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Exploring FlashCard Factory by Pear Deck

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Exploring FlashCard Factory by Pear Deck

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Nice Inquiry tool connected to Quizlet Vocabulary

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I recently discovered Pear Deck FlashCard Factory and gave it a test run with my students. While not perfect, my students loved it and are begging me to use it again as soon as possible. (I have mostly High School Seniors in class this year.)

Our first experience with Pear Deck Vocabulary earns a thumbs up!

Long Story Short
In Flashcard Factory student pairs are randomly assigned a vocabulary term and definition. They then create a new flashcard that includes a written example and a digital sketch. They collaborate and when finished submit the flashcard. They are then assigned another term and repeat the process until the teacher ends this 'Production Phase. We then approve or reject the cards during a whole class discussion in the 'Quality Control Phase'. Finally, the approved cards are exported to Quizlet as a study set.

How To
Pear Deck has an incredible step by step tutorial to create your Flashcard Factory, so I won't bore you with the details of putting one together.

What we liked?

It connects to Quizlet. You can copy a Quizlet set directly into the creation of the Flashcard Factory

It exports the "approved cards" to Quizlet. Here is a sample exported Quizlet from our activity.

The whole class discusses each submitted flashcard and we approve or reject the cards. We enjoyed the discussion.

The students enjoyed the competitive aspect connected to be on the day or the night shift.

The students liked the collaboration between pairs. They felt it helped them better understand and apply the vocabulary.

What could be improved?

Once the initial group page is passed, there is no way to I could see who was on which team.

Some students really struggled with drawing with the touchpad or a mouse. (We don't have touchscreens yet.)

There is no data to connect students to the flashcards they created. You need to have students admit that they are the creators when the card is projected if you want to know who owns what.

Only the teacher can approve or reject. We would love to have the ability to let students vote on their screens.

A few student screens froze in the drawing phase during each class. We lost those drawings and the students had to start over. We did not master a solution to this yet.

Have you tried out Pear Deck Vocabulary Factory? How did it go? Please share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Exploring FlashCard Factory by Pear Deck

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I recently discovered Pear Deck FlashCard Factory and gave it a test run with my students. While not perfect, my students loved it and are begging me to use it again as soon as possible. (I have mostly High School Seniors in class this year.)

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You cannot be a life-long learner if you are not curious.

If you've ever spent time with a child you know that their curiosity is almost endless. They will bombard you with question after question as they seek to understand the world around them. This is an incredible aspect of our human intellect that must be nurtured and encouraged into adulthood by teachers.

Too often we get so caught up in content and testing, that we lose sight of the bigger picture. We must actively encourage our students to never stop asking questions and pursuing the answers. We must find ways to encourage and inspire curiosity in our classrooms. We've created a few HyperDocs for students to explore the power of curiosity.

We've also created a Staff Development HyperDoc based on the classroom Curiosity HyperDoc
Today's classroom has unprecedented access to a range of digital resources to encourage and support curiosity and we've also put together a collection of resources connected to curiosity.

Curiosity - Resources and websites to support creative exploration and student choice.

Activities - Activities and ideas connected to student choice and curiosity in the classroom.

Explore - Books, videos, and websites connected to curiosity and inquiry.

What lessons, resources, or ideas can you share connected to curiosity?

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Curiosity in the Classroom - HyperDocs & The 5th C

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You cannot be a life-long learner if you are not curious. If you've ever spent time with a child you know that their curiosity is almost endless. They will bombard you with question after question as they seek to understand the world around them.

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Screencasting as a way to share their thought processes. Awesome.

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Totally fits with GRR

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Balance and Control.  Student Choice to promote student curiousity.

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Balance and Control.  Student Choice to promote student curiousity.

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Collection of videos connected to inquiry and curiosity in future ready classrooms.

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Intriguing Times images stripped of their captions — and an invitation to students to discuss them live.

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This would be a great way to create a driving question board for the kids to refer back to

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... the control over learning between the teacher and learner.

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How Will You Inspire Your Students to Be Curious Lifelong Learners?

