Engage students with Flipgrid

#Flipgridfever is taking off with educators all across the globe!

Advertised as "social learning for everyone," Flipgrid is a simple and powerful video recording tool that allows anyone with a webcam to record video responses in seconds. Creating a basic account is simple and free, and once you have an account, you can quickly create a new grid and topic.

Each topic comes with a direct link to either the grid (class or category of questions) or topic (individual questions). Link it from Seesaw or Schoology for quick access! With the free version, users get one grid, but they can have unlimited topics within that grid. (help center, resources)

Check out this sample Flipgrid and add your response to see how it works! Just click the green plus button and record! Once others have posted, browse their ideas and reply if you'd like. You can even add fun stickers to your profile picture.

Integration Ideas:

Flipgrid has some great integration ideas posted on their website. Here are a few ideas from there and elsewhere.

Classrooms
1. Have students respond to question prompts.
2. Have students record themselves explaining their learning.
3. Community reading. (Check out this world read-aloud shared with me by James Knaresboro.)
4. 15 ways to integrate Flipgrid into your classroom (blog post)
5. 10 ways to use Flipgrid for math (blog post)
6. Facilitate an online debate.
7. Get students thinking about a topic to "prime the pump" for in-class discussion.
8. Have students share what they have learned as an exit ticket.
9. Embed in Schoology (links, pages, assignments, discussions).
10. Link from Seesaw.
11. Share classroom news (different students can post summaries/updates each day/week).
12. Building an elementary Flipgrid community.

PLN + Staff
1. Share positive experiences and success stories.
2. Provide input on educational topics and discussions.
3. Flipped staff meetings.
4. Season's greetings.
5. Staff mixer.

School-wide
1. Have all staff introduce themselves to the community.
2. Share school announcements.
3. Staff thank-yous to the community.

These are just a few ideas. Join the sample Flipgrid to share your ideas!