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Flipgrid has been a great tool during distance learning. I have used it multiple times for various reasons. First for me to get to know the students by telling me 3 things they want me to know about them. The other times I used it as a formative assessment on curriculum information. Students had to provide quick videos demonstrating what they learned. This is a great tool that students can use to show their learnings in creative ways.

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Distance learning has made interacting with our students more difficult than in the past.  I found that Flipgrid was a useful tool at the beginning of the year to get to know my students.  I set up a few assignments early on that were easy "Get to know You" type prompts and asked the kids to respond.  This was great because I learned about each student and the students could view others videos to get to know them as well.

Once I became more familiar with Flipgrid, I realized that I could use it to expand on some of my assignments and take them to the next level.  The best example I have of this is our Work Out of the Day assignments.  Katie Lenz and I developed a work out of the day (WOD) repository so students can pick pre-made workouts.  The students are required to do 3 WODs per week.  The repository had about 25 different workouts to choose from that were either videos we found or created by us for our students.  For our assignment, we required students to make their own WOD and submit it on Flipgrid.  We then had each student watch 5 of their peers WODs and nominate 1 to be added to the WOD repository.  Now our repository has over 60 WOD's to choose from and over 50% of them were actually designed by the students.
This really has been a beneficial tool that allows for kids to teach each other even if they didn't realize they would be doing that.

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This year Mr. Johnson and I teamed up to introduce the staff at Kellogg to families before school started. The link was posted on facebook and through a skylert. Parents were able to see and "meet" their child's teacher before school started! We had a positive response. Students also used flipgrid to give a quick response in math class. It is a fast way for teachers to see who is understanding and for kids to hear multiple ways of explanation from a variety of kids!

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I created a #100 day challenge over Flipgrid.  Each day for 100 days, participants log on and post one video that represents their practice for the day.

There were some expected results--kids practiced with more focus on improvement.  They encouraged each other to practice.  I was able to see their practice each day and give them feedback to improve.

What surprised me was how it became a community so quickly. Those that are participating are often practicing together, and they're all watching each others' videos. It's cute to see the communication back and forth through stickers and selfies. Last week we challenged the band to jump in as well, and as I walked down the hall today I heard band students discussing the practice challenge.

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I used Flipgrid in a couple of different ways this fall. In my 7th grade orchestra, I used Flipgrid as a quick formative assessment at the beginning of the year. I had the kids play a quick song that they knew well, and as I watched the videos I noted who needed a bit of support to start the year well.

In my music explorations class, we are working on character building alongside our musical goals. We have a word of the day every day that's becomes part of our word wall. As a summative activity, I had the students make a Flipgrid post about what one of the words means to them. If I were to repeat this activity, I would have the students talk in small groups about what the words mean before posting. I think I would've gotten more developed answers if they'd talked it out first.

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During the first week of school, students had 15 seconds to tell me about themselves, their summer, or something they were looking forward to this school year. I am going to use this information to revisit the Flipgrids throughout the year, so students can learn each other's names.

I am planning on using Flipgrid again as a formative check to see what they have learned so far in science (what has impressed on their brain so far).

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I used Flipgrid with my EL students for a summarizing activity. Students had to summarize the story on paper first and then they read it aloud using Flipgrid. Students could view other Flipgrids to analyze the similarities and differences between the summaries. The next time I would have the students compare the transcription on their recording to their written summary.

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I used Flipgrid the first week of school to learn more about my students.  I set up an assignment using flipgrid on google classroom and chose the 15 second flipgrid response length.  I asked students to say their name and answer 1 question about themselves (how was their summer, what were they looking forward to, what are their hobbies, etc).  It was a great way to learn students names (and how to pronounce them).  I also got to learn something fun about each student to help me connect with them.  I can't put a picture, because it has their names and faces.

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I used Flipgrid for a summer online book study of Disrupting Thinking. Instead of posting all answers to reading questions in Google Classroom, I linked a few Flipgrids to mix it up and be able to see each other over the summer. It was nice to be able to connect with colleagues via Flipgrid and also hear their passion for certain parts of the book. We also created a Flipgrid Game - Guess Where We Filmed! It has been fun trying to figure out where we are when we have filmed our responses. It helps us connect as friends and colleagues, have a little fun, and learn something from one another. We have had staff film in airports, on water, in national parks, and even from Italy! There are so many ways to use Flipgrid. I highly recommend it!

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Use the question prompts above to reflect on your experience using Flipgrid.