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If you haven't heard of Flipgrid is a FREE video response platform where educators can have online video discussions with students or other educators. Teachers can provide feedback to students AND better yet students can provide feedback to one another. With Flipgrid you get unlimited grids, topics, responses, and replies to responses. You can definitely do a TON with the free version so check that out first and if you decide to take it further then you can look into getting a classroom account. Check out more info on the differences and how to get started Flipgrid yet then you will soon be seeing it everywhere. I had my first experience with Flipgrid on March 2nd in a #Ditchbook chat. I was hesitant to try it out and almost skipped the chat because I wasn't sure about trying to learn how to use yet another tool at 7pm on a Thursday night. However, here. Matt Miller and my Ditchbook pals Sandy Otto and Craig Klement assured me it was easy peasy and I decided to try it out. Boy am I sure glad I did!

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My first few experiences with Flipgrid were in an educational chat setting where a group of educators from all over the country shared ideas and inspired one another online. I have become so excited about using it with students and other educators that I have become a Flipgrid Ambassador. But don't take my word for it, check it out and try it yourself!
get started using Flipgrid with your class.
1. Create a discussion board and share the link with your class. (With the classroom account you can embed fully functional Flipgrid cards or a grid in Google Classroom, Haiku, Blackboard, Canvas, Schoology along many other sites or in an LMS)
2. Students record their video (Flipgrid can be used on ANY device)
3. You and your students reply to one another and take the discussions further.

So how can you use the Flipgrid with your class? Here are 15 ideas for using this video platform in your classroom. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Want to check out even MORE ideas for using Flipgrid inside and outside of the classroom? These amazing posts by
Reading response goes digital. After your class reads an article, chapter or book have them respond to a question about their reading. Take the conversation further by having students comment on each other's responses.
End of year (semester) reflection. What better way to say goodbye than to have your students record a video reflecting on their learning over the course of your class? (I'm pretty sure many of these would require a box of tissues for those tear-jerker posts!)
Advice to next year's class. How cool is it to have a Flipgrid of advice videos from your current students to show next year's class? Check out this End of Year Reflection HyperDoc and link a Flipgrid in the share section.
Debate a topic! Add a Flipgrid to the share section of this " Great Debate" HyperDoc by Show what you know! Choice and voice are so important for getting students to share their knowledge with us. What better way to do that then to add Flipgrid as an option in a Show What You Know BINGO board? Reflect on a lesson or unit. Seems simple but having your students reflect on a lesson is great feedback for us as teachers. How did it go? What changes would you make? What was your favorite part? Take a look at their responses for planning next year. Rayna Freedman to get your students debating. 30-second book talk challenge. Have your students share about their favorite book in 30 seconds or less. Check out this example. Exit tickets get a makeover. Post the question "What did you learn today?" or better yet ask your students "What did you create today?" for the students to answer before leaving class.
Number talks. Have students explain their thinking and critique the reasoning of others as they work through a math problem.
Brainstorming in the Engineering Design Process. Students can jump very quickly to planning or even building before they get out their ideas in a brainstorming session. Slow them down a bit and capture their thinking as they throw out their ideas on Flipgrid. Add a Flipgrid to the brainstorm portion of this Intro to Engineering Design Process HyperDoc. Put a spin on student of the week. Have each student record a video sharing why that student of the week is special. Students will enjoy watching video messages from their classmates sharing why they are a valued member of their classroom community.
Reboot your standard biography report. My friend Sean Fahey had the fabulous idea to use Welcome back to school Flipgrid style. Have all staff record a welcome back message for your students at the beginning of the year. Ask a local (or national) celebrity to join in and give a shout out to your students. Nadine Gilkison's amazing Appreciation/Thank you card. After a field trip, on your admin's birthday or during Teacher or Classified Staff appreciation week have your class record their own video thank you cards. Biography Inquiry HyperDoc to teach students all about biographies. Finally, have students dress up as the person they are researching and record short presentation video. Appsmash! OK, I'm kinda cheating here since this is really WAY more than one idea but it's just too good to leave out. I have had the opportunity to connect with an incredible educator and Flipgrid Ambassador, Jornea Erwin. In this episode of Flipgrid Unplugged Jornea shares SO many ideas for how to appsmash with Flipgrid to kick it up another notch. Once you have a few Flipgrids under your belt you REALLY need to check this out! Sean Fahey and Jen Giffen are FULL of great ideas.

- Sean Fahey (@SEANJFAHEY) June 11, 2017

- Flipgrid (@flipgrid) June 16, 2017

The opportunities to utilize this platform in your class are endless. The best way to get started? Try it out yourself! Share how YOU have used or will use Flipgrid with your students below!

