because it allows me to take a video and telestrate on the screen with amazing control and detail. Display Recorder: Currently pulled from the iTunes store. This app is new and fills a huge void in the screencapture category. ScreenChomp: Free! iPad only. This is a simple whiteboard app that allows you to record drawings and audio in multiple colors. Explain Everything: This app lets you annotate, animate and narrate presentations.