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How Will You Inspire Your Students to Be Curious Lifelong Learners?

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" We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." Walt Disney

We live in an incredible age. The digital revolution in education has given us access to the knowledge of the world. Anything you want to know is just a few clicks away. As educators, one of our jobs is to inspire students to ask questions and explore answers. In the perfect world, these questions lead to answers that lead to more questions.
Almost a year ago, I wrote a blog post about using lesson hooks to engage students. I shared a few digital resources that I use to engage, motivate, and inspire students.

This post started me on my a journey connected to Curiosity in the classroom. I've been fortunate to facilitate some professional development sessions and I've started to organize some resources connected to Curiosity in the Classroom. I still have more questions than answers, but that is a good thing. I am learning.
Here is what I have so far, what would you add to this growing list of resources?

Explore Curiosity PD HyperDoc - Staff Development Exploration

Curiosity - Resources and websites to support creative exploration and student choice.

Activities - Activities and ideas connected to student choice and curiosity in the classroom.

Explore - Books, videos, and websites connected to curiosity and inquiry.

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How Will You Inspire Your Students to Be Curious Lifelong Learners?

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" We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." Walt Disney We live in an incredible age. The digital revolution in education has given us access to the knowledge of the world.

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Aggie - Innovator's mindset rock!  Gorge is amazing

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Aggie - Innovator's mindset rock!  Gorge is amazing

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This is a GREAT way to have students drive the direction of the learning.

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My PLN has helped me compile these resources.

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Last session shared this wondering website!

https://wonderopolis.org/

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If you are curious about inquiry, I highly recommend this book.

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That single question put educator Trevor MacKenzie and a struggling student on an unintended and life-changing journey of inquiry, discovery and meaningful learning. It was a journey that completely reshaped the way MacKenzie leads his classroom.

With the belief that all students deserve a chance to dig into their wonders and curiosities, MacKenzie proposes a scaffolded approach to student-centred learning by identifying the Types of Student Inquiry: Structured, Controlled, Guided and Free Inquiry. Each type requires students take progressively more control over their own learning. This inquiry-based learning model equips students to become lifelong learners by nurturing wonder, curiosity and agency in the classroom.

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Trevor MacKenzie is an award winning English teacher, instructional coach (focusing on inquiry and technology), and graduate student from Victoria, BC, Canada who believes that it is a magical time to be an educator.

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Padlet is awesome and such a quick, easy starting place for teachers just getting started.
Quick win for teachers and students!

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The newest updates to Padlet have made it one of my favorites.

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Padlet has become a favorite tool for collaboration and communication so I am super excited for the new updates Padlet has unveiled recently.
Learn more about using Padlet in your classroom with this post by Lucie Renard.

Here are three of the updates that I love the most right now.

1. I am probably most excited about the new Reaction feature . Now teachers and students can Like, Vote, Star, and Grade posts in Padlet. You can turn on one of these 4 options for each Padlet that you create and share. This is a great way to engage students in Padlet.

Like is just like it sounds. Have a little heart when you like a post. (Think Twitter)

Vote allows users to give the good old thumbs up or thumbs down. (Think YouTube)

Star allows users to rate a post between 1 to 5 stars. (Think Amazon)

Grade allows users assign a grade on a scale. (Think Google Classroom)

Learn more about Reactions here. 2. You can now create a Padlet using 1 of 5 Formats or 1 of 8 Templates . These Formats and Templates bring new style and versatility to Padlet in the classroom.

Learn more about Padlet Templates here.

3. Posts can now be Color-Coded with one of 6 different colors regardless of the type of Padlet. Colors add another way to organize and categorize posts in collaborative Padlets.

Learn more about Coloring Posts here.

Please share how what you love about Padlet or how you use it with students in the comments below.

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Padlet has become a favorite tool for collaboration and communication so I am super excited for the new updates Padlet has unveiled recently. Learn more about using Padlet in your classroom with this post by Lucie Renard. Here are three of the updates that I love the most right now.