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Catch the Flipgrid Fever! 15+ Ways To Use Flipgrid in Your Class

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Individual Video Portfolios & Small Group Project Archiving

On a whim this afternoon I posted a quick video about a unique approach to leverage Flipgrid to create individual student video portfolios. I was surprised at the traction the post received, so I've decided to expand it a bit here.

Hack #1: Individual Student Video Portfolios

The process is quite simple, and I think the return could be quite powerful to track student progress and growth over time.

Simply setup a new Grid for your class. However, instead of creating a Topic that the entire class will respond to, create a Topic for each student. Simply provide the access code of each topic to each student and let the video reflections begin.

Flipgrid Topics for each student in the class.

There could of course be the occasional cross post, meaning a student posts to the wrong topic (intentional / unintentional), but I think the potential here is worth the one small potential pitfall to the setup. Additionally, to avoid this potential problem, I suggest keeping all Topics moderated. As the students can end up on the Grid itself and could see the Topics of their classmates, for this use case of FlipGrid, moderation is in order.

Hack #2: Unique Grids for Small Group Projects

A slight variation on the previous idea, in this instance the teacher creates a unique grid (with a unique password) for each small group in the class. The purpose here is to create a unique location for each group to capture and reflect on their process as they work through a multi-class period or multi-week project. The workflow for this process is quite streamlined because of the ability to make a master Grid (with pre-loaded Topics) that can be duplicated for each new group. (see image below)

The process of duplicating a Grid

The other added benefit to this process is that unique Topics can be added to small group Grids based on the needs and progress of that particular group. A teacher may provide a unique reading or resource for only one group & then the teacher can add a Topic specific to that resource for that group.

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Previously I shared a blog post dealing with How to get a grid up and running for your class in under 2 minutes - in this post I will be sharing how to edit your topic to include videos, GIFs, photos, Google Docs, as well as how to share to Google Classroom.

Once you have your Grid and topic created you can add some extra information to your topic to include a video, GIFs, photos, as well as a Google Doc. When completed you can share the code with students, or send the topic easily through Google Classroom or Remind.

In order to edit your topic:

1. Find your Grid (select My Grids at the top)

2. Under the Grid find the topic and select the actions button to the right and select Edit topic.

3. Under Topic Resources is where you can add a GIF, video, photo, etc.

4. Under Topic Resources you can include an external link (Google Docs, OneNote, Dropbox)

Embedded below is a 1 minute and 52 second YouTube tutorial.

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Reading/Writing Ideas: Practice fluency and reflections Grid for each read aloud for the year Book/novel studies Book reviews Opinion writing: orally practice Guess the vocab word (clues given like Taboo game) Global Read Aloud Book recommendations for library w/QR code Teacher Use Ideas: Sub pla...

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"How can this be used for math?" This is a question I often hear and even ask myself when it comes to using technology in the classroom.

In today's math classrooms, we need students to develop a deeper understanding of the math they are learning. It's no longer about completing computational steps correctly. Math today should involve more reasoning, explaining, and students communicating their understanding of the concepts being learned.

Flipgrid is perfect for this! As described on the website, "Flipgrid is a video discussion community for your classroom that supercharges your students' voices. You add the topics, your students respond with short videos, and everyone engages!"

After discovering Flipgrid as an 4th grade teacher & teaching all subjects, the following year I was moving to teach 6th grade math. So, I immediately asked the question, "How I could use Flipgrid in my math classroom?"

Well, the possibilities are probably endless, first I had ten, but now here are 13 ideas I brainstormed to use Flipgrid with math that can help us get started.

1. Would you rather...? Have seen co-author www.wouldyourathermath.com ? It's a website put together by Classroom Chef John Stevens. On the site are tons of scenarios posted that challenge the students to think, solve some math, choose a path and justify their reasoning. The best part is that new ones are continuously added and you can search them by categories!

2. Get families involved . An amazing math teacher I met through Flipgrid, Jennifer Saarinen, takes advantage of this platform to have her students' families record responses and solve math problems and learn with the students. For example, She shared with me how when introducing percentages, she created a topic to have family members describe how they use and interact percentages at work, in their daily lives, and the solve a math problem involving percentages with the student. This example leads me on to number ten...

