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Thing 05: Audio Tools - Lia Williams



I chose to check out Flipgrid, which I've never heard of before, but will probably try to incorporate into my classroom somehow. Flipgrid has many options, but the one I chose to do a video on was #8:

 Exit tickets get a makeover. Post the question “What did you learn today?” or better yet ask your students “What did you create today?” for the students to answer before leaving class.

 Here's my video, which would be used as the Exit Ticket prompt (you have to click my selfie for the video to play!): https://admin.flipgrid.com/manage/grids/1013642/topics/3093325 

 I don't always have to do a video to ask the question, but I like that students have to record an audio or video response. A lot of students are hesitant to write, but a good percentage of my weak writers could talk for hours. One of my theories that my co-teacher and I have been testing out this year has to do with the hypothesis "If you can talk about the topic or teach the topic to someone else fluently with detail, you know it better and will do better on the Unit Assessment." I think incorporating a recorded response for an Exit Ticket will help get more kids on board (especially if it is for a small grade, too!) with talking about a topic/teaching it to someone else.

Flipgrid was super easy to setup, and I could trash and re-do the video as many times as I wanted. I opted for less than perfection this time (doing this one from the basement at 10pm on a Saturday night), so one glitch I can see is that my students won't "like how they look or sound" and want to re-do it many times. This might be a time-suck, but we'll have to try it to find out!

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  1. pollyalidaDecember 30, 2018 at 5:53 PM

    Darn, I couldn't access the flipgrid. The link you sent is one that only you can use. It can be confusing to find the shareable link. If you look at this screenshot: https://goo.gl/3vCB6n I've circled the places where you can get a shareable link. For example. the link to the "2018 Tech Retreat" topic in that image is https://flipgrid.com/238e3b

    Love you idea of getting your weaker writers to talk about their topic. You may find that your students aren't as concerned about their videos being absolutely perfect. I think they're more used to using video and audio than we are. Like you, I need to learn to let go of the "perfect" - more important to get the point across than worry too much about the stray "um...". :)

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  2. UnknownJanuary 10, 2019 at 6:28 PM

    Sorry about the wrong link! Hoping this one works: https://flipgrid.com/bf531263

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