Tech Tools to Flip Your Classroom

Are College Lectures Unfair?

An interesting selection examining lecture-based courses vs. active learning courses. Interesting findings regarding flipped learning.

Lecture Me. Really.

This opinion piece provides a thoughtful counterargument to the previously posted article, Are College Lectures Unfair?

21st Century Ed Tech & Learning

A treasure trove of research and ideas on flipping a classroom.

Should You Flip Your Classroom

This Edutopia article explores the pros and cons of flipped instruction.

Flipped Learning Infographic

100 Best Video Sites for Educators

Bringing multimedia into the classroom is a great way to engage students in learning. Supplementing lessons, opening up new interests, and offering inspiration, online videos make for an incredible teaching tool.

Record your voice and iPad® screen to create dynamic video lessons that students and colleagues can access any time, as needed. Post your videos to Educreations and share them with anyone. You can even share videos via email, Facebook, Twitter, Edmodo or YouTube, or download and store them in Dropbox or Google Drive. All of your videos are stored safely in the cloud and are accessible everywhere you need them. You control who can see what

whiteboard app being used by over 2 million students, teachers, leaders, and learners around the world. Engage and get inspired. Demonstrate your knowledge and share ideas in an intuitive and natural way. Add and transform objects, draw on the stage, and describe your ideas and actions.

ShowMe is an interactive whiteboard that can record a screencast on the iPad. It will import photos or graphics from iPhoto, has simple drawing tools, an eraser, and voice recording. Having a tool that incorporates graphics with voice recordings provides a wonderful opportunity for students to translate material they have read.

Edpuzzle is very similar to Zaption, though many who have implemented in the classroom have found Edpuzzle easier to use. Teachers choose the video to assign, create questions at set points in the video, and assign the video lesson to a class. Students, when watching the video, are not allowed to continue with the video until they have answered the question posed.

Edpuzzle

Teachers can record themselves to create a flipped classroom, explain difficult concepts, recap the day's main objectives, demonstrate an idea, or give students audio or video feedback on their work. They can communicate with parents as well, explaining procedures or bringing a personal touch to the traditional classroom newsletter.

Vialogues (Video + Dialogue) allows teachers to upload videos and assign these videos for student review. Unlike YouTube and other players, Vialogues allows students to participate in a time-stamped dialogue while watching the video - posing questions and responding to the queries of classmates throughout the video.

Vialogues

Build a lesson around any TED-Ed original, TED Talk, or YouTube video.

ED.TED.COM

Educanon enables teachers to create engaging lessons with online videos and check student understanding in real-time with embedded assessments. The product was designed to help teachers make interactive lessons for students and help them the flip their classroom.

eduCanon

Designed with 1:1 or BYOD classrooms in mind, Nearpod allows teachers to create digital lesson plans, share it with students during class, and track individual progress. Lessons are comprised of teacher-created slides that can include text, video, images, websites, questions, quizzes, polls, and assignments. Students are able to follow the lesson on their own devices at their own pace or teachers can lead a synchronized session where students can follow the lesson in real-time.

Nearpod

Take control of your learning by working on the skills you choose at your own pace with free online courses.

Khan Academy

TeacherTube is a video sharing website that is very similar to YouTube in layout and function, with one crucial difference: it's entirely devoted to educational videos. The site monitors inappropriate materials, so it's safe to use in the classroom. Although the Google ads on the site and below each video are distracting and annoying, it's still an amazing resource for students and educators.

TeacherTube

Learn about Science, Math, Social Studies & English with interesting videos, lessons, quiz games, interactive diagrams, activities and presentations for kids at NeoK12.

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