3. Share real world math experiences . Math is all around us! The more and more students can relate the things they are learning in math to their lives the better. Use Flipgrid and have students share their math experiences that happened outside of the classroom. They can share how they figured out if the had enough money to spend. Have them talk about what measurements they used when cooking a recipe. What angles did they notice at the playground? One of my favorite ways to begin the school year is reading the book to my students and have them create their own Math Curse stories. If you do this, students could add their Math Curse questions to Flipgrid for their classmates to answer. Math Curse

4. Think, Notice, Wonder. I discovered think, notice, and wonder after reading this blog post. It is another great way to get students to share their mathematical thinking and connections. You provide students with an image prompt and they share what they think, notice, and wonder. The responses don't always have to be math related because the goal is to get students to practice explaining their reasoning and understanding. This strategy is also a great way to help students write about their math. After writing down their response, they can share that via Flipgrid.

5. Which One Doesn't Belong. I discovered WODB, through the mathupmath.com website. In a blog post here is how they describe how WODB works. " Instead of working on practice problems during a lesson's warm-up, students will observe and reflect upon a graphic displaying four images. They will then apply their mathematical and reasoning skills to decide which of the four items does not belong and also justify why their choice is valid." To me the incredible thing about using WODB prompts there isn't one correct answer. As long as a students make a valid and justifiable answer they are correct. So when answers are shared it generates a fantastic mathematical discussion that can use up an entire class period. Add one of these prompts to a Flipgrid topic and watch the conversation flourish. There is also the wodb.ca website that has ready to use prompts as well.

6. . It's a simple yet genius idea to help students focus on different aspects of a math problem than just solving them because the answer is included. Now students must explain the how, why, process, etc.. behind the solution. Adding a prompt like this to Flipgrid will give all students to share their understanding, learn from others, and dive deeper into mathematical reasoning. You can find a slide deck with "Convine me that" prompts Convince me that. These are a series of teacher created prompts that I first saw started and shared on Twitter by math teacher Daniel Kaufmann here.

Again these are just some possible ways I've brainstormed to use Flipgrid to enhance the mathematical discussion and learning in my classroom. For more amazing ways to use Flipgrid to enhance your math lessons check out the Topic Discovery Library. This is where teachers are sharing the topics they have used in class. Also be sure the check out the #flipgridfever community on Twitter. There are always innovative ideas on how to incorporate this great tool in your classroom.
What are your thoughts on these idea? Which idea would you want to try first? How have you used Flipgrid in a math lesson before? Leave me a comment below or connect with me on Twitter@SEANJFAHEY .

Do you want to see more ideas on how to use Flipgrid in your classroom? Check out this amazing blog post by my friend Karly Moura on 15 ways to use Flipgrid in your Class. Also be sure to look up the #FlipgridFever hashtag on Twitter. Teachers from all over are sharing the incredible ways they are using Flipgrid in their classrooms.

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It's time this post got an upgrade! I wrote about Flipgrid for the first time in January, 2018 and since that time the tool has gone through a number of amazing updates. I used Flipgrid for the first time during the summer of 2017 through an online PD program for book chats and discussions with teachers in the program. It was love at first sight! For those unfamiliar, Flipgrid is a video response platform used to amplify student voice. While it wasn't originally intended for music classes, many music teachers around the world have embraced this exceptional tool.

The first grid I created was not for school, but for my family reunion! Our family is spread out around the country and the last full reunion was twenty years ago. I created a grid and asked everyone to record a video prior to the reunion, telling the group where they were living, what they have been up to, and things like that. It was amazing! My 88-year-old grandfather recorded a video, along with my 3-year-old nephew, a service dog (obviously both with help!) and everyone in between. It was so much fun watching the videos and even better, at the reunion seeing people spark conversations based on what they had watched. Apparently, my grandfather still, years later, goes back to watch videos 🙂

The family reunion experience proved that Flipgrid is a powerful tool. I used it for a few years with my elementary band and orchestra students and use it now with my middle school music students. They all enjoy it! Here are a few suggestions for how you can use Flipgrid in instrumental music.

Sharing Musical Voices

Music is meant to be shared, and Flipgrid is the perfect tool to make that happen! I will frequently use Flipgrid as an informal way for students to share their music making. Encourage students to share videos playing their favorite songs, music surrounding a specific theme (we did John Williams week in the spring!) or just something goofy! Maybe you have student composers, or students who play secondary instruments like piano, guitar, or ukulele. Anything that gets students playing their instruments and sharing with others is a "win" in my book.

How-To Videos

Partner Work

Playing Assessments

Flipgrid is also a great tool for playing assessments. Most music teachers would love to hear students play assessments for them in person, but with time constraints, few of us have this luxury. With Flipgrid, students can record their playing assessments at home, recording as many takes as necessary to get it right. Teachers can then grade the playing tests when they have time. You can give feedback to students using an included rubric, written comments, or by video. One hint - you may want to moderate all videos when using Flipgrid for assessment purposes. This means only the teacher can view the video, it does not show up in the grid. Many students don't want their tests visible to the entire class, which is understandable!

