The training schedule for the Marshall University Flipped Learning Group is below:
Flipped Classroom Project
2014-15 Schedule
Session 1 – September 6, 2014
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Location: Drinko Library Room 349
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Time: 10 am - 3 pm
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Topics:
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What is flipping? How to gauge flipping -
mastery, resource, etc.
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Show examples of quality flipped units
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Expectations of participants
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Logging into the project blog and blogging
requirements
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Brief demonstration of Explain Everything, Touchcast,
iMovie and ShowMe apps
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Introduction to One Note
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Google Calendar & Google Hangouts
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Installing Office 365 on computers and devices
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Mentor alignment
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Assignment – purchase Explain Everything
& iMovie, sign up for free Vimeo and ShowMe accounts, collect school
and district assessment data and content priorities
Session 2 – October 4, 2014
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Location: Drinko Library Room 349
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Time: 10 am - 3 pm
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Topics:
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Evaluate school and district data to determine
relative strength and weakness in each content area
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Review Next Generation and WVCSOs to set topics
for first flipped lessons
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Locating existing online resources for target
skills
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Developing video and web resources targeting
weak content areas
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Demonstration of Screencast-O-Matic
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Setting up Lync and connecting to Lync meetings
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Assessment with Socrative, PollEv, Testmoz and
others
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Assignment – record, edit and upload some sample
material, review example flipped lessons on project blog
Session 3 - October 18, 2014
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Location: Drinko Library Room 349
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Time: 10 am - 3 pm
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Topics:
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Resources for flipping already available for
content standards
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Setting up accounts on TeacherTube, YouTube,
Vimeo, Kahn Academy
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Adapting video resources of other teachers for
your class
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Reflecting on the project blog
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Saving documents and videos to OneDrive and
sharing them with students
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Use of Explain Everything, Touchcast and iMovie
in preparing teacher generated content
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Creating and sharing content with One Note
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Assignment – locate lessons from one of the
online video resources that apply to your course and adapt the lesson to your
students’ needs. Save the lesson to your
OneDrive and share it with the flip group
Session 4 - November 8, 2014
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Location: Drinko Library Room 349
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Time: 10 am - 3 pm
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Topics:
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Uploading to video sites (YouTube, Vimeo, Schooltube,
TeacherTube and others)
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Uploading and sharing Dropbox files
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Uploading and sharing with Google Drive
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Setting up Google Forms
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Advanced techniques with Explain Everything and
iMovie
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Recording and editing teacher produced video
resources with ShowMe and Touchcast
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Issues/Problems/Solutions/Work Arounds
encountered with flipping
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Making a cohesive flipped lesson
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Assignment – bring one small flipped lesson to
next meeting
Session 5 – December 6, 2014
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Location: Drinko Library Room 349
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Time: 10 am - 3 pm
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Topics:
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CIPA requirements and protecting students
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Accessing content on the web
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Getting to YouTube through WebTop
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Getting a YouTube video whitelisted by WVDE
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Disabling YouTube comments and other options
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Setting up a YouTube channel
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Making content available to students (blogs,
Google Sites, email, USB drives, DVDs, etc) - classroom viewing at alternate
times
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Setting up and monitoring a blog for student use
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Demonstrate flipped lessons
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Assignment – conduct a flipped lesson with a
class and prepare to discuss successes and challenges and develop a flipped
unit
Session 6 - January 24, 2015
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Location: Drinko Library Room 349
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Time: 10 am - 3 pm
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Showcase Celebration
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Bring the flipped unit and discuss progress of
implementation
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Critique and suggest ways to enhance content and
delivery
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Meet with mentors
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Assignment- Update flipped unit and begin
development of a second flipped unit for second semester
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Learning Goals
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Standards/Common Core
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Procedures
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Assessment
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Differentiation
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Accommodations
Session 7 - February 21, 2015
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Location: Drinko Library Room 349
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Time: 10 am - 3 pm
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One Note capabilities and uses
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Using shared and online calendars with flipped
classes
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Embedding assessment in videos with Touchcast
and other tools
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Using Geddit in flipped classrooms
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Modifying and updating video resources for
second semester
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Adapting prepared lessons for future
implementations
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Collecting data on student use of flipped
resources
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Types of flipped models
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Blended delivery units
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Embedded flipped lessons
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Flipped mastery units
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Assignment- Modify a video lesson prepared
earlier to adapt to needs of a different student group
Session 8 - March 14, 2015
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Location: Drinko Library Room 349
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Time: 10 am - 3 pm
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Using Nearpad in the flipped classroom
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Putting students in charge of creating lessons
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Teaching students to use iMovie, Explain
Everything and Touchcast and Powtoon to create lessons for peers or younger
students
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Collecting data on student use of flipped
resources
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Protecting student privacy in their creations
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Assignment- Create a flipped unit using lessons
or components created by students or student groups
Session 9 - April 11, 2015
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Location: Drinko Library Room 349
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Time: 10 am - 3 pm
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Bringing it all together
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Putting teacher created video, student content,
web content, assessment and other resources together into a cohesive unit
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Making the completed unit available to any
student, any place, any time
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Assignment- Bring a complete unit to the May
meeting that is ready to be uploaded to the project blog that can be accessed
from any teacher or student via the web
Session 10 – May 9, 2015
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Location: Drinko Library Room 349
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Time: 10 am - 3 pm
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Preparation of compiled set of units for
statewide distribution
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Sharing of completed units
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Discussion of alignment of units to WV and Next
Generation Standards in each content area
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Assignment- Share the excitement and opportunities
of flipped classrooms with other teachers
