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When using the flip model, teachers can increase the use of peer instruction, and this academic collaboration increases student learning. With JITT ( Just-In-Time–Teaching) you can assess what your students know before class begins, and this adds extra accountability that helps ensure that most students are completing the flipped assignments. Last week I discussed a way to do this using zaption.com, and I also highlighted some uses of nearpod.com. Both tools are fabulous! What else can you use to quickly assess student learning, collect the data, grade it, and give your students instant feedback? And the best part is that it’s all FREE! Google Forms is also terrific for these purposes, and two add-ons make it perfect for the flipped middle school mathematics classroom, which is my primary focus. These add-ons are g(Math), which makes typing equations and inserting graphs a breeze, and Flubaroo, which collects the data, grades it, and allows you to email your students. Here are two video tutorials that I found to be helpful: g(Math) Tutorial Video How to Create a Form and Grade it Automatically with Flubaroo's New Version Together, Peer Instruction (PI) and JITT, combined with the flipped model, are innovative strategies that can help transform teaching from the traditional to the flipped model, with the added bonus of personalized learning. These tools provide the motivation for me to continue my journey using the TPACK Model. I believe that these methods are the future of educational transformation, and to building 21st Century skills and learning environments that will support our students in a meaningful way.
3 Comments
Jane Gould
6/23/2016 12:02:09 pm
Rose, I love how you are already researching add-ons and working with other sites such as flubaroo. I want to do that when I grow up ;) Your students are indeed lucky to have such a veteran teacher who so clearly loves learning herself! I'm curious, did you investigate these tools by yourself or did your school give you some direction? And are other teachers at your school as savvy as you or are you leading the way there? Joking aside, I am inspired by how easy you are finding the class and willing to jump in and get your hands dirty you are!
Rose Girguis
6/23/2016 04:33:40 pm
Dear Jane,
Marie Zorn
6/26/2016 07:13:40 pm
I love how you connected Google Forms to the flipped classroom since it is so relevant to what we are learning. Google Forms are so great for this as well as a myriad of other things. This one to me is very important though because we can really see if students are doing the work at home or not. It is really difficult to track if students watch a video or not and this seems like one of the best ways to alleviate the problem. Keep blogging about your add on's, I am the same way and love to jump and try things so I am interested to use some of the ones you really love! Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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