According to Watson (2017), he considered the regular Flipped Classroom model where you show videos that are pre-recorded by the teacher and the students watch them at home, freeing most of the class instruction for the discussions and sharing ideas. He then discovered the Flipping the Flipped Classroom model where he recorded his lessons and present it also in class. I believe that these two tools that I had the opportunity to evaluate do just that. With Nearpod, the teacher can engage all students, virtually or face-to-face, and they all can participate, collaborate in interesting lessons. With Flipgrid, the students can in real time video record answers to assessments in the lesson and in turn the teacher can share those thoughts with the rest of the class. This is a very effective way that teachers can assess student learning in real time and have peer commentary.
While evaluating Nearpod I reached the same conclusion as Davis did in her article. The author summarized my thoughts exactly when after her evaluation of Nearpod she wrote that “Nearpod is another fantastic tool along these lines. You can create presentations that include quizzes, assessments, drawing boards, and more” (Davis, 2015). I as well find it very convenient that during my lesson I do not have to stop and have the students switch to another tool to respond to assessments if I can have them built in the multimedia platform.
References:
Watson, T. (2017). Flipping the Flipped Classroom. Retrieved February 2, 2021. from https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/flipping-flipped- classroom
Davis, V. (2015). Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools. Retrieved February 2, 2021, from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-fast-formative- assessment-tools-vicki-davis
Initial Experience
This is great for the Hybrid schedule (blended learning by default) because the students last names A-L come Monday and Wednesday M-Z come Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the Fridays being DLD for everyone. With these tools we can reach all students at all time.