Flipped Classroom
Flipped classroom is an instructional strategy and a type of blended learning that reverses the traditional learning environment by delivering instructional content, often online, outside of the classroom. It moves activities, including those that may have traditionally been considered homework, into the classroom.
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Screencasting
Screencasting can be used to create videos or presentations that students can view at home in order to take notes and best understand the material prior to attending the next academic class. This is used so that the instructor has essentially already "taught" the material and the class time can be spent answering questions, completing a lab or project or some other activity with the teacher as more of a facilitator.
Screencast-o-matic : Use this recorder to record on screen activity for short tutorials or visual presentations. The free version features: 15 minute recordings, screen and webcam recording, YouTube publishing, and saving on your computer. The Pro Version has more "bells and whistles" and costs $15 a year.
Screencastify : This is a Google Chrome extension and can only be used with Chrome. It is fully compatible with Google Apps for Education, Chromebooks and Google Classroom. Very easy tool to use! You can record edit annotate, store, and share video screen recordings. You can record a specific tab, or your whole desktop at the click of a button. Lite version is free and very capable for many purposes.
Creating Interactive Videos
EdPuzzle: Take already existing videos from You-Tube, Khan Academy, Crash Course, etc. or upload your own and enable self-paced learning with interactive lessons, add your voice and questions along the video. Know if your students are watching your videos, how many times and see the answers they give. Get started guide
PlayPosit: (Formally Educannon) PlayPosit is an online learning environment to create and share interactive video lessons. Teachers begin with any online video (Screencasts, Khan Academy, TED, etc.) and transform what is traditionally passive content into an active experience for students, with time-embedded activities.
Document Cameras
If you have a document camera in your room and it can be connected to your computer via USB cable you can use the document camera to place the image on your computer. Using screencasting software mentioned above you can record what you do on your document camera image along with an audio recording to create a video for at home use. See the example to the right.
Adding Voice to Powerpoint Slides
You can use the presentation tools in Powerpoint to add your narration to slides. This would be an easy way to present to students when they are at home. Students must have a device to open the slide show and this would be best distributed via a class website as Powerpoint does not always open with all the correct formatting etc... when it is opened in Google Drive.
Microsoft Support Article: How to record voiceover
Learning Management Systems
Learning management systems are designed to organize and distribute student coursework and house course materials such as teacher created videos, YouTube Videos or other materials used to teach. Below are a few free Learning Management Systems that are fairly easy to use.
Google Classroom - Probably one of the most user friendly LMS systems. Very helpful for beginning "flippers". Also, seamlessly integrates with Google Calendar and Drive.
Edmodo -Edmodo is known for its easy user interface and is very similar to Facebook.
Schoology -A full featured LMS which has a great user interface.
Haiku Learning- Power Learning - Very powerful to use and you can keep it as simple as you like! However, if you take it to the next level it is a very comprehensive LMS.
Sophia.org - A simple to use platform for hosting and interacting with video content
Black Board - This LMS has been around for a long time and many use this platform