Flip is an active, social learning platform that engages learners through video-based discussion. The app extends the web-based environment and creates new possibilities for reflection, discussion, demonstration and collaboration.
Flip is an active, social learning platform that engages learners through video-based discussion. The app extends the web-based environment and creates new possibilities for reflection, discussion, demonstration and collaboration.
Flip allows teachers to create Groups of short, discussion-style Topics to share with their users. Groups are collections of topics around a common theme. Each Group can hold an unlimited number of Topics, and each Topic can hold an unlimited number of user-recorded video responses.
Flip allows teachers to create Groups of short, discussion-style Topics to share with their users. Groups are collections of topics around a common theme. Each Group can hold an unlimited number of Topics, and each Topic can hold an unlimited number of user-recorded video responses.
Topics are short text or video prompts that can include basic formatting (e.g., bold, italic) and links to websites or documents for critique and feedback opportunities. Individual response videos can be liked and shared.
Topics are short text or video prompts that can include basic formatting (e.g., bold, italic) and links to websites or documents for critique and feedback opportunities. Individual response videos can be liked and shared.
Source: Edtech Advisor
Purpose and Practice
Purpose and Practice
Purpose
Purpose
Flip enhances community and social presence in face-to-face, hybrid, and online classrooms. Flip gives all students a voice. Teachers can use the Disco Library, to discover topics in any subject shared by teachers around the world.
Flip enhances community and social presence in face-to-face, hybrid, and online classrooms. Flip gives all students a voice. Teachers can use the Disco Library, to discover topics in any subject shared by teachers around the world.
Teachers can use Flip to further classroom conversations by assigning questions as assignments and then engage students in a class/group discussions using the responses contained in the Group.
Teachers can use Flip to further classroom conversations by assigning questions as assignments and then engage students in a class/group discussions using the responses contained in the Group.
Teachers can ask students to describe the process they used to solve complex problems or detail the metacognitive processes used when completing assignments or projects.
Teachers can ask students to describe the process they used to solve complex problems or detail the metacognitive processes used when completing assignments or projects.
Teachers can also use the "group" as a way to collect a range of students' responses on a single topic such as asking students at the end of a unit to reflect on what they've learned and what they'd recommend to other students.
Teachers can also use the "group" as a way to collect a range of students' responses on a single topic such as asking students at the end of a unit to reflect on what they've learned and what they'd recommend to other students.
Source: Common Sense Media
Practice (Look Fors)
Practice (Look Fors)
Flip is an effective distance learning tool to support English Leaners . English Learners practice speaking and listening skills while creating and responding to posts.
Flip is an effective distance learning tool to support English Leaners . English Learners practice speaking and listening skills while creating and responding to posts.
Students articulate ideas with well-planned responses and consider alternate viewpoints as they listen to their peers' responses.
Students articulate ideas with well-planned responses and consider alternate viewpoints as they listen to their peers' responses.
Student responses are delivered at their own pace without students feeling "on the spot" in the classroom.
Student responses are delivered at their own pace without students feeling "on the spot" in the classroom.
Students use the "sticky note" on the recording screen to type a short outline or key points before they start recording.
Students use the "sticky note" on the recording screen to type a short outline or key points before they start recording.
Pause, trim, and re-record buttons can help students record their best effort, but teachers should be clear about their expectations so that students don't waste time trying to make a perfect presentation if an informal response is all that's desired.
Pause, trim, and re-record buttons can help students record their best effort, but teachers should be clear about their expectations so that students don't waste time trying to make a perfect presentation if an informal response is all that's desired.
Teachers establish a culture of respect by setting clear expectations for posting and responding to posts.
Teachers establish a culture of respect by setting clear expectations for posting and responding to posts.
Source: Common Sense Media
Set Up
Set Up
Set Up
Set Up
Resources
Resources
Set Up Student Access to Flip
Set Up Student Access to Flip
Set Up Topic Moderation
Set Up Topic Moderation
Use AI to Help Generate Flip Topics
Use AI to Help Generate Flip Topics
Use Flip's Built In Screen Recorder
Use Flip's Built In Screen Recorder
Parent and Student Resources
Parent and Student Resources
Getting Started for Students