Student Portfolios

Consider using Flipgrid for student portfolios! There are two simple ways to do this: giving each student a topic, or creating a Mix Tape.

You can create a topic for each individual student and have students add videos to their topic throughout the school year or over several school years! Encourage students to reflect on each video they submit, discussing why they included the piece, why they are proud of it, or other similar topics. This puts the creation of the portfolio in the student's hands, and encourages them to take ownership of the process. Hint: use the "Duplicate Topic" feature to make the creation process faster.

The other method requires more work for the teacher, but still isn't complicated. You could create a Mixtape for each student compiled of all their video submissions from the year. Mixtapes can be shared with anyone, such as the students' family or a scholarship committee.

Collaboration

This might be one of the greatest things about Flipgrid so far: the ability to connect and collaborate with others outside of our classrooms. Flipgrid is considered a "walled garden," meaning, you determine who has access to the grid and videos. Because of this, it's easy and safe to connect with other classes, musicians, and educators!

A great place to start is within your school district. Is there an ensemble you could connect with for peer mentorship or recruiting purposes? High school band students could create videos for middle school students, encouraging them to sign-up for high school band. Or middle school students could create videos for elementary school students, talking about why they love band and chose their particular instrument. Often we talk about the value in having an authentic audience, an audience other than classmates and the teacher, to motivate students. Using Flipgrid to connect your students with others outside of your classroom is a great example of an authentic audience.

Several times my students had the option to take part in a Holiday Music Flipgrid. I would distribute a packet of holiday songs and encourage the students to practice them if interested. Within Flipgrid, I set up topics for band, orchestra, and other instruments (piano, guitar, etc.), and then shared it with several music teachers around the country so their students could contribute as well. One year there were 451 videos contributed and over 80 hours of student engagement!

Watching the students interact with each other, leaving positive feedback and encouragement, was priceless. I didn't have to spend class time teaching the holiday music; they learned it on their own. Most students practiced extra because the videos they watched inspired them. One year a student even played Jingle Bells on the Zither and then explained what the instrument was and where it came from. It was an awesome experience for everyone involved.

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Where to Begin?

Not sure where to begin? Download "5 Flipgrid Topics to Start the Year" - five easy topics to get you, and your students, started with Flipgrid!

Learn more about Flipgrid:

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Hey there! Here's 5 Steps to improve your current flipgridding.

http://www.teachingfromtheridge.com/2018/06/monday-morning-appetizer-5-steps-to.html

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Over the last year, FlipGrid has really taken the education world by storm. For those who haven't heard of it before, FlipGrid is a highly customizable, formal/informal performance-based assessment tool in which students can post video responses to prompts, start their own discussions, provide feedback to their peers, and engage with global audiences.

Even if you've been using for awhile or just getting started, let's talk about 5 steps you can take to really elevate your FlipGrids's engagement and efficacy.

When creating a FlipGrid Topic:

1. Attach your question prompts using HyperDocs or HyperSlides.

FlipGrid does not allow more than 500 character questions to be posted on a single topic. A way around this is to do like in this example:

2. Use GIFs and Allow Stickers.

Students don't enjoy doing something that's "so extra"--as they would call it--without it being fun. Encourage them to add stickers to their video posts! And add some stickers and GIFs to your own comments or posts! Technology aside, being as silly as your students are is a pretty good way to get buy-in.

3. Know When to Moderate Submissions.

There's a time to moderate submissions and there's a time not to. If you don't know what this means, turning on "moderating" on a topic means that students will not be able to see other posts that have been submitted so far. Here's an easy guide to when you should turn moderation mode on or leave it off:

4. Create a Minimum time for Responses.

Something that I did not do in my first year of using FlipGrid but I plan to do going forward is to create a time, rather than a maximum time, for students to explore or explain a topic. My thinking is that a minimum time limit will help tease out some more nuanced responses than ones given previously. Let's call this a piece of advise in "beta". Test it out and see how it works for you!

5. Return to FlipGrids and do "Revise Replies"

A really powerful idea that I've tried with my students is going back to prior topics and having students revise and comment on their old posts. There's nothing stopping you from using FlipGrid to boost students' metacognitive skills. Think of using FlipGrid to spiral too--when you return to those skills or content you want to review, add a twist or a new idea to push students' learning further.
Until next time, happy FlipGridding!
--Nate

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Missing a day can be unnerving. A great substitute teacher is priceless. But great subs need great plans. And great plans take time to craft.

