You may remember my excitement about the Call Me Ismael Project that we began last year at my school – to help our school community share and discover great books. Beyond talking about books we love, our goal is to have students and teachers add a personal touch in their featured recordings (why the book … Continue reading
Learn All About @Buncee with My New @kytelearning Course #edtech
I am really excited to share a series of video tutorials that I just put together for Kyte Learning. The series talks about using Buncee in the classroom. Full Kyte Learning Course — Buncee Topics range from getting started to tips and tricks for creating well designed Buncee’s to inspiration for how you might use … Continue reading
From 1:1 to 1:World @Flipgrid Discussion by @sewilkie #edtech @globalearner @SocraticOrg @Flipgrid
Sara Wilkie posted a Flipgrid question — From 1:1 to 1:World. This is a concept Alan November has written much about and is an important conversation for us all to be talking about. So I was happy to see that Sara has opened up the discussion for us! As I thought about what I wanted to … Continue reading
Getting Started with @Flipgrid – Walkthrough of Setup & New 2017 Features #edtech
I wanted to share a quick tutorial walking you through the process of signing up with Flipgrid for the first time and also showcasing the new features that the Flipgrid team rolled out this summer! If you’re interested in reading some other posts I’ve written about Flipgrid: Flipgrid: Ideas for Using Newly Released Flipgrid Features … Continue reading
Flipgrid: Ideas for Using Newly Released @Flipgrid Features #edtech
Flipgrid is a wonderful way to spark video discussion in your classroom. One of the best things about Flipgrid is how simple it is to use. There are no student accounts to worry about and students simply use their webcam on any laptop or the Flipgrid App (iOS; Google Play) on their phone to record … Continue reading
My Notes from #BLC17: Highlights from Keynotes & Sessions Attended
I had an awesome time at Alan November’s Building Learning Communities Conference! You may know that I am a major fan of this conference. I first attended the BLC conference back in 2010. I’ve attended almost every year again since then. This year, I enjoyed fantastic sessions, awesome keynotes, and fabulous conversations with some seriously cool … Continue reading
#BLC17: My Presentation Slides & Resources #EdTech @PearDeck @Flipgrid @EDpuzzle @SlackHQ
I am excited to be at Alan November’s Building Learning Communities Conference again! This conference is certainly one of my favorites and I credit it with inspiring me to change my classroom forever (see: memories of how my adventures in #flipclass began). I’ll definitely be sharing a lot this week on this blog and through … Continue reading
Using @Flipgrid to Share #BLC17 Conference Highlights @NLearning @globalearner
Since I am at the Building Learning Communities Conference this week, I thought it would be fun to try and use Flipgrid to gather some conference reflections and highlights. #BLC17 Highlights Flipgrid The main purpose of setting this up is: for conference participants to capture their own thoughts based on sessions attended, as a reminder … Continue reading
Moving Beyond Numbers & Symbols – Shifting the Math Mindset Using @Flipgrid & #VisualMath @LetsVedChat #Vedchat
This week, I had the chance to guest host #Vedchat. The questions I chose revolve around how we are teaching our students to communicate in math class, how we are shifting math mindsets, how we are making learning math more visual, and how Flipgrid can be a tool to help us take our classroom to … Continue reading
My Essential Tools to Create #FlipClass Videos: @Wacom DTK-1651, @Camtasia @USAudioTechnica @NotabilityApp
One of the questions I most frequently get asked is what tools I use to make my flipped classroom videos. It took me a number of years to perfect my flow, to be honest. One of my major issues was that I use a Mac but in making my math videos, I absolutely needed a … Continue reading
