Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories. – Laurie Anderson
Whether you are a teacher or student, becoming digitally literate is a valuable life skill and a necessity in our global economy. We must all continue to want to learn, being open to new ideas and possibilities in order to be successful in a digital society. Like many other states, my state of Texas now has a Teacher Evaluation System called T-TESS which is a technology integration rubric. Texas Teachers are expected to facilitate student-driven learning with technology at the highest levels. Therefore, I will be sharing several blog posts about how various digital literacy integrations can be fabulous teaching tools and time-savers as well.
You may have already heard of Flipgrid or are the Flipgrid Guru by now. Flipgrid is a fabulous tool to access student voice in a very easy, user friendly way. And, Flipgrid is free if you use it in the manner they suggest. So, what can you do with Flipgrid? As a teacher, you can create a Flipgrid that is basically a grid with your proposed question or activity. Your students can then easily upload a short video of their response that will populate grid-style. You can use Flipgrid to:
*Create Book Talks – Have students talk up a great book and encourage others to read it as well.
*Show Your Genius – Have students share a short tutorial on something they enjoy and have mastered.
*Living Library – Have students tell their story so that others can check out (view) as a Library Book. Teacher can assign X number of checkouts.
*Virtual Poetry Slam – Students read their favorite poem and/or read an original poem. Class selects favorites via secret ballot or Google Form.
*Who Am I? – After researching a character, student uses costumes, props and any type of support to present their learning – other students try to discover who is being portrayed (You could also do What Am I? or Where Am I?).
*Do Class Introductions – This is great for getting to know everyone at the first of the year, or beginning of a course.
*Reflections/Exit Tickets – Recap the learning and/or allow students to own their learning.
Use the Topic Discovery Library to access fabulous ideas already created!
Feel free to share even more great ideas! How are you using Flipgrid?
TechSavvyLibrarian Jan