It's hard for an educator to miss a day of school. Besides really missing the kids, and then hoping to find an available, certified sub, preparing for an entire seven-hour day is easier said than done.
The Challenge With Creating Sub Plans
Teachers want a day that can maximize potential for substantial, meaningful learning, while still being simple enough for anyone with a high school diploma to walk in and facilitate.

In addition, the possibility always lingers that a substitute teacher (or anyone else) could misinterpret or misunderstand lesson plans composed in text. It's very easy for even the best, most well-written directions to get lost in translation. Teachers hope they communicate clearly and thoroughly enough so that the sub can relay expectations for the day.

There must be a better way.
That Was Then
Typing (and then handwriting revisions on the printed, final draft) sub plans would take me three to four hours! There are no fluff days in my learning spaces. Therefore, I didn't want to put my substitute teachers in positions to make complex translations.

Here Was My 10-Step Video Sub Plan Routine:

Prepare plans, resources, and spaces.

Set up a device to record in selfie mode.

Record videos for all daily experiences.

Upload each video to youtube.

Insert each youtube video link into safeshare.

Link every safeshare video into a google doc.

Organize the google doc lesson plan like a hyperdoc.

Share the google doc with the sub.

Contact the sub to address questions.

Ask teammates to help sub ensure smooth delivery.

This was time-consuming and exhausting. But it was worth it.
This Is Now
At #iste17, my friends and I met Flipgrid creator Dr. Charlie Miller and his team. After trying out Flipgrid for the first time, I immediately fell in love with its power to enhance learning experiences. I'm proud to be a 2017 Winter Class Flipgrid Ambassador.

Flipping the classroom isn't new. Using videos to guide learning experiences isn't new. But Flipgrid's platform is a playground of possibilities to make teaching and learning processes better.

The beauty of Flipgrid lies both in its simplicity of video creation and navigation, as well as its power to amplify voice and meaningful discussion in one organized place.

My New 4-Step #GridPlans Routine:

Prepare plans, resources, and spaces.

Set up a device to record in selfie mode.

Record all daily experiences in one grid. Each class is a different topic.

Share #GridPlans link with sub.

Why You Should Flipgrid Your Sub Plans:

Efficient: Recording video takes less time than typing.

Transparent: Teachers speak directly to students-no relay needed.

Effective: Video captures clear expectations with demonstrated directions, materials, and supplies, directly from learning spaces.

Meaningful: Learning potential increases when inspired by the everyday teacher, albeit while virtual.

Personalized: Kids love seeing and hearing their everyday teacher, especially when that teacher is absent. This can let students know that teachers have a personal life, too.

#GridPlans was officially launched on Thursday, May 17th, 2018.
Share your Flipgrid sub plans and tag it with: #GridPlans!

Don't type it all out anymore. Ain't nobody got time for that. When making sub plans, use @Flipgrid to create and organize videos so you can talk directly to your students, and the sub can easily access, autoplay, pause, and replay your multiple topic responses. #FlipgridFever pic.twitter.com/Jvb5NzkQWR

- Kyle Hamstra (@KyleHamstra) May 17, 2018

#GridPlans FAQs So Far:
Question 1: Why not just post videos into your CMS, LMS, or Google Classroom?

Answer 1: In many systems, it can be challenging to monitor, create, communicate, and organize interaction efficiently. Having the option to create, organize, reply, provide feedback, and interact with videos in one grid or topic, and being able to share all of that potential with one Flipgrid link is very powerful.

That's well-said, @KKeiser09. The beauty of @Flipgrid lies both in its simplicity to navigate & use, as well as its organized platform of multiple videos. I'd still link #Flipgrid in my #GoogleClassroom so that Ss could respond to topics in video, and in one place. #FlipgridFever

- Kyle Hamstra (@KyleHamstra) May 18, 2018

Question 2: What if my substitute teacher has no access to technology? What if the technology doesn't work that day? What if we lose power?

Answer 2: Print transcripts of your sub plan videos! Here's How:

1. Login as Flipgrid Administrator for the entire process.

2. When creating your sub plans grid, slide captioning ON.

3. Create one topic per day of absence.

4. In each topic (day), record video responses for each daily activity.

5. Upon recording responses, click on Details.

6. Click on Download Full Text.

7. In notepad, format with word wrap.

8. You may wish to copy and paste into a google doc to print.

After you record your sub plan videos in #Flipgrid, you can print a transcript of your video captioning, so you can have your plans in both video and text. Here's how: #FlipgridFever #GridPlans https://t.co/829y89gWxH

- Kyle Hamstra (@KyleHamstra) May 21, 2018

Question 3: What if you don't want everyone knowing your sub plans?

