Resources to Support Flipped Learning

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Resources to Support Flipped Learning

Following are some tools and resources to support Flipped Learning in your classroom:

SCREENCASTING

Screencasting is the process of recording your computer screen while adding your own voice narration to it. Screencasting has become increasingly popular due to the growing availability of free recording tools as well as the integration of flipped classroom instruction strategies. See this video for tips on how to record an effective screencast.   

Screencast-O-Matic is arguably the best free screencasting program for use on a PC or Mac computer. The free version allows you to record up to 15 minute videos which can be uploaded to YouTube or downloaded to your computer. Editing is limited to trimming the beginning and ending portions of your video. To learn more, see this Video Tutorial 

Screencastify allows you to record a screencast on a Chromebook. Screencastify is a Chrome extension that will work on a PC or Mac as well as long as you are using Google Chrome as your browser. While Screencastify is more limiting than Screencast-O-Matic, it has some nice annotation tools and is ideal for having your students create screencasts. Screencastify is free. See video tutorial to learn more.

Note: There is an OnDemand course available to support your learning about these screencasting tools.

RESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS

You don't have to always create your own videos. You are all familiar with YouTube as a source for free videos. However, there are some other excellent sources available to you, and many contain only educational or high quality content. Here are a few to check out.

• http://www.schooltube.com/
• Mainly videos
• http://www.watchknowlearn.org/
• Videos searchable by subject, common core standard, grade level, etc.
• http://www.teachertube.com/
• Video, audio, docs, collections, playlists, etc.
• http://www.mnvideovault.org/
• Twin Cities PBS video archives.
• https://www.khanacademy.org/
• Math, and much more! Create classrooms and track progress.

• https://ed.ted.com
• The TED Student Talks Program supports students as they discover, explore and present their big ideas in the form of short, TED-style talks.

Share your favorite sources for educational videos in this Answer Garden.

EDPUZZLE

EdPuzzle allows you to hold viewers more accountable to the screencasts or videos they watch. This is ideal for flipped classroom lessons. By using EdPuzzle, you can embed questions directly into the videos, requiring students to answer before they can move on. You can also prevent students from skipping ahead in the video, thus requiring them to watch the entire video. The teacher admin console give you access to analytics, including which students watched the video and how they performed on the embedded questions.

• Overview Video
• Tutorial Video

Note: There is an OnDemand course available to support your learning of EdPuzzle.

SEESAW: Adding Videos to Activities

You can embed your videos directly into a Seesaw Activity.

Note: There are two OnDemand courses available to support your learning of flipping using Seesaw:

SCHOOLOGY: Adding Videos to Activities

You can include your videos and those you find into Schoology pages, assignments, discussions and assessments. 

Note:  There are two Schoology OnDemand courses available to support your learning of adding video and other content in Schoology.

BONUS RESOURCES:

#1: http://safeyoutube.net/

• Paste in a Youtube or Vimeo video address to show w/o advertisements, suggested videos or comments appearing.

#2: Create a QR code or post a link.

• Create a QR code that takes students directly to the video or post a web link into Schoology or Seesaw for easy access by students.

#3: Create Captioned Flipped Videos with Google Slides

• This is a new feature released in Slides this past month.

#4: Adding Captions to YouTube Videos

        You can also add captions to your YouTube Videos.