Are you ready to try a flipped lesson in your classroom?
This website explains HOW to flip in 3 simple steps.
This website explains HOW to flip in 3 simple steps.
Below are some useful tools to help you flip a lesson.
Screencasting Tools:
- Screencast-O-Matic (My favorite! Very easy to install and use. Best choice for PC users in my opinion.) BCPS ODL Link
- Jing (free)
- Quicktime - If you have a Mac, you already have Quicktime. Quicktime has a screen recording tool that is great and easy to use. Click on the link to find out how to screencast with Quicktime.
- EduCreations - They offer a free basic membership. This is a great tool for students to make videos, too. (Great for math.)
- OfficeMix - I saved the best for last. I AM OBSESSED WITH OFFICE MIX!!! It is the coolest new feature added to PowerPoint! You can screencast/video/record all within a PowerPoint and share it with your students. I totally have a new-found respect and admiration for PowerPoint. BCPS ODL Link
- Screencasting with your document camera (or Elmo)
Video Sources:
- YouTube
- SchoolTube
- Khan Academy (VERY hard to find videos appropriate for young students here, but a great resource to check out.)
- Vimeo
- TeacherTube
- LearnZillion
- TedEd (Once again...hard to find videos for primary grades, but awesome videos to check out.)
- Flocabulary
- BrainPopJr
- Discovery Education (They have a few free resources, but if your school has an account with them, they have a TON to offer!)
Interactive Video Sites:
Use these sites below to embed quizzes and questions to your videos, making them interactive and meaningful for your students. These sites are awesome and transform videos into actual lessons for your students. I didn't touch much on these on this site only because I've had difficulty making these videos accessible for my students. If YouTube is blocked in your school, you might have the same issue.
LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS:
I am lucky enough to work for a school system that has their OWN learning management system. Because of this, I am not extremely familiar with any other options. I researched a bit, and found the ones below to be pretty popular with teachers. How you organize your lesson content depends on your comfort as a teacher and what is appropriate for your students. Play around with different sites first before picking one!
If you're looking for a more simple, less intense way to organize a few links for your students to access, check out the bookmarking sites below. I use these sites if I have a variety of links for my students to access.
- Google Classroom - Great if your school uses Google Apps for Education
- Haiku Learning - While schools have the option to purchase, teachers can also sign up for a free account which allows for five classes and 2GB of storage
- Schoology - Free (with limited features) for teachers
- Blackboard - Seems to be VERY popular!
If you're looking for a more simple, less intense way to organize a few links for your students to access, check out the bookmarking sites below. I use these sites if I have a variety of links for my students to access.
- Symbaloo - Create a "gallery" of links that will organize content in a kid-friendly way
- Blendspace - (Now called TES Teach with Blendspace) Very interactive!
A Letter to Parents:
If you are interested in trying a traditional flipped lesson in your elementary classroom, here is an example of a letter you can send home to parents in order to explain the new type of homework assignment.
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