Answer 3: Set your sub plans grid to be password-protected. Remember to share your #gridplans link and password with your substitute teacher.

Oh yeah! I 💚 that, @PhilEchols! Also, take advantage of password protection for grids and response moderation for topics as needed. I'd 💚 to see these project video updates at summer's end! Enjoy! #FlipgridFever #wcpssleads #wonderwake #nced #iste18 #ncties @ncdpiDTL

- Kyle Hamstra (@KyleHamstra) May 20, 2018

Kyle Hamstra
Originally from DeMotte, Indiana, Kyle Hamstra moved to North Carolina in 2002. After teaching fifth grade math/science for over fourteen years at Davis Drive Elementary in Cary, NC, Kyle is now an elementary STEM Specialist, serving 1,000 students weekly. Kyle is very interested in all-things STEM, curriculum design, leadership, and being a connected educator to learn from his professional learning network daily.

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Missing a day can be unnerving. A great substitute teacher is priceless. But great subs need great plans. And great plans take time to craft. It's hard for an educator to miss a day of school. Besides really missing the kids, and then hoping to find an available, certified sub, preparing for Read more...

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A year ago I wrote a post called Catch the Flipgrid Fever! 15 Ways to Use Flipgrid in Your Class and it quickly became my most popular blog post. Matt Miller was even kind enough to share it on his blog as a guest post. Since then I have had some wonderful experiences sharing my love of Flipgrid with others and have seen so many incredible ways to use this tool with students. You can check out all of my Flipgrid resources at the end of this post 👍
If you're not familiar with Flipgrid it is a video response platform where users can respond to a prompt and have online video discussions. Teachers can provide feedback to students and students can also provide feedback to one another. With Flipgrid One (Free) you get one Grid with unlimited topics. So if you have multiple classes or subject areas you can just create a different topic for each and share that topic code. With Flipgrid Classroom ($65 per year) you get unlimited grids, topics, responses, and replies to responses.

To learn more about Flipgrid and all of the bells and whistles available to you check out the free eBook Sean Fahey and I wrote: The Educator's Guide to Flipgrid.
So how can you use the Flipgrid with your students? Here are 15 MORE ideas for using this video platform in your classroom.

ocabulary word wall When working on a unit have your students record a video describing the meaning of important vocabulary words. They can hold up a card in their selfie video with the word written on it so the words are easily accessed by other students.

2. 3. 4. 6. With Flipgrid classroom, you can even customize the rubric (created by Erik Palmer with Flipgrid in our Activate prior knowledge on a topic My good friend, and awesome high school math teacher, Mark Tobin recommended simply asking the students to activate their knowledge on a topic before teaching it. He said he had tremendous success by just using that strategy. Why not take it a step further and have your students record a Flipgrid video sharing their background knowledge on a topic before you begin? Students could then reply to their original video after the unit sharing everything they learned. Three Act Math A brilliant mathematical teaching strategy developed by Dan Meyer is Three Act Math. Three Act Math is a series of tasks consisting of three distinct parts taking the learner through deep mathematical thinking. This strategy gives learners lots of opportunities to reflect on their mathematical understanding. Have your students record a Flipgrid video after each act replying to the previous video to share their reflections as they go through the acts to document their learning. Looking for more ideas for using Flipgrid in math? Check out 10 Ways to Enhance Math Lessons With Flipgrid by Celebrate Global Read Aloud all year long The Global Read Aloud is a set 6 week period that spans from early October through mid-November and teachers all over the globe read one book and connect with other classrooms all over the world.With a tool like Flipgrid, you can connect with educators all over the world anytime and share as you read a novel together. Want to take it a step further? Find a book with a companion Speaking skills assessment With Flipgrid you can provide written feedback to students and give them a rubric score for performance and ideas novel HyperDoc to complete at the same time. Many of these HyperDocs such as how-to screencast). Speaking well is an important and often undertaught skill. However, there are amazing FREE resources out there to help you and your students. Unplugged Webinar. The PVLEGS framework includes a great rubric to use when assessing students speaking skills in Flipgrid. A great tip from Matt Miller in his recent Classroom Live 2.0 webinar was to pick just ONE of the PVLEGS expectations to focus on at a time. It's too much for students to focus on them all at once. Sean Fahey and I shared the benefits of using the PVLEGS framework The Wild Robot and Pax were GRA books from past years. Choose a book, a companion novel HyperDoc, get connected and get reading! Sean Fahey.

7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Computer science shareout After creating a project in a coding program such as Scratch students can explain their project, ideas for improving, what issues they came across and how they debugged their program. Students can add a link to their project when they respond to the grid so the teacher or another student can view their program while listening as the student explains.
Debugging a program or ??? When we refer to debugging we are usually talking about finding and fixing errors in a computer program. However, my six-year-old son found and fixed his errors when reading and happily exclaimed that he had just debugged. After completing a math task, reading a passage, working through the engineering design process or when creating a computer program students can use Flipgrid to reflect on the process identifying their errors and sharing how they fixed them. Want an example of how this would work? I created this topic in the Discovery Library to get you and your students started using Flipgrid to debug in computer science. Map of historical landmarks In California, our fourth-grade curriculum is famous for the Mission reports the kids are expected to do each year. Of course, students also do state reports and various other projects for social studies. What if instead of, or in addition to a fun alternative to a report, students also share what they know in a Flipgrid video and a QR code link to the video is stuck on the map? Geography, history and oral reports all rolled into one.

Flipgrid film festival Short films can be incredible teaching tools and are just plain fun to watch. Pixar has even paired up with Khan Academy to create Pixar in a Box which is a behind the scenes look at how Pixar artists do their jobs. Challenge your students to create their own short films and use Flipgrid as the platform for sharing their stories. Have students reply to their short film introducing themselves and sharing their thought process while filmmaking. Pleasanton Unified School District hosts a yearly film festival and provides some great Record an ongoing story When I mentioned that I was going to write an update to my 15 Ways to Use Flipgrid post my friends Claudio Zavala Jr. and Scott Titmas of course shared some amazing ideas. Claudio suggested having students record an ongoing story through Flipgrid. Have one student think of a title then the next record a 30-second beginning the next builds on that and so on and so forth. What a fun way to get the whole class involved in and create a unique story to share! resources including HyperDocs to help get you started.

12. 13. 14. 15. connects classrooms across the globe creating virtual pen pals. You can take advantage of GridPals using Flipgrid One. However, if one of the GridPals teachers has Flipgrid classroom then you can become Encouragement from home Scott suggested having families record videos for their children to provide encouragement from home. Don't just wait for testing time to have your families record videos. The beginning of the year, at parent conferences, a send-off to the next grade are all ways to get families involved in encouraging and supporting their kids.
Flipgrid in Physical Education Using proper form when exercising is important. Students can record a video of the proper way to do a jumping jack, lunge, stretch, lift weights or kick a ball. As a soccer coach having a short video to remind me and my team how to perform the proper moves is a valuable resource.
A virtual library of tech tips and tricks How many times have you had something go wrong with the Chromebook or iPad and you KNOW you have fixed it before but you just can't remember how you did it? Have your school tech squad or group of tech-savvy students create videos with tech tips and tricks on a Flipgrid topic to share with the rest of the school. You can have a topic for Chromebook troubleshooting, a topic for iPad tips and even a whole topic for getting started with commonly used apps and programs.
GridPals! An incredible idea from CoPilots on the same grid giving both teachers access to the educator dashboard. Bonnie McClelland, GridPals
So there you have it. 15 more ways to use Flipgrid in your class. However, the possibilities are truly endless for innovative educators.

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Ignite a Flipgrid Fire 🔥 15 MORE Ways to Use Flipgrid in Your Class

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A year ago I wrote a post called Catch the Flipgrid Fever! 15 Ways to Use Flipgrid in Your Class and it quickly became my most popular blog post. Matt Miller was even kind enough to share it on his blog as a guest post.

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You showed us how much you love connecting your classrooms on Flipgrid, so we made it super easy!
Introducing Flipgrid CoPilots ✈️
CoPilots can share the same Grid to connect classrooms across your school, district, PLN, or the world ( check out #GridPals) with BOTH (or multiple!) educators leading the discussion. Amplify your students in new ways and model authentic collaboration across your classrooms!

The rules are simple: Every Flipgrid educator can invite someone (or multiple people!) to CoPilot a Grid. CoPilots can do everything the Grid Owner can do (add Topics, provide feedback, moderate responses, etc) with one exception - CoPilots cannot delete the Grid.

Global bookclubs, school yearbooks, classroom penpals, and more. We can't wait to see the innovative ways that you and your peers take off with Grid Copilots!

Visit your Educator Dashboard to start building your Flight Team!

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10 Ideas to try Latest Flipgrid Updates w/your class

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The edtech world has caught a serious case of #FlipgridFever 🔥 On August 10th Founder announced that more than 100,000 educators and more than 5,000,000 students use Flipgrid across 141 countries (watch the Charlie Miller live stream of the launch event). In addition, a new Flipgrid video was shared every .48 seconds of every minute of every day since Jan 1 of 2017. Today more than 1.2 billion seconds of video have been shared by students and educators on Flipgrid, representing more than 38 years of student voice.

Flipgrid knows what kids and teachers love and they have added some awesome features to take the best parts of other apps like Instagram and Snapchat and added them in a safe environment (you can control all of these options in the admin console) while keeping all of the fun! There is a sleeker and even MORE user friendly admin side. Check it out for yourself! The admin console has gotten a major makeover. In true Flipgrid form emojis have been added for extra fun and engagement. You are going to FLIP out over these updates and what's even more incredible is that ALL of these features are available to the FREE Flipgrid One account users!

I know you have been kept in suspense long enough so I won't make you wait any longer. So let me introduce you to the all NEW Flipgrid! Check out these incredible updates and ideas for using them in your classroom!

1. Who doesn't love stickers ? Students (and adults) will love the new ability to express themselves by adding a stickers to their selfie. Have your students use stickers to label their videos into genres or even express mood with emoji stickers.

2. What!!! You can DRAW on your selfie too? In addition to adding stickers kids can also draw on their snapped selfie to add a little creativity to give a sneak peek into what their video might be about.

3. Videos can now have titles added which not only gives the viewer an idea of what the video is about but also gives students the opportunity to use their creative writing skills to come up with a good title that will hook the viewer in and get them watching their video! You can also add to videos to make them searchable. hashtags

4. Camera flip ! You can now flip your camera around while recording. Think of all the possibilities for students to show their work or art or model or ??? while they are explaining and sharing their thinking.

5. OK get ready for this one. Are you ready??? Are you sure, because this is HUGE. FILE LINKS! Nope, you aren't dreaming. Students can now now add files links to your videos which give students the opportunity to share their thoughts about a project. Incredibly engaging digital portfolios. CHECK!

6. Supercharged stimulation! You thought it was amazing before to be able to add your own video file or YouTube video? Well check THIS out! You can still upload or record your own video but now you can add Vimeo (and YouTube), upload and image , add a GIF or even and emoji to engage your students. Use an emoji to teach concepts like mood and tone. Check out Edutopia's article Using Emojis to Teach Critical Reading Skills for more ideas.

8. You asked for it and they delivered, BIG TIME. Flipgrid now give ALL users (even Flipgrid One accounts) the option to provide PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK for your students. Right from the teacher admin you can click next to your students videos and provide written feedback and even give them a score on a performance and ideas rubric.ALL Flipgrid educators can now provide feedback to their students. Flipgrid Classroom users can even upload their own custom scoring rubric!

9. Click on your Dashboard to see your total engagement time across all of your grids and Flipgrid will give you an Engagement Fun Fact to go with it. Have a flipgrid account you only use with your class? Share this with your student to put their response time into context. You might just sneak a little extra learning in too 😉 A little fun fact of my own, you can even Tweet it right from your dashboard!

10. Student privacy is important and so is family communication and that's why can now generate a private link to share a video with your students' families or even the community without linking back to the topic and grid it was recorded in. Create a hidden topic and use the new feature to generate a private link to share with your parents to communicate with families while ensuring that other students and parents can't access the videos from your grid.

11. Now you can do more than just like a video you can react to it! Add these emoji reactions for more fun. You can use them for voting or assign a meaning to each so that students can give each other feedback on their videos in a fun and easy way. Teachers can off the 5 reactions and just keep the likes or turn them on for added engagement.

The BEST thing about the all NEW Flipgrid is that along with all of these amazing new updates they have kept all of the wonderful features you have come to know and love. Students can still respond using ANY device, sharing topics and grids is as simple as a code or link and teachers have full control with moderating features. These are just some of the incredible updates. Visit blog.flipgrid.com or to see all of the ways Flipgrid has made their already amazing product even more incredible. And we thought Flipgrid couldn't get any better! info.flipgrid.com

Ready to get started? If you already have a Flipgrid account your new updates will be there as soon as you log on! Don't have a Flipgrid account yet? Go to Flipgrid.com to sign up for your free account. You can use promo code KARLYMOURA to upgrade to Flipgrid Classroom until September 30th.

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Meet the All NEW Flipgrid! 10+ Must Try Ideas for Using These Updates With Your Class

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The edtech world has caught a serious case of #FlipgridFever 🔥 On August 10th Founder announced that more than 100,000 educators and more than 5,000,000 students use Flipgrid across 141 countries (watch the Charlie Miller live stream of the launch event).